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	2005 Press Releases December 2005 DEM Offers Boat Registration Renewal, Boater Education Information, Summer Job Applications at Boat Show DEM Announces Two Public Meetings in January to Discuss Ways to Improve Water Quality in the Bi-State Kickemuit Watershed DEM Will Reopen Public Hearing on Pilot Program for Accelerated Wetland and Septic System Application Processing on January 13 Carcieri Administration Files New California Vehicle Emissions Standards DEM Announces Plans to Stock Trout and Atlantic Salmon Broodstock in Anticipation of Ice Fishing DEM Announces January 6 Public Hearing on Amending Used Oil Regulations to Make Them Less Restrictive to Business DEM to Hold Public Hearing December 23 on Pilot Program for Accelerated Wetland And Septic System Application Processing Think Summer!!! DEM Says It's Not Too Soon to Apply for Summer Jobs DEM Announces Opening of Several Shellfish Management Areas DEM Announces That Applications for 2006 Aggregate Landing Permit Program for Scup and Summer Flounder Are Now Available DEM Announces New Commercial Fishing License/Endorsement Opportunities, Including 43 New Quahog Licenses DEM Announces That Bristol Harbor Will Reopen to Shellfishing Beginning at Sunrise Tomorrow, Saturday, December 10 DEM Extends Closure of Conditional Area A to Shellfishing Until Sunrise on Monday, December 12 Due to Sewage Discharge DEM Offers Freshwater Wetlands Application Status Checks on Internet Via RI.gov November 2005 DEM Announces Shotgun Deer Season Opens on Mainland on Saturday, December 3; Already Open on Block Island DEM, NOAA Staff to Release One Million Oysters into Rhode Island Coastal Waters as Part of North Cape Restoration Program DEM Announces Shellfish Closure in Bristol Harbor Beginning November 23 Due to Sewage Overflows DEM Accepting Grant Applications for Pumpout Facilities DEM Closes Bissel Cove - Fox Island Shellfish Management Area Now That Traditional Shellfishing Areas Have Re-Opened Carcieri Orders DEM to Take Immediate Action on Six High Hazard Dams DEM'S Bay Line Closed for Season DEM Announces Seminar for Coventry, Scituate Residents on Recent Forest Defoliation and Steps to Control Damage in Future DEM Announces Reopening of Additional Shellfishing Areas Affected by October Rainfall October 2005 DEM to Hold Hearing November 10 on Proposed Narragansett Bay and Watershed Restoration Bond Fund DEM Celebrates Completion of New Hatch House at Lafayette Hatchery in North Kingstown Governor Celebrates Completion of High-Hazard Stillwater Reservoir Dam Reconstruction DEM, Health, Say Now That the Storms Are Over, Cleanup Should Include Mold Prevention and Removal DEM Announces That Three Additional Areas Will Reopen to Shellfishing at Noon Today -- October 26 DEM, Federal Partners to Celebrate Completion of New Trout Hatch House at Lafayette Hatchery in North Kingstown DEM Cautions Drivers to Be Alert for Deer DEM: October 25 West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM Again Asks Dam Owners and Municipalities to Continue Dam Watch DEM Asks Dam Owners and Municipalities to Continue Dam Watch DEM Announces That Certain Additional Areas Will Reopen to Shellfishing at Sunrise Saturday, October 22 DEM to Open Bissel Cove - Fox Island Shellfish Management Area Effective Monday, October 24 DEM Announces That Certain Areas Will Reopen to Shellfishing at Sunrise Thursday, October 20 DEM: October 19 West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM: Extensive Areas of State Waters Remain Closed to Shellfishing DEM to Hold October 25 Public Hearing on Proposed Changes to State Commercial Fishing Licensing Regulations DEM Postpones Construction of Courtesy Dock at Fort Adams Until November DEM Announces 2005 Muzzleloader Deer Season DEM: October 12 West Nile/EEE Status Update Walk in the Woods with Foresters Annual Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off Date Moved to Sunday, October 9 Because of Rain DEM: October 5 West Nile/EEE Status Update September 2005 DEM Announces Dates for the 2005-2006 Waterfowl Hunting Seasons DEM Announces Prudence/Patience Islands Archery Deer Season DEM Announces Small Game Hunting Season Dates and Limits DEM Announces EEE Found in Roger Williams Park DEM Offers Special Deer Seasons on Prudence Island and in Narragansett for Paraplegics/Double Amputees Mosquito Trapped in Providence Tests Positive for West Nile Virus DEM: September 27 West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM: September 20 West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM Announces Publication of Rhode Island Agriculture Guide DEM to Construct 52-Foot Courtesy Dock at Fort Adams; Current Ramp to be Closed During Construction Beginning October 11 Carcieri Announces $454,047 in Grants for Water Quality Improvements Decaying Seaweed Believed to Be Causing Offensive Odors in Cranston Neighborhood; DEM and Cranston City Crews Will Begin Clean-Up Actions in Stillhouse Cove Thursday Morning If Weather Conditions Warrant DEM: September 13 West Nile/EEE Status Update Online Fishing Survey for Recreational Saltwater Anglers Set to End on Friday, September 16 DEM Issues Alert That State CWD Restrictions Now Apply to Deer, Elk, and Moose Taken in West Virginia and Bordering Counties DEM-Sponsored Training for Two Wastewater Plants Brings Large Decreases in the Amount of Nitrogen Discharged into RI Waters DEM: September 6 West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM Notified of Sewage Discharge Into the Blackstone River in Auburn, MA Due to Pumping Station Failure Public Invited to Annual Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off Sponsored by DEM, RI Pumpkin Growers at Frerichs Farm in Warren DEM Announces EEE Found in Lincoln Woods State Park August 2005 DEM: August 31 West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM Schedules ISDS Installer Exam for September 15; Application Deadline September 9 DEM: August 24 West Nile/EEE Status Update Carcieri Awards Open Space Grants Totaling Nearly $700,000 DEM Reminds Hunters That State CWD Restrictions Now Apply to Deer, Elk, and Moose Taken in New York State and Bordering Counties DEM Reminds Recreational Saltwater Anglers of Federal Tuna Rules DEM: August 17 West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM Announces Hunters and Fishermen for the Hungry Program Now Up and Running in Rhode Island Ozone Alert - Health Advisory (August 13) DEM Issues 2005-2006 Hunting and Trapping Abstract DEM Will Hold Hearing on Proposed Waterfowl Season and Falconry Regulations on Thursday, September 1 Ozone Alert - Health Advisory (August 11) DEM Announces That Permits Are Available for Special Resident Canada Goose Hunting Season in September DEM: August 10 West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM Hosting International Group's Wildlife Rehabilitation Course Ozone Alert - Health Advisory (August 5) DEM Says That Majority of Facilities With Federally Regulated Underground Storage Tanks Have Fulfilled Requirements of New Mandatory Self-Certification Program Ozone Alert - Health Advisory (August 4) DEM: August 1 West Nile/EEE Status Update July 2005 DEM Announces That Ocean Breeze Farm in Westerly Has Been Named Rhode Island's 2005 Outstanding Dairy Farm of the Year DEM: July 26 West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM Receives Numerous Complaints Regarding Odors From Cranston Wastewater Treatment Facility DEM Testing This Summer for Next Year's Lifeguards Governor Carcieri Announces 2005 Bay Day Celebration on Sunday, July 31 DEM Accepting Application Requests for Prudence/Patience Island Archery Deer Reservation Lottery DEM To Distribute Larvicide to Communities on Thursday, July 21 for Mosquito Control Ozone Alert - Health Advisory (July 19) DEM: July 12 West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM Again Conducting Special Patrols to Enforce Ban on Boat Sewage Discharge DEM: July 5 West Nile/EEE Status Update June 2005 DEM Issues Discharge Permit Modifications Establishing Nitrogen Limits for Wastewater Treatment Facilities DEM: West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM Announces Start of Rope Walk Pond Restoration Ozone Alert - Health Advisory (June 26) Ozone Alert - Health Advisory (June 25) DEM Asks Recreational Saltwater Anglers to Participate in Online Fishing Survey DEM, DEA, Senator Jack Reed Announce $180,844 USDA Grant for Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program DEM Says First Mosquitoes Trapped Test Negative for WNV and EEE DEM, Health Take Extra Precautions to Protect Public Health and State's Shellfish Industry From Potential Impacts Associated With Red Tide Bloom Off Eastern New England Coast DEM, DEA, Senator Jack Reed to Announce Federal Grant for 2005 Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program DEM, USDA/NRCS, The Nature Conservancy, and Hopkinton Land Trust Celebrate Preservation of Three Hopkinton Farms Ozone Alert - Health Advisory (June 13) Ozone Alert - Health Advisory (June 12) DEM, USDA/NRCS, The Nature Conservancy, and Hopkinton Land Trust to Celebrate Preservation of Three Hopkinton Farms DEM Still Seeking Lifeguards, Especially in South County DEM Asks for Information on Wild Turkey Brood Sightings DEM Says Winter Moth Caterpillars Have Moved Into Rhode Island and Are Damaging Trees in Some East Bay Communities May 2005 DEM Criminal Investigator to Present Environmental Watchdog Program to Elementary School Students DEM Says Waste Removal Near Kelly House Site to Take Place in June DEM Announces Annual Reclassification of Shellfish Waters and Seasonal Shellfish Closures DEM's 24-Hour Bay Line Open for Season DEM Cancels Quahog Transplant Scheduled for Monday, May 23 DEM Sets June 15 Public Hearing on Proposed Hunting and Freshwater Fishing Regulations DEM Announces Daily Opening of State Beaches Beginning Saturday, May 28 DEM Anounces Start of Construction Activities Aimed at Capping Former Rose Hill Regional Landfill in South Kingstown DEM Announces Changes to Commercial and Recreational Fisheries Regulations That Take Effect on May 26 DEM to Hold Public Hearing May 24 on Proposed Amendments to Underground Storage Tank Regulations DEM Announces That $325,000 Is Now Available for Local Recreational Trails Grants Governor Carcieri, DEM, and Farmers to Celebrate Rhode Island Agriculture Day in State House Festivities State Gears Up for Mosquito Season, Reminds Residents to Eliminate Mosquito Breeding Grounds Around Their Homes Westerly to Apply Mosquito Larvicide to Swamp Areas on Friday, May 6 April 2005 Earth Day RI Awards Two $1,500 Scholarships April 2005 North Cape Shellfish Restoration Program Welcomes New Season DEM Awards Grants for Alternative Forest-Based Businesses DEM Announces State Arbor Day Ceremony, Award of Seven Tree Stewardship Grants DEM Announces That Four Weekly Farmers' Markets at State Parks Will Open in Early May DEM Announces Construction of Parking Area at Rome Point Earth Day RI Selects Environmentalists of the Year RIPTA Offers Free Shuttle to Earth Day Festival April 23 DEM Plans Quahog Transplants on May 4, 11,18 & 23; Seeks Shellfishermen to Participate DEM Warns Public of Increased Fire Danger This Week DEM Announces Self-Certification Program for Exterior Lead Paint Removal Contractors DEM Announces It Is Extending the Closure of a Section of Upper Narragansett Bay to Shellfish Harvesting Earth Month Continues With Neighborhood Cleanups DEM Announces Giant Pumpkin-Growing Workshop for Public Users of State Management Areas Required to Wear Fluorescent Orange During Turkey Hunting Season DEM Urges the Public to Exercise Caution on Opening Day of Fishing Season This Saturday Brown, DEM, Announce Local Food Forum April 13 Through April 16 DEM Reminds Public That All Users of Management Areas Must Wear Fluorescent Orange During Turkey Hunting Season DEM, Attorney General's Office, Announce Settlement Agreement and Resolution of Criminal Counts Against Louis L. Vinagro, Jr. DEM to Reopen Middle Bay Areas to Shellfishing Wednesday Fuel Cell-Powered Festival Marks 35th Annual Earth Day Carcieri Bills Will Protect Drinking Water, Watersheds & Narragansett Bay March 2005 Earth Day RI Announces Science Fair Winners DEM Extends Shellfish Closure Area Beginning Wednesday, March 30 Due to Heavy Rainfall DEM, Partners, Protect Close to 500 Acres of Significant Riverfront Property in Westerly DEM Says Rabies Virus Remains Widespread in Rhode Island DEM Announces April 9 Opening Day of Fishing Season Earth Day RI to Award $1,500 Scholarship DEM Announces Preliminary Deer Season Tally DEM to Introduce Urban Environmental Design Manual at Public Meeting on Thursday, March 24 DEM to Hold Public Hearing Monday, March 14, on Proposed Changes to Marine Fisheries Regulations February 2005 DEM, Statewide Planning, to Hold Hearing Wednesday, March 2, on Draft Comprehensive RI Forest Resources Management Plan DEM Announces Self-Certification Program for Regulated Underground Storage Tanks DEM Issues Nutrient Management Plan DEM Issues Draft Listing of Rhode Island Waters Impaired by Pollution DEM Says Conditions at Pulaski State Park in Glocester Excellent for Cross-Country Skiing January 2005 DEM to Hold Public Hearing on Draft Discharge Permit Modifications Establishing Nitrogen Limits for Wastewater Treatment Facilities DEM Says No Safe Ice Yet at State Parks DEM Says Many Openings Still Available for Seasonal Positions; Applications Will Be Accepted Until March 31 Decorated Rhode Island Egg to Be Displayed at White House DEM Removes Dead Whale From Brenton Point DEM Advises Homeowners to Protect Ornamental Plants From Deer Damage