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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Impact",sans-serif;color:#00457A">Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#00457A">| @RhodeIslandDEM</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">CONTACT:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">
<b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="mailto:DEM.communications@dem.ri.gov"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF">DEM.communications@dem.ri.gov</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> Monday, Sept. 30, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">DEM STOCKING 25 WATERWAYS WITH BROOK AND RAINBOW TROUT FOR THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY WEEKEND
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RI –<span style="color:black"> </span>The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is conducting fall
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://dem.ri.gov/natural-resources-bureau/fish-wildlife/freshwater-fishing/trout-stocked-waters"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#3366FF">trout stocking</span></a></span><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#3366FF">
</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">in selected areas in advance of the upcoming holiday weekend, beginning Friday, Oct. 4, and continuing through Thursday, Oct. 10.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">DEM is not stocking some ponds and lakes that it stocked in previous years due to
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://dem.ri.gov/environmental-protection-bureau/water-resources/research-monitoring/cyanobacteria-blue-green-algae"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF">cyanobacteria
alerts</span></a></span><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF">.</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><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">The following areas
<u>will</u> be stocked with Rainbow and Brook trout: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Alton Pond, Richmond<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Barber Pond, South Kingstown<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Barberville to Wyoming Pond, Richmond, Hopkinton<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Blackstone River, Lincoln<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Bradford Fishing Area, Westerly.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Browning Mill Pond, Exeter.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Carbuncle Pond, Coventry.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Carolina Trout Pond, Richmond.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Cronan Landing, Richmond.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Eight Rod Farm Pond, Tiverton.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Grantville to Rt. 95, Hopkinton.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Hope Valley Fishing Area, Hopkinton</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Kings Factory Bridge, Charlestown<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3">
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Meadow Brook Pond, Richmond.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Olney Pond, Lincoln State Park, Lincoln.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Rt. 165 to Barberville, Exeter, Hopkinton.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Round Top Ponds, Burrillville.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Shippee Sawmill Pond, Foster.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Silver Spring Lake, North Kingstown.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Spring Grove Pond, Glocester.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Stafford Pond, Tiverton.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Upper Pawtuxet, (Hope), Scituate.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Willet Pond, East Providence.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Woodville, Richmond, Hopkinton.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Daily stocking updates will be available each afternoon. Please visit
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.facebook.com/rioutdooreducation__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!KF_wPR-N5YlCmexdCZEb1ng6NluWbC2wewsrQOdrxRHi0bRXofdLqViwjpKffLMMcqve2qT5NdL1W17UvOkIX4LhzGFrlQeQF-Pm$"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF">DEM's Division of Fish and Wildlife's (DFW) Facebook Page</span> [facebook.com]</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
visit </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://www.dem.ri.gov/fishing"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF">www.dem.ri.gov/fishing</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">,
or call 401-789-0281 or 401-539-0019 for more information on stocking. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">A 2024 fishing license is required for anglers 15 years of age and older and a Trout Conservation Stamp is
required to keep or possess trout. Trout stamps are not required for persons possessing trout taken from a lake or pond that shares a border with Rhode Island. Fishing licenses can be purchased online on DEM’s
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://rio.ri.gov/"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF">Rhode Island Outdoors (RIO)</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">
portal. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">DEM would like to remind anglers of following changes in the<span style="color:#0066FF">
</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/fish-wildlife/freshwater-fisheries/fwsizes.php"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF">Freshwater Regulations:</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">The daily creel and possession limit for trout and/or salmon is five fish, of which only two can be salmon, from April 13, 2024, through Nov. 30, 2024; and two trout and/or salmon, of which
only two can be salmon from Dec. 1, 2024 - Feb. 28, 2025. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">The creel and possession limit for trout taken in the Wood River, between RT. 165 Check Station and Barberville Dam at Arcadia Road, is two fish from the second Saturday in May through the
last day of Feb. That portion of the Falls River, from the bridge at Austin Farm Road to the bridge at Brook Trail, is a catch and release area.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">The portion of the confluence of the Beaver River and the Pawcatuck River, upstream to New London Turnpike, is designated as a catch and release area and is no longer stocked.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">The daily creel limit for landlocked Atlantic Salmon is two fish per day, statewide until Feb. 28, 2025, which must be part of the overall five fish limit for trout and salmon.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6;text-autospace:none">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">There is an 8-inch minimum size for any trout caught in any state waters. The minimum size limit for domestic (landlocked) Atlantic salmon is 11 inches.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">The following activities are prohibited:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:windowtext">use of external felt soled waders or boots or those soled with any natural or synthetic porous material capable of absorbing water in any freshwaters in Rhode Island is
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext"><a href="https://rules.sos.ri.gov/regulations/part/250-60-00-10"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#3366FF">strictly prohibited</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:windowtext">.
This includes any waters shared with adjacent states in which Rhode Island fishing regulations apply.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo9"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">It is
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext"><a href="https://rules.sos.ri.gov/regulations/part/250-60-00-10"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF">strictly prohibited</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">
to enter or exit a state boat ramp with any vegetation attached to any type of boats, motors, boat trailers, or any other conveyance or equipment in order to curtail the spread of
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or by calling DEM's Great Swamp Field Office at 401-789-0281, or the DEM’s Aquatic Resource Education office at 401-539-0019.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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