Press Releases | Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management

DEM Holding Public Workshop on Proposed Wildlife & Hunting Regulations

Monday, November 18, 2024

PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is announcing that its Div ...

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Winter & Wildlife - Sign up for a DEM Educational Course

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) Division of Fish and Wildl ...

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RIDOH and DEM Recommend Lifting the Advisory for Blue-green Algae at JL Curran, Wenscott, and Waterman Reservoir

Friday, November 08, 2024

The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) recommend lifting the advisory for recreational activities at JL Curran Reservoir in ...

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DEM Offering $75K in Grants to Communities and Organizations to Provide Free Swimming and Paddlecraft Lessons to Low-Income Youth

Friday, November 08, 2024

PROVIDENCE, RI – Responding to the accidental drownings that impact families every year in the Ocean State, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is again offerin ...

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RIDOH and DEM Recommend Lifting the Advisory for Blue-green Algae at Smith and Sayles Reservoir

Wednesday, November 06, 2024

The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) recommend lifting the advisory for recreational activities at Smith and Sayles Reserv ...

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Veterans Day Trout Stocking

Monday, November 04, 2024

PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is conducting a special ...

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RIDOH and DEM Recommend Lifting the Advisory for Blue-green Algae at Warwick Pond

Friday, November 01, 2024

The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) recommend lifting the advisory for recreational activities at Warwick Pond in Warwick ...

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RIDOH and DEM Recommend Lifting the Advisory for Blue-Green Algae at Lake Washington and Keech Pond

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) recommend lifting the advisory for recreational activities at Lake Washington a ...

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DEM Reminds Hunters to Bring Harvested Deer to Check Stations at Opening of Muzzleloader and Shotgun Seasons

Monday, October 28, 2024

PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is reminding deer hunters that all deer harvested during the first two days of the muzzleloader deer season – Sa ...

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Final RI Mosquito Report of 2024: No Additional EEE or West Nile Virus Findings

Friday, October 25, 2024

PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) are announcing that the most recent mosquito samples tested by the ...

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