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DEM to Hold Public Workshops on May 20 and May 26 on Proposed Freshwater Fishing and Hunting Regulations

Public Hearing to Be Held in Warwick on May 26 following Public Workshop

PROVIDENCE - The Department of Environmental Management's Division of Fish and Wildlife will hold public workshops in Tiverton and Warwick in late May to discuss the proposed 2016-2017 freshwater fishing seasons and the 2015-2016 hunting seasons and bag limits.

Public workshops will be held on Wednesday, May 20 at 7:00 p.m. at the Tiverton Rod and Gun Club, 1529 Fish Road in Tiverton and on Tuesday, May 26 at 5:30 p.m. at the Warwick Police Department's Community Room, located at 99 Veteran's Memorial Drive in Warwick.

Immediately after the workshop on May 26, a public hearing on the proposed regulations will be held at 7 p.m. in the Warwick Police Departmen's Community Room at 99 Veteran's Memorial Drive.

Copies of the draft regulations will be available at the public workshops and the public comment hearing. The draft regulations are also posted on DEM's website at http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/bnatres/fishwild/pn052615.htm. Interested parties may present comments concerning the draft regulations at the May 26th public hearing or submit written comments to the Division of Fish and Wildlife, 277 Great Neck Road, West Kingston, RI 02892 no later than 12:00 p.m. on May 26.

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  • Department or agency: Department of Environmental Management
  • Online: http://www.dem.ri.gov/
  • Release date: 05-15-2015

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