First in series of planned roundtable sessions set for Tuesday at URI
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) will hold a series of roundtable discussions starting Tuesday, October 23, to gather public input on Rhode Island's outdoor recreation network....
PROVIDENCE -The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announced it is hosting a free field training workshop for hunters this month. The program is designed to augment classroom and internet training and is open to anyone who has completed a hunter or bowhunter education...
Season for pheasant, rabbit, squirrel, woodcock, quail, and fox opens October 20
PROVIDENCE - The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announces that small game hunting season opens this month.
The season for pheasant, cottontail rabbit, gray squirrel, bobwhite quail,...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announced test results for the final set of mosquito samples this season. Thirty mosquito samples from 27 traps set on Monday, September 24 have tested negative for both West Nile Virus (WNV) and Eastern Equine...
Indian Lake and Watchaug Pond improvements completed in June 2018
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announces that construction of improvements to the boat ramp at Echo Lake, also known as Pascoag Reservoir, in Glocester will begin on October 22. The...
Using DEM's new system, hunters can now report their deer harvest online
PROVIDENCE - The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is asking hunters to take special precautions when hunting deer, elk, and moose (cervids) to keep Rhode Island deer herds free of Chronic Wasting...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) will stock rainbow and brook trout in Stafford Pond in Tiverton next week in advance of Columbus Day weekend – a popular time for recreational fishing.
Stafford Pond is among the many Rhode Island ponds and rivers being...
PROVIDENCE – The 75 mosquito samples from 33 traps set on September 17 have tested negative for both West Nile Virus (WNV) and Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announced today.
To date, in Rhode Island, 10 mosquito samples from...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) will begin stocking trout in ponds across Rhode Island next week in advance of Columbus Day weekend – a popular time for recreational fishing.
The following waters will be stocked with rainbow and brook trout before...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is advising the public that a timber harvesting project will get underway soon in the Hillsdale Preserve Management Area in Richmond. The project aims to salvage oak species impacted by repeated defoliations from forest...
