URI-DEM partnership will reopen W. Alton Jones campus in September • Rhode Island Current

URI-DEM partnership will reopen W. Alton Jones campus in September • Rhode Island Current

Senior employees from the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management moved into this lodge at the entrance to the W. Alton Jones campus in West Greenwich in April. (Photo by Ryan Arruda for Rhode Island Current)Six years after pandemic lockdowns forced state officials to shut down the University of Rhode Island’s 2,300-acre environmental camp, nature preserve and conference center in West Greenwich, the site is finally set to reopen on …