Power Line Work Begun Today Will Limit Access on Strech of East Bay Bike Path in Warren this Week Monday, March 20, 2023 PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is announcing that work to explore moving existing overhead power lines underground that began today Read article
DEM Poised to Conduct Prescribed Burns on State Lands in Exeter & Coventry & on Prudence Island in Upcoming Weeks Thursday, March 16, 2023 PROVIDENCE, RI – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is announcing that depending on weather and wind conditions, it plans Read article
After Improvements Made at the Woonsocket Wasterwater Treatment Plant, DEM Lifts No-Contact Advisory for the Blackstone River Wednesday, March 15, 2023 PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is lifting the no-contact advisory it placed March 1 on the stretch of the Blackstone River from the Read article
Attorney General Neronha, DEM Director Gray file lawsuit to stop sewage discharge into Blackstone River Wednesday, March 15, 2023 Complaint alleges violations of R.I. Read article
Ongoing Process Failure at Woonsocket Sewage Plant Causes DEM to Continue No-Contact Advisory on Blackstone River Friday, March 10, 2023 PROVIDENCE, RI – The no-contact advisory on the Blackstone River that the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announced March 1 because of partly treated wastewater Read article
Spring is Springing - Learn Something New with the DEM Division of Fish & Wildlife! Monday, March 06, 2023 PROVIDENCE, RI – With the longer days and busy sounds of springtime upon us, the Department of Environmental Management’s Division of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) has a whole new lineu Read article
DEM Notified of Another Sewage Discharge by Woonsocket Treatment Plant; Issues No-Contact Advisory for Blackstone Thursday, March 02, 2023 PROVIDENCE, RI – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is investigating another discharge of partly treated wastewater from the Woonsocket Regional Wastewater Treatment Read article
Gov. McKee, DEM Announce Availability of $270,000 in Grants to Boost Marketability of Small Specialty Crop Producers Wednesday, March 01, 2023 PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee and the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today are announcing the availability of $270, Read article
DEM Reminds Fishers that Renewals for Commercial Licenses are Due by Feb. 28 Friday, February 24, 2023 PROVIDENCE, RI – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is reminding Rhode Islanders and nonresidents holding standard fishing licenses, multipurpose licenses, she Read article
DEM Announces Requests for Proposals for Agricultural Leases at Five Wildlife Management Areas Across RI Tuesday, February 21, 2023 PROVIDENCE, RI – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) has issued a request for proposals (RFPs) for the use of agricultural land at five sites across Rhode Islan Read article