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WELLSVILLE — What and where is the WAG Trail? Stretching between Wellsville and Genesee, Pa., the WAG Trail is a multi-use, recreational trail perfect...

New Yorkers are reminded that turtles are on the move in the months of May and June, and state Department of Environmental Conservation officials are ...

BUFFALO — New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the University at Buffalo are partnering to develop a plan focused on the proper...

ALBANY — Applications are available for the state Department of Environmental Conservation’s cooperative pheasant chick program, which allows people t...

ALBANY (TNS) — The first round of the state’s efforts to reduce the spread of an invasive insect that is killing hemlocks along Lake George is complet...

One of the great aspects of life in our corner of the Southern Tier is the closeness of nature we enjoy. We never know what we might see in our back y...

ALBANY (TNS) — New York’s rollout of its plastic bag ban last year was so muddled and confusing that a judge awarded court fees to the plaintiffs who ...

ALLEGANY — State environmental officials cited Dimes Energy in 2020 for several violations involving the drilling of oil and gas wells in the West Bra...

Cornell Cooperative Extension will offer online training to learn about problem weeds, diseases and insects found in field crops in the Southwest New ...

ALBANY — A partnered state effort is leveraging new drone technology and magnetic surveillance to spot abandoned oil and gas wells in New York State. ...

ALBANY — New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos on Friday announced the release of a draft Deer Management ...

ALFRED, NY, November 2020 – Brothers in the Lambda Tau Phi and Mu Theta fraternities at Alfred State College recently stepped up to help the Departmen...

OLEAN — Attention, creative types: If an arts project is burning a hole in your head and all you need is money, the Tri-County Arts Council hears you....

{child_byline}By KATE DAY SAGER Olean Times Herald {/child_byline} ALLEGANY — In the past year, there isn’t a night that has gone by that Ron Volz doe...

ALBANY (TNS) — The state’s Department of Environmental Conservation will start enforcing a ban on single-use plastic bags beginning on Oct. 19. The ba...

OLEAN — Another brownfield cleanup in North Olean is being planned, the state Department of Environmental Conservation reported. DEC officials said th...

The Department of Environmental Conservation encourages New Yorkers to participate in the state’s annual survey for wild turkeys through August. Since...

The Department of Environmental Conservation needs to improve efforts to control invasive species such as zebra mussels, emerald ash borer and giant h...