PROVIDENCE -The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announced it is hosting free, hands-on field training for hunters this month. The 90-minute training sessions are open to people who have completed a hunter or bowhunter education course. Space is limited and...

Sessions Suited to Novice, Experienced Fly-Tiers PROVIDENCE -The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announced it is hosting a series of free fishing fly-tying workshops for novice and experienced fly-tiers beginning today. WHAT: Free Fly-Tying...

PROVIDENCE - The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announced today it is administering Surf and Non-Surf Lifeguard Certification tests beginning this week to certify lifeguards for the year 2017; lifeguard positions at all beaches in Rhode Island require certification and...

Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin and Janet Coit, Director of the Department of Environmental Management (DEM), applauded the order by Superior Court Justice Michael A. Silverstein appointing a Special Master to oversee the cleanup of the Rhode Island Recycled Metals (RIRM) scrap metal operation...

PROVIDENCE - The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announced EMMA Acres in Exeter has been named Rhode Island's 2016 Outstanding Dairy Farm by the Rhode Island Green Pastures Committee of which DEM is a member. "EMMA Acres is one of Rhode Island's finest dairy...