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RI Mosquito Report: State Announces Additional WNV Positive Sample; Urges Rhode Islanders To Use Personal Precautions To Reduce Risk

Friday, September 29, 2023

PROVIDENCE, RI – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) are announcing that one mosquito sample collected Sept. ...

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DEM Stocking 25 Waterways with Brook and Rainbow Trout for the Columbus Day Holiday Weekend

Thursday, September 28, 2023

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

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State Announces EEE Virus Positive Mosquito Sample on Block Island, Additional WMV Positive Sample in Westerly; Urges Rhode Islanders to Use Personal Precautions to Reduce Risk

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

PROVIDENCE, RI – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) are announcing that one mosquito sample collected Sept. ...

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DEM Announces Temporary Closure of Recreational Areas in Glocester Due to Elevated Mosquito-Borne Disease Risk

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

PROVIDENCE, RI — The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today is announcing that it will temporarily close all state-owned recreational properties it manages in Glocester to ...

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Governor McKee, DEM Advise Public that Dangerous Rip Currents and High Surf Expected Through Weekend from Hurricane Lee Impacts

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is advising the public to exercise caution along shoreline areas Wednesday through the weeken ...

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State Announces 2 New Mosquito Samples in Glocester Test Positive for EEE, 5 New WNV-Positive Samples Statewide; Urges Rhode Islanders to Use Personal Precautions to Reduce Risk

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

PROVIDENCE, RI – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) are announcing that two mosquito samples collected Sept. ...

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RIDOH and DEM Blue-Green Algae Advisories: J. L. Curran Advisory Lifted; Wenscott and Slack's Reservoir Remain in Effect

Friday, September 08, 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 J. L. ...

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DEM Announces RI's First Detection of Aquatic Invasive Plant Hydrilla in Indian Lake, South Kingstown

Friday, September 08, 2023

PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announces that the highly aggressive invasive plant, ...

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Mosquito Report: State Announces First Case of EEE in a Mammal in 2023

Thursday, September 07, 2023

PROVIDENCE, RI – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) are announcing that a donkey in Glocester tested presum ...

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RIDOH and DEM Recommend Avoiding Contact with Blue-Green Algae Bloom at Waterman Lake

Thursday, September 07, 2023

The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) are advising people to avoid contact with Waterman ...

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