Walking RI: Unwind on Mowry preserve's peaceful trails in Smithfield Mowry Conservation Area, with its picturesque footbridge over a burbling stream, is the perfect place to escape holiday stress.

The Smithfield Conservation Commission now manages the 66-acre preserve, and the Smithfield Land Trust owns the abutting 43-acre Jim Russell Preserve. I set out to explore the preserves from a ...

On Nov. 30, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management and the Rhode Island Forest Conservation Commission hosted a virtual meeting to collect public comments on a draft definition of the ...

Another controversial plan will be up for public discussion on Tuesday night at the Smithfield Planning Commission’s meeting – one laying out possible areas for annexation by the Town of ...