Press Releases

PROVIDENCE, RI – With the region’s temperature cooling and snowfall possible in the coming weeks, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is reminding businesses, househ ...

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PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is announcing that the emergency closure of Upper Narragansett Bay shellfish ‘Area A’ and ‘Area B’ will end ...

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PROVIDENCE, RI –The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is reminding Rhode Islanders and nonresidents holding standard fishing licenses (SFLs), multipurpose licenses, sh ...

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PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is again partnering with the Rhode Island Chapter o ...

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PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is announcing that several shellfish areas in Narragansett Bay and the coastal salt ponds are closed d ...

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PROVIDENCE, RI – Today, Governor Dan McKee and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) highlighted the agency’s 2024 accomplishments, which included improving climate resilien ...

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PROVIDENCE, RI – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announced today that Rhode Island’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions decreased in 2022. ...

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PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is announcing that grants are available to communities and private businesses that own and/or operate boating fa ...

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PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announces the conservation of 942.11 acres of forested land in Burrillville for public recreational use, i ...

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PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) reminds the public that solid, fluorescent orange must be worn in all state manag ...

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