Posts Tagged ‘shellfishing’
Outdoors in RI: It’s Nat’l Wine & Cheese Day, Yoga at Sakonnet, Gov’s Bay Day, Farmers Market, Senior Games
Photo, top: Gov. McKee office Programs Outdoors at Sakonnet Vineyard TODAY! Celebrate National Wine & Cheese Day with Sweet & Salty Farm on Friday, July 25th Celebrate Sakonnet’s 50th anniversary as New England’s oldest vineyard this National Wine & Cheese Day – TODAY -Thursday, July 25th with Little Compton’s Sweet & Salty Farm. From 11:00…
Read MoreOutdoors in RI: Shellfishing areas closed, So. RI Conservation, Preserve Sporting Shoppe, 2A
Heavy Rain Closes Shellfishing Areas in Narragansett Bay & Salt Ponds The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is announcing that several shellfish areas in Narragansett Bay and the coastal salt ponds are closed due to excessive rain received yesterday. Upper Narragansett Bay Area A, Upper Narragansett Bay Area B, and Lower Providence River…
Read MoreMemorial Day weekend safety tips, closed shellfishing areas
This could be the biggest Memorial Day weekend for travel in close to 20 years say those who keep track of this sort of thing. Knowing that, many will be staying close to home, visiting each other, going to outdoor events, etc. Ahead of Memorial Day, the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is issuing…
Read MoreOutdoors in RI: Shellfish area reopened – Trout restocked – long weekend – go!
DEM Set to Reopen West Side of Shellfish Area A in Upper Bay at Sunrise on Oct. 5; Area had been Closed since Sewage Spill The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is announcing that the emergency closure of the western side of Upper Narragansett Bay shellfish Area A is ending at sunrise tomorrow,…
Read MoreOutdoors RI: Greenwich Bay area closed to shellfishing for 20 years opens TODAY
Photo: URI, Greenwich Bay The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is announcing that it is upgrading about 180 acres of shellfishing grounds in the Nausauket area of Greenwich Bay in Warwick from prohibited to conditionally approved harvesting status starting at sunrise on Friday, Sept. 2. The opening represents a 10 percent increase in…
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