Press Releases | Rhode Island State Parks

Keep Clam and Quahog On: The 8th Annual Quahog Week Is Set For May 11-18, Celebrating RI's State Clam, The Businesses That Serve It & The Labor Of Those Who Dig It

Thursday, May 09, 2024

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

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DEM Announces Weekend Opening of Two State Beaches Starting May 11 - Two Weeks Before the Official Opening

Wednesday, May 08, 2024

PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announces that Scarboro ...

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DEM to Hold Public Hearing on Proposed 2024-25 and 2025-26 Hunting, Trapping, Freshwater Fishing, Falconry, and Wildlife Rehabilitation and Control Regulations

Monday, May 06, 2024

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

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Get Fresh, Buy Local: DEM Announces Start of the 2024 RI Grown Farmer's Market Season

Wednesday, May 01, 2024

PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is announcing the start of the weekly 2024 RI Grown ...

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Angling For A Deal? How About Free Freshwater Fishing Weekend May 4-5

Tuesday, April 30, 2024

PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announces that it will hold its annual Free Fishing Weekend Saturday, May 4, and Sunday, May 5. ...

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Gov. McKee, DEM Announce Awardees of Over $2 Million in Grants for Local Recreation Projects Across RI

Monday, April 29, 2024

PROVIDENCE, RI – Governor Dan McKee and the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announced the awarding of $2 million in matching grants to 11 municipalities to develop or renov ...

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DEM Environmental Police, RI State Fire Marshall Bomb Squad, West Marine Hosting Free Expired Safety Flare Collection Events for Boaters

Thursday, April 11, 2024

PROVIDENCE, RI – Environmental Police Officers from the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management’s (DEM) ...

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A Rite of Spring, Rain or Shine: Opening Day of Trout Season is Set for April 13; DEM has Stocked 60,000 Fish in Over 100 Waterbodies

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

PROVIDENCE, RI – As sure a rite of spring as the budding of willows and peeping of peepers, Opening Day of the trout season is set for Saturday, April 13, and the Rhode Island Department ...

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DEM Announces Brush-Clearing Project to Lessen the Threat of Uncontrolled Wildfire at Carolina Management Area

Friday, April 05, 2024

PROVIDENCE, RI – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is announcing that it will conduct a project of thinning dense tree cover and removing underlying brush within the Carolina M ...

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Work With Us! DEM Seeking Lifeguards, Park Rangers, and Many More Seasonal Positions to Staff State Beaches, Parks, and Natural Places this Summer

Friday, March 29, 2024

PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is announcing that it is recruiting to fill a wide range of seasonal jobs to fill critical summ ...

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