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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#00457A;mso-ligatures:none">235 Promenade Street | Providence, RI 02908 | 401.222.4700 |</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0070C0;mso-ligatures:none">
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#00457A;mso-ligatures:none">| @RhodeIslandDEM</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Evan LaCross, 401-799-0100 Monday, April 6, 2026<b><o:p></o:p></b></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;mso-ligatures:none">Fighting Fire with Fire: DEM Resuming Prescribed Burns<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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RI –<span style="color:black"> </span>The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM)
</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://dem.ri.gov/natural-resources-bureau/agriculture-and-forest-environment/forest-environment/forest-fire-program"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:blue">Forest
Fire Program</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> plans to conduct low-severity prescribed burns on state lands in Exeter, West Greenwich, Coventry, Richmond, Glocester, Jamestown, and South Kingstown. Weather
permitting, the first prescribed burns of 2026 will begin this week. Prescribed <span style="color:black">
(planned) </span>burns depend on weather and wind conditions and are typically announced a day in advance.<span style="color:black"> Prescribed burns help maintain healthy habitats and reduce hazardous fuels, protecting communities from extreme wildfires.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">DEM will provide additional public notice through social media, website updates, and flyers to nearby landowners once a burn window has been identified. A burn window occurs
when fuel, moisture, and weather conditions align to safely meet management goals, including fuel reduction, habitat improvement, and ecological restoration.
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">DEM burn managers are targeting parcels at Durfee Hill Management Area in Glocester, Arcadia Management Area in Exeter, Nicholas Farm Management Area in Coventry, Big River Management Area
in West Greenwich, Dutch Island in Jamestown, Carolina Management Area in Richmond, and Great Swamp Management Area in South Kingstown.
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Climate change is increasing wildfire risk by creating warmer, drier conditions, and longer fire seasons. In 2025, Rhode Island
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AI-generated content may be incorrect." v:shapes="Picture_x0020_2"><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">experienced
62 wildfires, and DEM’s Forest Fire Program </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://dem.ri.gov/press-releases/dem-resuming-prescribed-burns"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:blue">conducted
12 prescribed burns treating more than 100 acres of state land</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">. DEM continues
</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://dem.ri.gov/press-releases/dem-conduct-brush-clearing-project-big-river-management-area-reduce-wildfire-risk"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:blue">shaded
fuelbreak brush-clearing projects</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> to reduce the risk of uncontrolled wildfires. By expanding its use of prescribed fire, DEM’s land management policies and practices
are better aligned with neighboring states and strengthens regional ecological restoration and climate resilience.
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<p class="Caption1"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:windowtext">From burn to bloom: native pollinators and grassland habitat thrive at Great Neck Road field in Great Swamp Management Area following DEM’s prescribed burns at this
location. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Prescribed burns are led by experts from
</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://dem.ri.gov/natural-resources-bureau/agriculture-and-forest-environment/forest-environment/forest-fire-program"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF">DEM’s
Forest Fire Program</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> and they
<span style="color:#0A0A0A;background:#FEFEFE">will employ detailed operational and safety plans.
</span><span style="color:#141414">Fire behavior, fuels, and weather are monitored throughout the burn, and if the prescription parameters are exceeded, the fire is shut down.
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