Land Use

Protected Open Space Around Yawgoo Pond Grows

North Scituate Condo Development Continues to Ignore the Law

Highway Buffer Trees ‘Mistakenly’ Bulldozed by Billboard Company

Nature’s Needs and Human Wants Vie for Space Among Rhode Island’s Protected Places

All-terrain vehicles have made big headlines during the past year. The city of Providence has taken measures to crack down on usage. Outside Rhode Island’s capital, off-road vehicles remain a consistent problem on protected lands.

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Silva Family to Donate Cumberland Property to Town; Texts Show Attempts by Family to Influence Deal

Brayton Point Neighbors Fume Over Metals Recycling Operation

Surge in Building Permits has Charlestown Officials Scrambling

CUMBERLAND, R.I. — The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management is getting pushback from local officials after approving the development of a freshwater wetland property proposed by the son of Gov. Dan McKee’s chief of staff, despite objections from the town and abutting property owners.

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DEM Gives Governor’s Chief of Staff Go-Ahead to Develop Wetlands in Flood-Prone Cumberland Neighborhood

Fallout from Boy Scouts Sex-Abuse Settlement Leaves Future of High-Value Rhode Island Open Space Uncertain

Thank God It’s Friday: R.I. Land Trust Council’s First and Only Executive Director Headed to Retirement

PROVIDENCE — The future of downtown is bright — and safer, greener and more inclusive, too, according to recently revealed redesign plans.

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Informal Collaboration (Un)paves the Way to Cleaner Almy Pond

Providence Makes Room for Five Dozen Restitution Trees

Left Undeveloped for Eight Decades, Napatree Point Rolls with the Tides

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ATVs Ride Roughshod Over R.I.’s Protected Open Space

Ties Between Controversial Wetland Development in Cumberland and Family of Governor’s Chief of Staff Deepen

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Sweeping Changes to Downtown PVD Would Cost $140 Million

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