R.I. Gen. Laws § 2-4-7: Establishment of conservation districts.

There are established, three (3) conservation districts as follows:

(1) All that portion known as Washington County and Kent County is incorporated into a district to be called the southern Rhode Island conservation district;

(2) All that portion known as Providence County is incorporated into a district to be called the northern Rhode Island conservation district;

(3) All that portion known as Newport County and Bristol County is incorporated into a district to be called the eastern Rhode Island conservation district.