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	Current News- revised 12/31/07 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 October 2007 DEM Announces Public Hearing on Proposed Commercial Fishing Regulations DEM, Health, Joining Others in East Providence to Promote Local Produce and Nutrition Education on Harvest Day DEM Cautions Drivers to Be Alert for Deer Rhode Island Joins Northeast States in Urging EPA to Do More to Reduce Mercury Pollution DEM Issues Reminder That Fluorescent Orange is Required in Management Areas for Safety During Hunting Season NEW Campground Reservation System to Go Live on November 14 DEM Praises Returning Rhode Island Wastewater Competitors DEM Announces Availability of Passive and Historic Park Development/Recreation Grants DEM and Newport Officials to Showcase First Round of Improvements at Van Zandt Fishing Pier, DEM Director Announces Availability of Next Round of Open Space Recreation Grants DEM and Newport Officials to Showcase First Round of Improvements at Van Zandt Fishing Pier (Advisory) October 12 West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM Announces Muzzleloader Deer Season DEM Announces Island Archery Deer Seasons October 5 West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM, Attorney General Applaud EPA Appeals Board's Decision to Uphold Discharge Permit for Brayton Point Power Plant DEM Announces That Public is Invited to Climb Fire Tower at Chopmist Forestry Headquarters on Saturday, October 13 DEM to Hold October 24 Public Hearing on Proposed Changes to State Commercial Fishing Licensing Regulations DEM Says Current Water Conditions Delay Fall Trout Stocking Governor Carcieri, NOAA, State and Local Officials Launch Next Phase of Narragansett Bay Debris Cleanup September 2007 DEM Announces Dates and Seasons for Hunting Small Game and Upland Migratory Birds September 28 West Nile/EEE Status Update Governor Carcieri, Joined by Federal, State, and Local Officials,To Launch Next Phase of Major Clean-up of Bay Shoreline DEM Announces October 1 Start of Archery Deer Hunting Season September 21 West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM Offers Special Deer Seasons on Prudence Island and in Narragansett for Paraplegics/Double Amputees DEM to Host New Wastewater Management Boot Camp Training Program for Next Generation of Wastewater Managers DEM, US Army Corps of Engineers and Project Partners to View Ongoing Work at Town Pond Salt Pond Restoration Project in Portsmouth September 14 West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM, Health Issue Temporary Advisory for Ten Mile River and Its Impoundments DEM to Hold September 25 Workshop on Brownfields Program Updates DEM Awards $169,200 in Grants for Riparian Restoration Projects DEM, Pumpkin Growers, Invite Public to Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off Saturday, October 6, at Frerichs Farm in Warren DEM, NRCS, Announce Preservation of Salisbury Farm in Johnston DEM Accepting Applications Until Friday, October 5, for Federal Boating Infrastructure Grants DEM, NRCS, to Announce Preservation of Salisbury Farm in Johnston DEM: September 7 West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM Announces September 21 Public Hearing on Proposed Amendments to Individual Sewage Disposal System Regulations DEM, RI Water Resources Board Urges Public to Take Voluntary Water Conservation Measures as Stream Flow Levels Continue to Drop Due to Lack of Rainfall DEM Announces That Mosquito Samples Taken in East Providence and Barrington Test Positive for West Nile Virus AMC's Narragansett Chapter Volunteers Will Make Trail Improvements at Burlingame State Park This Weekend August 2007 DEM: August 31 West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM Advises Mariners That Permanent Sub-Surface Transect Lines Have Been Placed in Rhode Island Sound Over Artificial Reefs DEM to Offer New Campground Reservation System DEM Continues to Monitor Large School of Menhaden in the Blackstone River and Advises Public of the Potential For Die-Off of the Fish Due to Lunar Tide Cycle DEM to Hear Oral Arguments Related to Motion to Dismiss the Appeal of a Wetlands Permit for Proposed Cranston Concrete Dry-Batching Facility on September 11 DEM Announces That Mosquito Sample Taken Near Seekonk Border Tests Positive for West Nile Virus DEM: August 24 West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM Awards $150,000 in RI Open Space and Federal Funds to Burrillville to Aquire Land to Connect Two Villages DEM to Announce Grant for Rail Trail Project That Will Connect Two Burrillville Village Centers DEM: August 17 West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM Will Hold Hearing on Proposed Waterfowl Season and Falconry Regulations on Thursday, August 30 DEM Denies Weaver's Cove Energy LLC's Request for Permit to Dredge Navigation Channel in Mount Hope Bay DEM: August 10 West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM Announces Plans to Update Regulations Regarding Operation and Maintenance of Wastewater Treatment Plants DEM: August 3 West Nile/EEE Status Update Air Quality Alert - Health Advisory - August 3 July 2007 DEM Awards $127,500 in Federal Funds to Add Six New Boat Sewage Pump-Out Facilities DEM: July 27 West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM Announces August 1 Ceremony at Scarborough Beach North to Honor the Legendary Late John Higgins of Aquatic Fame DEM Announces That Wright's Dairy Farm in North Smithfield Has Been Named State's 2007 Outstanding Dairy Farm of the Year Governor's Bay Day Set for July 29 Sand Sculptures Will Line Roger Wheeler State Beach on Governor's Bay Day Kites Will Fill the Sky at Brenton Point on Governor's Bay Day DEM: July 20 West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM Announces August 6 Public Hearing on Proposed New Regulations Governing the Catch of Whelk DEM Announces New Anti-Idling Regulations for Diesel-Powered Vehicles and Equipment DEM Announces 2007-2008 Hunting Regulations DEM Testing in August for Next Year's Lifeguards DEM: July 13 West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM Encouraging Landowners to Allow Deer Hunting on Private Land Air Quality Alert - Health Advisory - July 11 DEM, City of Warwick to Undertake Joint Effort to Remove Sea Lettuce Washing Ashore on Conimicut Beach Air Quality Alert - Health Advisory - July 10 Air Quality Alert - Health Advisory - July 9 DEM: July 6 West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM to Host Public Informational Meeting July 18 on Use of Federal Brownfields Grant DEM, Health Announce Smoke-Free State Beaches Campaign DEM Files Emergency Regulations Regarding Commercial Menhaden Fishery That Take Effect Today June 2007 DEM: June 29 West Nile/EEE Status Update DEM to Hold Additional Public Workshop on Proposed Changes to RI Septic System Regulations on July 11 Air Quality Alert - Health Advisory - June 28 Air Quality Alert - Health Advisory - June 27 Air Quality Alert - Health Advisory - June 26 DEM Says First Mosquitoes Trapped Test Negative for WNV and EEE DEM Files Motion in Superior Court Seeking to Revoke Southern Union Attorney Herschmann's Temporary Permission to Practice Law in RI Because of His Unprofessional and Unethical Behavior DEM Issues Reminder to Commercial Fishermen of Changes to Catch Quotas DEM Announces Results of Spring Turkey Hunt DEM Hosting International Group's Wildlife Rehabilitation Course DEM Urges Rhode Islanders to Take Advantage of Fluorescent Light Bulb Recycling Day at Wal-Mart Saturday, June 23 DEM to Hold Hearing on June 26 on Amendments to Underground Storage Tank Regulations DEM Asks For Information on Wild Turkey Brood Sightings DEM to Honor Town Manager Kevin Breene and the People of West Greenwich with Alfred L. Hawkes Award DEM to Hold Three Public Workshops in June on Proposed Changes to RI Septic System Regulations DEM's 24-Hour Bay Line Open for Season DEM Says Now Is the Time to Control Damage from Gypsy Moth Caterpillars Results, Conclusions, and Recommendations of the Air Monitoring Study Near TF Green Airport to Be Presented at June 13 Public Meeting Hosted by DEM, DOH, City of Warwick, and the Air Monitoring Advisory Group DEM Announces Appointment of Michael L. Lapisky as Chief of the Division of Fish and Wildlife May 2007 DEM to Distribute Larvicide to Communities for Mosquito Control DEM Announces Annual Reclassification of Shellfish Waters and Seasonal Shellfish Closures That Take Effect on May 26 DEM Announces Self-Certification Program for Auto Salvage Yards Is Up and Running Air Quality Alert - Health Advisory - May 25 DEM Announces First Inductees in State's Agricultural Hall of Fame During RI Agriculture Day Festivities DEM to Conduct Lifeguard Testing Thursday and Friday DEM Closes Nine Ponds/Marshes to Shellfish Harvesting Due to Lack of Certification Governor Carcieri, DEM, and Farmers to Celebrate Rhode Island Agriculture Day in State House Festivities DEM Says State Parks and Beaches Ready for Summer Season State Gears Up for Mosquito Season, Reminds Residents to Eliminate Mosquito Breeding Grounds Around Their Homes DEM Announces Changes to Summer Flounder and Striped Bass Management Programs State Launches New Air Quality Alert Program DEM, RI League of Cities and Towns, Invite Municipal and State Officials to Meeting on Underground Storage Tank Self-Certification DEM to Host Regional Public Meeting Thursday, May 31 on Scituate Reservoir Greenspace Project DEM to Hold Public Workshop on Thursday, May 17 on Proposed Hunting and Freshwater Fishing Regulations DEM Announces Weekend Opening of South County State Beaches on Saturday, May 5 DEM Announces That the Portion of Point Judith Pond Closed to Shellfishing Due to Sewer Line Break Will Reopen Thursday, May 3 DEM to Host May 3 Tree Planting Ceremony at St. Mary School DEM Announces That Amended Freshwater Wetlands Regulations Take Effect June 1 April 2007 Westerly to Apply Mosquito Larvicide to Swamp Areas on Monday, April 30 in Yearly Routine CORRECTION- DEM Closes Shellfishing Grounds in Narragansett Due to Sewer Line Break DEM Says Young Birds And Mammals Should Be Left Alone DEM Closes Shellfishing Grounds in Narragansett Due to Sewer Line Break DEM Plans Five Quahaug Transplants in May; Seeks Shellfishermen to Participate DEM, US Park Service, Schoolchildren, to Plant Liberty Tree on Friday, April 27 at State Arbor Day Event to Which Public Is Invited DEM Announces Reopening of Bristol Harbor Waters to Shellfishing Beginning at Sunrise Wednesday, April 25 DEM Announces That Four Weekly Farmers' Markets at State Parks Will Open in Early May; Offers Free Brochure DEM Announces Reopening of Dutch Harbor to Shellfishing Beginning at Sunrise Tuesday, April 24 DEM Says Seal Population in Area Continues to Grow; Normal for Seals to Haul Out to Rest, Particularly After Recent Storms DEM to Hold Information Session May 3 on Self-Certification for Owners and Operators of Underground Storage Tanks DEM, US Park Service, Schoolchildren, to Plant Liberty Tree on Friday, April 27 at State Arbor Day Event to Which Public Is Invited DEM Employees Receive Earth Day Honors with Prestigious Regional EPA Environmental Awards DEM Announces Waters in Bristol Harbor and Dutch Island Harbor Will Be Closed to Shellfishing at Sunrise Tomorrow DEM Urges Anglers to Exercise Caution on Opening Day of Fishing Season This Saturday, April 14 DEM Accepting Grant Applications for Pumpout Facilities Rhode Island Joins Northeast States to Develop Plan Aimed at Lowering Mercury Levels in Fish DEM Announces Appointment of Catherine A. Sparks as Chief of the Department's Division of Forest Environment DEM Announces Dates of Wild Turkey Hunting Season DEM Announces $621,513 Grant Award to Glocester for Innovative Wastewater and Stormwater Project DEM Announces Upcoming Meetings to Discuss New Restoration Studies and Strategies for Improving Water Quality in Ten Ponds DEM to Present Town of Glocester with Grant for Innovative Wastewater and Stormwater Project March 2007 DEM Says Spring Chores Should Include Animal-Proofing Your Home DEM Issues Call to Boaters to Stay Safe Governor Carcieri and DEM Announce Nearly $5.4 Million in Open Space Grants DEM Seeking Nominations for Agricultural Hall of Fame Inductees First Lady Sue Carcieri to Be Presented With Duplicate of Decorated Rhode Island Egg That Will Be Displayed at White House DEM Says Be Cautious in Disposing of Ashes DEM Announces Award of Close to $4 Million in Grants for Water Quality Protection and Restoration DEM Says Trout Stocking Taking Place in Advance of April 14 Start of Freshwater Fishing Season DEM Announces Permanent Regulations Barring Take of Female Lobsters with a V-Notch of 1/8 Inch or More DEM Announces Early Opening of Burlingame Campground DEM Announces April 9 Public Hearing on Proposed Amendments to Rhode Island Marine Fisheries Regulations DEM Issues Information About Dog, Cat Food Recall DEM Issues Preliminary Deer Season Tally DEM Announces That Grant Funds Are Available for Riparian Buffer Restoration Projects DEM Announces Adoption of Amended Used Oil Regulations DEM Recruiting Now for Seasonal Workers; Many Openings Still Available at State Parks and Beaches February 2007 DEM Announces Replacement of Worden Pond Boat Launch DEM to Present $225,000 Grant to Barrington for Improvements to the Town's Tennis Courts and Recreation Facility DEM Gives Two-Week Extension to Public Comment Period on Proposed Wetlands Regulations DEM Announces Plea Agreement With N.E. Environmental Services, Inc. Over Water Pollution Violations at Smithfield Facility DEM Reports Safe Ice Conditions at Four Monitored State Parks January 2007 DEM to Hold Public Informational Meeting on Proposed Wetlands Regulations on Tuesday, February 13 DEM Announces Plans for Additional Winter Stocking of Trout in Anticipation of Ice Fishing DEM Announces Appointment of New State Veterinarian DEM Announces Appointment of Larry Mouradjian as Associate Director for Natural Resources Management DEM, RI State Chapter of National Wild Turkey Federation, Will Hold Wild Turkey Seminar and Hunter Clinic February 17 DEM Urges Applicants to Be Flexible in Requesting Campsite Reservations at Fishermen's Memorial Campground DEM Announces Public Hearing on Proposed Changes to Marine Fisheries Management Regulations Will Be Held on January 25 DEM Offers Boat Registration Renewal, Boater Education Information, Summer Job Applications at Boat Show DEM Announces That Emergency Regulations Regarding the Taking of V-Notched Lobsters Have Been Extended