In the case of the reserve on Prudence, NOAA provides about 70% of the funding and RIDEM is the state partner. The site is managed by the Audubon Society of Rhode Island in partnership with RIDEM.

The DEM said Prudence Island will be closed to shellfishing between July 29 and Aug. 5. RELATED: Police remind boaters to celebrate responsibly ahead of Aquapalooza ...

PRUDENCE ISLAND – The tiny one-room schoolhouse that island residents fought to keep open doesn't have any students this year, but that doesn't mean it's closed for good.. Jess Friswell, who ...

This day of our island visit, January 6, (my first to Prudence) marks a freakish, 50-degree sliver of warmth bookended by Arctic air that freezes much of the continent. Fog envelops the 8 a.m. ferry.

Prudence Island has no businesses besides a small general store, and year-round residents endure challenging commutes to jobs on the mainland. In winter, throwing a party means inviting the whole ...

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 ...

523 water samples have been tested on Prudence Island between 2018 and July 2024. While only two samples in the distribution system have tested positive for E-coli, 51 of have tested positive for ...