Land Use

Providence Rally to Celebrate Conservation

Subdivision Plan With Bridge Over Wetlands Raises Ire on Block Island

Quidnessett Country Club Seawall Subject of Public Hearing

Affordability, Environment Loom Large in Consideration of Westerly Housing Development

Standing on top of Sweet’s Hill, looking over a northern Rhode Island forest, it’s easy to imagine there’s no one else around for miles and miles.

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Revival of Defunct Board Could Debunk Notion That Affordable Housing, Land Preservation Don’t Mix

Creation of Wildfire Suppression Fuel Breaks in Arcadia Raises Questions

Rhode Island Must Do Better to Preserve Vital Farmlands

The money would go toward state and local open space acquisition, farmland preservation, forest management, and habitat restoration.

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Save The Bay Revives, Fortifies Waterlogged Warwick Marsh

West Greenwich Utility-Scale Solar Project Worries Environmentalists

Proposal Would Blow Up Gales Ferry Hill to Create Quarry Along Thames River in Connecticut

The proposed zone changes seek a balance between lower taxes and retaining the town’s rural feel.

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State to Purchase, Preserve Boy Scouts’ Land in Burrillville

EPA Change Limiting Scope of Wetland Protections Won’t Affect R.I.’s Watersheds

Lego House Promotes Land Preservation