PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Yesterday, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM), in partnership with Farm Fresh Rhode Island, joined students at Hamilton Elementary School in North Kingstown for their Harvest Lunch: a celebration of the vegetables grown by students in the school's...
Testing of local waters and shellfish meat will continue
PROVIDENCE - The precautionary shellfish harvesting closure announced last week for Narragansett Bay, Mt. Hope Bay, Kickemuit River, Sakonnet River and their tributaries remains in effect until further notice. The Rhode Island Department...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announced test results for its final set of mosquito samples this season. One mosquito sample collected on September 27, 2016 in Chapman Swamp in Westerly has tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE)....
Additional areas closed effective sunrise on Saturday, October 8
PROVIDENCE - In an update to the precautionary shellfish harvesting closure announced yesterday for Narragansett Bay, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announced shellfishing is also...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Angelo Liberti, chief of the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) Office of Water Resources, and Ernest Julian, Chief of the Office of Food Protection at the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH), will be available to answer questions today about the...
Closure Effective as of Sunrise on Friday, October 7
PROVIDENCE - The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announced several areas of Narragansett Bay will be closed to shellfish harvesting until further notice, effective at sunrise on Friday, October 7. The closure...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) will hold a public workshop next week to review a study that will guide improvements to Aquidneck Island's drinking water supplies. The Newport Water System – which provides water to Newport, Middletown, and Portsmouth –...
Public Advised to Vaccinate Pets, Keep Distance from Wildlife
PROVIDENCE - The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today confirmed a raccoon captured on Biltmore Avenue in the Mount Pleasant section of Providence has tested positive for rabies. A domestic cat found in the...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announced 50 mosquito samples from 24 traps set on Tuesday, September 20, 2016 and Wednesday, September 21, 2016 have tested negative for both West Nile Virus (WNV) and Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE).
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PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is stocking ponds across Rhode Island with some 6,000 trout in advance of Columbus Day weekend – a popular time for recreational fishing. Because of the extreme drought conditions present in many of the state's freshwaters,
