SOUTH KINGSTOWN — Joining their Narragansett neighbors, residents in South Kingstown spoke out last week against a proposal by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to open parts of the John H. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge in Narragansett and South Kingstown to hunting.

“We’ve had a number of conversations with folks over the last couple of days, and met with a number of neighbors,” Town Manager Rob Zarnetske said.

The plan is an effort at the national level to open up more federal lands to recreational hunting, Zarnetske said.

“This is not a decision being made by Rhode Island or by the federal government in regard to Rhode Island,” he said.

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