PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) – Just in time for Rhode Island Quahog Week, the director of the DEM has announced that a section of the Providence River, off limits for shellfishing for more than 75 years, will open on a conditional basis starting next week.
Topher Hamblett is the Director of Advocacy for Save the Bay. He says, “It’s very exciting news, and a testament to all the great progress that’s been made in cleaning up Narragansett Bay.”
The bay has a history of water pollution problems.
Hamblett says, “Anyone who grew up around here in the 70s and 80s can remember the day when raw sewage was washing up on the beaches of the upper bay.”
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The North Providence Animal Shelter on Smithfield Road is due to be replaced, but advocates are pointing to lengthy delays and sub-standard conditions at the facility. (Google Maps)
NORTH PROVIDENCE, RI Protesters carried signs and rallied along Mineral Spring Avenue on Sunday to demand that a new animal shelter be built.
Several women organized the event outside the Public Safety Complex to highlight their campaign. On social media, organizers blamed town officials, including Mayor Lombardi, for delays and inaction on replacing the current animal shelter, saying it s now been seven years since the project was first discussed.
The current shelter on Smithfield Road, shared with Johnston, is out of compliance with Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management standards, and advocates say conditions there are unacceptable.
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remove gender designations from public, single-toilet restrooms. Under the proposed law, the state s
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Demonstrators pushed for a new animal shelter in North Smithfield on Sunday by protesting outside the current shelter on
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first location in Rhode Island. The store is located at
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The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announced the award of $40,000 in matching grants to help communities and businesses invest in boat pump-out facilities across Rhode Island. The grants are funded under the US Fish & Wildlife Service Clean Vessel Act (CVA) and support two projects in Narragansett Bay and one on Block Island. Since 1994, DEM has awarded more than $2 million in CVA grants.
“Over the years, projects funded with pump-out grants have been instrumental in helping to reduce a major source of contamination to the state’s coastal waters, including the bacteria that can cause shellfish closures,” said DEM Director Janet Coit. “We are pleased to award these grants to improve Rhode Island’s boat pump-out infrastructure so that activities like boating and shellfishing can grow and thrive.”