Posts Tagged ‘outdoors’
Outdoors in RI: Time to Seastreak – Vets Access – Invasive Alerts – Clays 4 Charity at The Preserve – 2A TODAY
For Outdoors in RI it will be a delightful week ahead. Consistent weather with highs in the low 80s. Remember your hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, water, and some of the new items like portable, wearable fans and cooling items. We start out with a fun venture – for today is the opening of the Providence to…
Read MoreOutdoors in RI: 2A votes, Charter Yachts, active summer programs, garden tours, aquatic weeds…
Staying on Top of the Charter Game The Newport Charter Yacht Show is the only trade event of its kind in the Northeast, meaning it’s a valuable tool for connecting luxury charter yachts, their agents, owners, captains and crews with those in the business of brokering unparalleled on-water vacations for discriminating clients. It all starts in Newport,…
Read MoreOutdoors in RI: For mom, Fish Parade, Beaches, Quahog Week, Mosquitos, URI student Sailors
Mother’s Day Burrillville Farmer’s Market The Burrillville Farmer’s Market will hold an early kickoff to the spring season with a popup market by the town common gazebo on May 10th from 9:30am to 12:30pm. Stop by to shop with local vendors for fresh foods and handmade items and pick up something for Mom – or…
Read MoreOutdoors in RI: Count the ways to enjoy Parks, Beaches, Earth Day, Arbor Day, RITree
This is National Park Week There are more than 400 national parks of different shapes, sizes, and kinds to experience. 60 Years of Memorializing Roger Williams’s New & Dangerous Opinions. Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the establishment of Roger Williams National Memorial. The Act, passed in 1965, established the Roger Williams National Memorial in the…
Read MoreOutdoors in RI: Trout season up next, know the rules. Sweet’s Hill conserved. Pooch beach ban.
Photo, top: Charlie Chupko reeled in his first trout last year – a golden rainbow trout that anglers have an opportunity to catch to earn a golden trout pin! 60,000 fish stocked in over 100 waterbodies Opening Day of trout season is set for Saturday, April 12, and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management…
Read MoreOutdoors in RI: Tree Stewards, Ag and Seafood funding, Educator training, Yellow shirts a 2A force
Rhode Island Tree Council announces Spring Tree Stewards course From John Campanini, Technical Director, RI Tree Council The Rhode Island Tree Council announced that registration is now open for its Spring Tree Stewards course, which will be held at the AAA building in Warwick. The course’s lecture sessions are May 1, 8, 15, and 22…
Read MoreOutdoors in RI: Water watchers, Easter at The Preserve, Title IX, family fish, bow hunt, 2A time
Photo, top: URI Watershed Watch (URI Photo/Bill McCusker) Water Watchers! URI Watershed Watch, which has collected water quality data on lakes, ponds, reservoirs, rivers, streams and the marine environment throughout southern New England, for more than 35 years, is seeking volunteers. A program of URI Cooperative Extension, Watershed Watch volunteers help to assess the impacts…
Read MoreOutdoors in RI: Op-ed calling for accuracy in gun crime data. $2M for 13 projects to protect habitats
A month of gun legislation coming up in Rhode Island Did you know? Guns and wildlife restoration The 1937 Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act took the revenues from an existing federal excise tax on gun manufacturers and reallocated them to state wildlife agencies. The law, also known as the Pittman-Robertson Act in recognition of…
Read MoreOutdoors in RI: Shooting range opens. Hunting, fishing classes. Be bear aware. Go, Appalachia!
Hatch, Bloom, and Explore this Spring at a DEM Outdoor Education Course The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) Division of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) has another season of great spring programs scheduled to connect Rhode Islanders with our state’s beautiful natural resources. From Vernal pool and sky dance nights to learning the ins and outs…
Read MoreOutdoors in RI: 2A local action, summertime jobs, hunting and fishing licenses, hiking plans
Photo: RIDEM – Seasonal workers can choose from summer jobs at a sandy beach, off the beaten path in a forest, aboard a research vessel in the Bay, and alongside environmental leaders working to protect, restore, and promote Rhode Island’s natural resources. RIDEM seeking Lifeguards Park Rangers, other Seasonal Positions The Rhode Island Department of…
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