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ALBANY — In response to community concerns about increasing amounts of litter left behind by visitors to New York’s natural areas, State Department of...

ALBANY — The online hunter education course that was first available in April when all in-person hunter education courses had to be canceled due to CO...

In support of New York’s ban on single-use plastic bags that began March 1, State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Region 9 staff delive...

National Fuel and its subsidiary got a court win earlier this week in their effort to build a natural gas pipeline across parts of Allegany, Cattaraug...

ALBANY — New York is distributing more than 270,000 reusable bags to low- and moderate-income communities in advance of the state’s plastic bag ban st...

ALBANY — The state Department of Environmental Conservation has released the draft New York State Forest Action Plan for public review and comment. Th...

The 2019 hunting seasons were the safest on record in New York state, with 12 shooting injuries and one death, the Department of Environmental Conserv...

ALBANY (TNS) — New York is set to ban most single-use plastic bags beginning March 1, but environmental advocates are warning a series of proposed reg...

ALLEGANY — A number of residents in Allegany likely realize that oil, and drilling for it, has been in the community for a long time — as far back as ...

OLEAN — Another city brownfield cleanup has been declared complete by the state. The state Department of Environmental Conservation reported this week...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation will observe a year-long celebration of its upcoming 50th anniversary in 2020. Gov. Nelson...

ALLEGANY — Residents of the West Branch and Four Mile roads area, where a house exploded last month, have been informed that oil drilling in their val...

New York’s regular big game season for deer and bear in the Southern Zone starts Saturday and runs through Dec. 8. The season for early bowhunters, wh...

ALBANY — The state Department of Environmental Conservation is seeking angler feedback on proposed fishing regulation changes for New York’s Great Lak...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is showing off the latest design of the New York State Trail Supporter patch. The patches ...

Several small game hunting seasons open Oct. 1 across New York state, with special youth-only hunting seasons for pheasants and waterfowl prior to the...

In Saturday’s edition, we related how at least a couple of timber rattlesnakes had somewhat unsettled a Potter County community this past week. Forty ...

Several blue-green algae blooms were reported earlier this summer in Cattaraugus and Allegany counties, while nearby water bodies continue to see bloo...