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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#00457A">235 Promenade Street | Providence, RI 02908 | 401.222.4700 |</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0070C0">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Evan LaCross, 401-799-0100 Tuesday, August 6, 2024<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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RI –<span style="color:black"> The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM)
</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://dem.ri.gov/natural-resources-bureau/fish-wildlife"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF">Division of Fish and Wildlife (DFW)</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">
is announcing the publication of </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://dem.ri.gov/natural-resources-bureau/fish-wildlife/reports-publications/reptiles-rhode-island"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF">Reptiles
of Rhode Island</span></i></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">, available in hard copy with funding from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fws.gov/library/collections/state-wildlife-grants-swg__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!PGL1CLhHYh_mL0G4b6KhoC_zX_0ERsl1KxpreMsJF6jSbJRkaJh3jGRhuK3WuNEmyd9NnVT-CyIIlIKVOHiBvVmyj6lCt-d7Urdm$"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF">State Wildlife Grants Program</span> [fws.gov]</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">.
All revenue generated by the sale of this book will be directed towards DFW’s wildlife conservation efforts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Reptiles of Rhode Island</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black"> is the companion volume to
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://dem.ri.gov/natural-resources-bureau/fish-wildlife/reports-publications/amphibians-rhode-island"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF">Amphibians
of Rhode Island</span></i></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">, published in 2018. It provides meticulous accounts of the state’s seven native turtles and 13 native snakes and their respective habitats,
accompanied by beautiful photographs. Far more than a field guide, author Christopher Raithel’s book also combines an exhaustive search of the historical record and four decades of intense personal study to provide comprehensive information on the state-wide
distribution, demography, seasonal movement, reproduction and development, research needs, and conservation status of each species. An additional chapter is devoted entirely to conservation, detailing overarching threats as well as the actions the public and
biologists can and must take to safeguard the amazing creatures detailed within the book’s pages.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Christopher Raithel was hired as the staff zoologist at the outset of the
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://rules.sos.ri.gov/regulations/part/250-110-00-4"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF">Rhode Island Natural Heritage Program</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">
in 1979 and became the nongame and endangered species biologist at DFW until his retirement in 2018. As one of the increasingly rare naturalists who has come to know his subjects and their world in great depth, Chris’s enormous compassion for them shines through
in the less technical sections of his writing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">To order a book by mail, visit
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://www.dem.ri.gov/bookorder"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF">www.dem.ri.gov/bookorder</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">
to download a mail order form. Please allow up to six weeks for processing and delivery. Books are $20.00 each and are $15.00 each when you purchase five or more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Reptiles of Rhode Island</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black"> may be purchased in person at the
DEM’s </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://dem.ri.gov/natural-resources-bureau/boating-registration-licenses"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF">Division of Boating Registration
and Licensing</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black"> offices
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://dem.ri.gov/contact-us/directions"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF">located at 235 Promenade Street, Providence RI</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">,
weekdays from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM. Accepted forms of payment at that location are cash, check, money order or, for an additional fee of $1.50, credit card.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">The book is also for sale at the DFW Headquarters
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://dem.ri.gov/contact-us/marine-fisheries-and-fish-wildlife-offices"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF">located at 277 Great Neck Road, West
Kingston R</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:blue">I</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black"> between the hours of 8:30 AM and 4 PM. Accepted forms of payment are money
order or check. Cash or credit cards cannot be accepted at this location.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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