RI Mosquito Report: State Announces 1st Positive Finding of West Nile Virus (WNV) in RI This Year Friday, August 04, 2023 PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) today announce the detection of the first ... Read article
RIDOH and DEM Recommend Lifting Restrictions for Blue-green Algae in Boone Lake and Slacks Reservoir Tuesday, August 01, 2023 The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) recommend lifting the advisory restricting recreational activities at Boo ... Read article
DEM Deer Permits Go On Sale August 1 Monday, July 31, 2023 PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announces that deer permits for legal regulated hunting, including the "all outdoors" package, will ... Read article
RI Mosquito Report: No West Nile Virus (WNV) or EEE Findings; State Reminds Public to Protect Themselves Against the Asian Tiger Mosquito Friday, July 28, 2023 PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announced that mosquito samples tested this week by the Rhode Island Department of ... Read article
RIDOH and DEM Recommend Avoiding Contact with Spectacle Pond and a Section of Wenscott Reservoir Friday, July 28, 2023 The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) are advising people to avoid contact with Spectacle Pond in Cranston and ... Read article
Governor McKee, DEM Announce Availability of $3 Million in Grant Funding to Help Communities, Local Groups Protect Open Space Friday, July 28, 2023 PROVIDENCE, RI – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is announcing that $3 million in matching gra ... Read article
Aquapalooza Forces Preemptive Closure of Prudence Island Shellfishing Area July 29 through August 5 Thursday, July 27, 2023 PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is announcing that the risk of accidental and illicit d ... Read article
Air Quality Alert - Health Advisory Ozone Thursday, July 27, 2023 PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management is predicting that air quality will reach UNHEALTHY levels during the afternoon and well into the evening on ... Read article
DEM Announces Temporary Parking Lot Closure at Salty Brine State Beach During Annual Blessing of the Fleet Celebration Wednesday, July 26, 2023 PROVIDENCE, RI – The Department of Environment Management (DEM) is announcing that the parking lot at ... Read article
Governor McKee Signs Executive Order Establishing July 30 as Governor’s Bay Day Monday, July 24, 2023 WARWICK, RI – Governor Dan McKee today signed an Executive Order announcing that the 34th annual Governor ... Read article