Posts Tagged ‘parks’
Outdoors in RI: Dear Deer, Size matters, Hunting 101, Nature art in our parks, 2A and the candidates
Photo, top, RIDEM & Vincent Simms (right) It’s Deer Mating Season – Be Alert for Deer Crossing Roadways With days growing shorter, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is cautioning motorists to be on high alert for deer crossing roadways, particularly at dawn and dusk. The deer mating season (known as the “rut”)…
Read MoreMayor Smiley announces $13M for Providence’s 39 parks, greenspaces, free PVD-WIFI
City of Providence to Unveil Newly Renovated Park and Schoolyard Mayor Brett P. Smiley announced over $13 million in investments to improve Providence’s parks and greenspaces and celebrated the revitalization of Harriet and Sayles Park and the Mary E. Fogarty Green Schoolyard Complex yesterday. These significant investments are a commitment to improving the quality of…
Read MoreOutdoors in RI: Hunters, hikers, bikers, dog walkers, horseback riders – wear your orange!
Noting that it is archery and small game season on the hunting calendar, the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is urging all recreational users of state management areas and undeveloped state parks to wear 200 square inches of solid, daylight fluorescent orange clothing while using these areas. For public safety, wearing bright orange articles of…
Read MoreSave secret park in Lisbon – David Brussat
by David Brussat, Architecture Here and There, contributing writer on architecture Photo: The Tapada das Necessidades, in Lisbon, at risk of perilous renovation. (Wikipedia) One of the worst things that can befall a dear old municipal park and garden is for “preservationists” to ride to its rescue. First, it may not be in need of…
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