Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management announced it will preemptively close 700 acres of shellfishing grounds off ...

PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (WPRI) — Around 700 acres of shellfishing grounds off Prudence Island will be closed from July 26 until sunrise on Aug. 2. A map of the shellfishing grounds that will temporarily be ...

The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management announced Wednesday that due to the increased risk of accidental or illicit discharges of sewage from hundreds of boats gathering off Prudence ...

PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (WPRI) — Shellfish grounds at the North End of Prudence Island, including Potter’s Cove, will be closed from sunrise on Saturday, July 27 until sunrise on Saturday, Aug. 3. The Rhode ...

EAST GREENWICH, R.I. (WPRI) — Dozens of quahoggers took to Greenwich Bay Thursday to assist the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) with transplanting more than 60,000 pounds of ...