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	Current News- revised 12/31/08 December 2008 RGGI States' CO₂ Auction Continues Strong Performance DEM Encourages Rhode Islanders to Properly Maintain Their Oil Tanks and Furnaces to Prevent Home Heating Oil Spills DEM Announces Plans to Stock Atlantic Salmon Broodstock in Early January in Anticipation of Ice Fishing Season DEM Asks Hunters for Help in Keeping Rhode Island Bird Populations Free of Avian Influenza DEM & Recreational Fishermen Will Reconvene on December 15^th to Evaluate New Saltwater Angler Registry Program DEM Reminds Manufacturers That Now Is the Time to Register under the State's New Electronic Waste Recycling Law State Lands on Prudence Island Remain Open to Deer Harvesting As Quota Has Not Been Reached DEM Announces Immediate Closure of State Lands on Prudence Island to Deer Harvesting Three Shellfish Restoration Sites to Receive One Million Seed Oysters This Week as DEM, NOAA Staff Conduct North Cape Restoration Program's Final Oyster Transplant DEM to Hold Discussion Sessions on Arborist Licensing Program on December 16 and January 9 Retired DEM Chief of Compliance and Inspection Receives Coveted Environmental Merit Award from EPA November 2008 With Mating Season Underway, DEM Cautions Drivers to Be Alert for Deer DEM Announces 2008-2009 Shotgun Deer Hunting Season Dates And Regulations DEM Announces Main Bait & Tackle in Fall River Will Operate As a RI State Check Station at the Beginning of Shotgun Deer Season October 2008 DEM Exterior Lead Paint Removal Program Leader Receives Recognition Award from Childhood Lead Action Program DEM & Recreational Fishermen Join Forces to Evaluate New Saltwater Angler Registry Program DEM Announces Preservation of Mathewson Farm in Johnston Rhode Island Joins Northeast States in Petitioning EPA to Control Out-of-Region Mercury Emissions DEM Announces Preservation of Tuckahoe Turf Farms in Richmond DEM And Partners to Announce Preservation of 486-Acre Tuckahoe Turf Farms in Richmond on October 22 DEM: October 16 West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM Announces Lottery No Longer Required for Prudence and Patience Island Archery Deer Hunting DEM Announces 2008 Small Game Hunting Season Begins October 18 DEM: October 10 West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM Announces That Public is Invited to Climb Fire Tower at Chopmist Forestry Headquarters During October 18-19 Open House Local Wastewater Treatment Facilities to Hold Public Tours as Part of Water Infrastructure Month DEM and Motiva Enterprises Testing Geographic Response Plans for the Providence River and Upper Narragansett Bay Public Invited to Annual Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off Sponsored by DEM, Southern NE Giant Pumpkin Growers at Frerichs Farm in Warren on Saturday, October 11 DEM Removes Firewood Suspected of Carrying Asian Longhorned Beetle Larva From Cranston Property DEM: October 3 West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM Announces October 4 Opening of Bay Scallop Season September 2008 DEM: September 29 West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM Joins RGGI in Announcing that States' First CO₂ Auction Off to a Strong Start Rhode Island and Massachusetts Agencies to Host October 9 Informational Meeting on Restoring Water Quality in Mount Hope Bay and the Kickemuit River DEM and Connecticut Environmental Police Investigate Illegal Landing and Sale of Striped Bass DEM to Hold October 2 Public Meeting in Warwick to Discuss Water Quality Restoration of Buckeye Brook DEM Urges Rhode Islanders to Take Advantage of Paper/E-Waste Collection Day at Better Shred Processing Plant on September 27 DEM Announces Bid Dates for Home Fuel Wood Program DEM: September 19 West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM Announces Important Information Regarding the 2008-2009 Waterfowl Hunting Season and Abstracts Draft Discharge Permits for Cranston, Warwick and West Warwick Wastewater Treatment Facilities Subject of Meeting and Public Hearing Phone System at DEM's Foundry Office Headquarters Hit by Power Surge Over Weekend DEM Says Five More Mosquito Pools Test Positive for West Nile Virus, and Urges All Rhode Islanders to Continue to Protect Themselves Against Mosquito Bites DEM: September 15 West Nile/EEE Status Update Three New Positive West Nile Samples in Two Communities Reinforce Confirmation That Virus Is Well-Established in RI DEM Cautions West Warwick Residents of Incidents Involving Rabid Wildlife and Dogs DEM Preserves 69 Acres of Forestland Abutting Big River Management Area in West Greenwich Public Invited to Annual Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off Sponsored by DEM, Southern NE Giant Pumpkin Growers at Frerichs Farm in Warren on Saturday, October 11 DEM: September 4 West Nile/EEE Status Update August 2008 Rhode Island Receives Additional $85,000 Grant From Usda for Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program DEM Announces Immediate Re-Opening of Conditional Area A to Shellfishing on Wednesday, August 27 DEM Announces That Mosquito Sample Taken in Pawtucket Tests Positive for West Nile Virus DEM Announces Closure of Conditional Area A to Shellfishing on Wednesday, August 27 Due to Sewage Discharge DEM: August 26 West Nile/EEE Status Update Recent Fish Kills in Narragansett Bay Are Likely Due to a Combination of Factors, According to DEM Avian Influenza Detected in Small Number of Wild Mute Swans in Rhode Island DEM to Host Grand Finale for Great Outdoors Pursuit Governor Carcieri and DEM Announce $1.28 Million in Historic & Passive Park Recreational Development Grants DEM: August 15 West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM Announces 2008–2009 Hunting Regulations DEM Asks Nurserymen, Pesticide Applicators, Arborists to Notify Department If They Suspect Presence of Asian Beetle DEM Will Hold Hearing on Proposed Waterfowl Season and Falconry Regulations on Thursday, August 28 DEM Announces That Moniz Dairy Farm in Tiverton Has Been Named Rhode Island's 2008 Outstanding Dairy Farm of the Year DEM: August 8 West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM to Host 4^th Great Outdoors Pursuit Event DEM Testing for Next Year's Lifeguards DEM: August 1 West Nile/EEE Status Update July 2008 August 23 Workshop Will Provide Volunteers with Free Hands-On Training on Caring for Wildlife Injured in Oil Spills DEM Awards $183,985 in Federal Funds to Add Seven New Boat Sewage Pump-Out Facilities DEM, City of Warwick to Continue Joint Effort to Remove Sea Lettuce Washing Ashore on Conimicut Beach DEM, Save the Bay to Host August 5^th Informational Meeting on Restoring Water Quality in the Pawcatuck River and Little Narragansett Bay DEM: July 25 West Nile/EEE Status Update Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) Auction Process Goes Live Today DEM to Host 3^rd Great Outdoors Pursuit Event in Conjunction with Governor's Bay Day DEM: July 23 West Nile/EEE Status Update Air Quality Alert - Health Advisory - July 19 Air Quality Alert - Health Advisory - July 18 DEM: July 14 West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM Announces Availability of $2.5 Million in Open Space Grants DEM Announces Availability of Volunteer Fire Assistance Grant Funds for Rural Community Fire Departments DEM Hosting International Group's Wildlife Rehabilitation Course in October West Nile/EEE Status Update - July 7 DEM Seeking Coalition Partners in Preparation for Upcoming EPA Brownfields Assessment Grant Application June 2008 Air Quality Alert - Health Advisory - June 27 DEM Celebrates Opening of Division of Law Enforcement's State-of-the-Art Marine Base in Wickford DEM to Celebrate Opening of Division of Law Enforcement's State-of-the-Art Marine Base in Wickford on June 26 DEM Schedules Onsite Wastewater Treatment System Installer Exam for September 11; Application Deadline September 5 DEM Schedules Onsite Wastewater Treatment System Class I, II, III & IV Designer Exams DEM Announces Appointment of Joseph Dias as New Chief of Planning and Development First Mosquitoes Trapped Test Negative for WNV and EEE State, Federal and Local Officials Mark Completion of $4.6 Million Town Pond Environmental Restoration Project in Portsmouth DEM to Host Public Informational Meeting June 25th on Use of Federal Brownfields Grant State, Federal and Local Officials to Mark Completion of $4.6 Million Town Pond Restoration Project in Portsmouth Monday Morning DEM Seeks Families Interested in Free or Low-Cost Local Summer Fun to Play the Rhode Island Great Outdoors Pursuit DEM Announces Availability of Grant Funds for Nonpoint Source Pollution Control DEM Says Spring Turkey Hunt Was "Outstanding" Air Quality Alert - Health Advisory - June 10 Air Quality Alert - Health Advisory - June 9 Air Quality Alert - Health Advisory - June 8 Air Quality Alert - Health Advisory - June 7-9 DEM Applauds First-Place Finish of Rhode Island Wastewater Operators in Regional "Operator Challenge" Competition DEM'S Bay Line Opens for Summer Season May 2008 DEM Cautions Hopkinton Residents about Fox Bite Incidents DEM Announces Agreement With Narragansett to Proceed With Project to Abate Stormwater Pollution to Narrow River DEM Seeks Information on Wild Turkey Brood Sightings DEM Offers Tips on Co-Existing With Black Bears as Public Sightings Increase DEM Launches the Rhode Island Great Outdoors Pursuit - An Initiative to Re-Connect Children and Their Families With the Outdoors DEM's Parks and Beaches Ready For Memorial Day Weekend DEM to Conduct Lifeguard Testing Thursday and Friday DEM Announces Regional Public Meeting Thursday, May 29, to Present Final Scituate Reservoir Greenspace Plan DEM Announces Annual Reclassification of Shellfish Waters and Seasonal Shellfish Closures DEM Announces That Changes To Beach Pond Include Closing Swimming Area DEM to Hold Public Workshop on Thursday, May 28 on Proposed Hunting and Freshwater Fishing & Parks and Management Area Regulations DEM Asks Campers and Other Vacationers to Use Only Local Firewood to Prevent Import of Invasive Wood-Boring Insects DEM's Sergeant Frances Ethier Receives Award of Excellence from Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission DEM Stocks River Herring in the Blackstone to Help Establish a New Fish Population in the River DEM Wants to Hear From Businesses That Had Underground Storage Tanks Tested by Whitco/Ameritest DEM Issues Amended Requirements for Sewage Collection and Treatment DEM to Hold Public Hearing May 14 on Proposed Amendments to Marine Fisheries Regulations Governing Monkfish and Lobsters DEM and RIRRC's Green Zone to Boost Businesses Recycling Governor Carcieri, DEM, and Farmers to Celebrate Rhode Island Agriculture Day in State House Festivities on May 6 DEM, Health, and RIVMA to Host Low-Cost Rabies Vaccination Clinic on Saturday, May 3 April 2008 DEM, Health Gear Up for Mosquito Season; Personal Protection and Larviciding Key Westerly to Apply Mosquito Larvicide to Swamp Areas on Monday, April 28, in Yearly Routine DEM, Health, and RIVMA to Host Low-Cost Rabies Vaccination Clinic on Saturday, May 3 DEM Plans Five Quahaug Transplants, Seeks Shellfishermen to Participate DEM Announces That Four Weekly Farmers' Markets at State Parks Will Open in Early May; Offers Free Brochure Nominated by DEM, Former Rep. Ginaitt Honored by EPA DEM to Hold Arbor Day Ceremony on Friday, April 25 DEM Says Leave Lion's Mane Jellyfish Alone DEM, RIRRC, Assisting Middletown Office Park in Its Efforts to Become a Model "Green" Office Center DEM to Present Conservation Design DVD Workshops for Those Interested and/or Involved in Conservation Development DEM and Motiva Enterprises Developing Geographic Response Plans for the Providence River and Upper Narragansett Bay State 2008 Air Quality Alert Program Enters Busy Season DEM Announces Great Swamp Shooting Range Now Open Seven Days a Week March 2008 DEM and Health Urge Rhode Islanders to Leave Young Wildlife Alone; "Help" Actually Hinders — and Rabies Remains Prevalent DEM Begins Reconstruction Project at Newport's Pier Nine DEM Announces April 12 Opening Day of Fishing Season DEM Announces Appointment of Robert Paquette as New Chief of Parks and Recreation DEM Joins Federal and Local Partners to Showcase Major Grant for Transient Boating Facility Improvements in Newport DEM to Hold Fisheries Hearing on Thursday, March 27 DEM, Senator Reed, Congressman Kennedy to Join Newport and Federal Officials to Announce Plans for New $1.46 Million Transient Boating Facility at Newport Harbor Center February 2008 DEM Partners With Better Shred in Pilot Recycling Project DEM to Hold Hearing Thursday, March 6, on Proposed Amendments to Organic Certification Regulations DEM, EPA Announce New Three-Year Performance Partnership Agreement to Boost State's Environmental Protection DEM Issues Draft Document Assessing Quality of State's Waters and Listing of Impaired Waters DEM Issues Preliminary Deer Season Tally DEM to Hold Two Public Hearings Thursday, March 6 Regarding Animal Health Issues DEM Announces February 26 Public Hearing on Amendments to Marine Fisheries Regulations January 2008 DEM, Partners, Seeking Local Grant Applications for Community Tree Programs Ice at State Parks Still Unsafe for Skating DEM Announces Western Greenwich Bay Shellfish Management Area to Re-Open February 1 on Certain Days and Hours DEM Preserves Significant Forestland Parcel in Charlestown DEM Institutes Online Commercial Recycling Reporting; Offers Assistance to Businesses to Increase Recycling Rates DEM Accepting Grant Applications for Pumpout Facilities DEM Announces Plans to Stock Atlantic Salmon Broodstock in Anticipation of Ice Fishing DEM to Present Training Workshops for Those Interested and/or Involved in Conservation Development December 2007 DEM Announces Changes to Commercial Fishing Licensing Regulations DEM Says Commercial Fishermen Can Use Their 2007 Licenses through Mid-January DEM Offers Boat Registration Renewal, Boater Education Information, Summer Job Applications at Boat Show DEM Offers E-Mail Notification of Upcoming Marine Fisheries Meetings; Broad Mail Notification to Be Discontinued DEM, Health, Lift Earlier Advisory for Ten Mile River and Its Impoundments DEM Announces That Applications for 2008 Aggregate Landing Permit Program for Scup and Summer Flounder Are Available DEM Acquires Third "Marsh Walker" for Habitat Restoration and Mosquito Control DEM Reports State's First Case of Rabies Found in a Coyote DEM Announces That New Dam Safety Regulations Will Take Effect on Thursday, December 20 DEM Says It's Not Too Soon to Apply for 2008 Summer Jobs DEM Clarifies Greenwich Bay Shellfishing Closure Decorated Rhode Island Egg to Be Displayed at White House November 2007 DEM to Hold Public Meetings in South County to Discuss Water Quality Restoration of Point Judith Pond and Indian Run Brook DEM Announces Shotgun Deer-Hunting Dates and Regulations DEM'S New Camping Reservation System Off to Good Start DEM, EPA, Towns of South Kingstown and Narragansett Mark Completion of Landfill Cap Construction Activities at the Former Rose Hill Regional Landfill in South Kingstown DEM Notified That Salmon Have Been Stocked in Beach Pond DEM, EPA, and Towns of South Kingstown and Narragansett to Mark Completion of Phase II Rose Hill Landfill Cap Construction