PROVIDENCE – A forest ranger with the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) recently returned from a wildfire assignment outside Grand Junction, Colorado, where he headed up a 20-person Connecticut Interstate Fire Crew that was deployed to fight two fires in the Gunnison Gorge...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management is predicting that air quality will reach UNHEALTHY levels statewide during the afternoon and well into the evening on Tuesday, August 28th. The poor air quality will be due to elevated ground level ozone concentrations. In...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announces that test results from three mosquito pools, or samples, from traps set in Warren, Tiverton and Providence have been confirmed positive for West Nile Virus (WNV). The findings are not unexpected. We are currently...
Campground season continues into October
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announces that most State beaches will be open daily through Labor Day – Monday, September 3. Scarborough South in Narragansett is closed on weekdays and will be open weekends-...
Naturalist program offers up-close look at native marine life
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announces that the aquarium at Beavertail State Park will open for the season starting next week. To mark the opening, DEM is hosting 'Bioluminescence Night'...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management is predicting that air quality will reach UNHEALTHY levels for Washington and Newport Counties during the afternoon and into the evening on Thursday, August 16th. The poor air quality will be due to elevated ground level ozone...
Event to feature an outdoor movie at dusk
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announces that due to forecasted inclement weather, tonight's 'Bioluminescence Night' at Beavertail State Park in Jamestown has been rescheduled to Tuesday, August 21. The event...
Event to be held at Blackstone Valley State Park Visitor Center in Lincoln
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announces that due to forecasted inclement weather, the venue for tomorrow's Great Outdoors Pursuit Grand Finale has been changed.
The event...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announces that test results from two mosquito pools, or samples, from traps set in Tiverton and Pawtucket on July 30 have been confirmed positive for West Nile Virus (WNV). These are the first findings of WNV in Rhode...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is hosting a 'Bioluminescence Night' at Beavertail State Park, in Jamestown, next week. The event will include an outdoor viewing of the Disney movie, Moana, stargazing, and illumination jelly fish and local sea creatures.
