DEM to Hold Public Hearing on Proposed 2024-25 & 2025-26 Hunting, Trapping, Freshwater Fishing, Falconry, & Wildlife Rehabilitation & Control Regs.

PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is announcing that its?Division of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) will hold a?public hearing on proposed regulations relating to the?2024-25 and 2025-26 hunting and trapping seasons and bag limits, the?2025-26 freshwater fishing regulations,?wildlife rehabilitation rules and regulations,?falconry regulations, and?nuisance wildlife control regulations.?

• When: Wednesday, May 15, 5:30 PM
• Where: 3rd Floor – Room 300, Department of Environmental Management, 235 Promenade Street, Providence RI, 02908

Interested parties may present comments concerning the draft regulations at the May 15?public hearing or submit written comments to David Kalb at?[email protected] by close of business (4 PM) on Monday, May 27, 2024.?

For those requesting copies of the draft regulations please email?[email protected] or call 401-284-2418.?

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