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ALBANY (AP) — A "citizen science" survey for wild turkeys is getting underway in New York state, and the Department of Environmental Conservation is a...

LAKE CLEAR (AP) — The severe windstorm at the beginning of May decimated one age of fish at the state’s Adirondack Fish Hatchery, but staff say some r...

GOWANDA — Nearly 50 people attended a state Department of Environmental Conservation public meeting on updating the state’s Zoar Valley Multiple Use A...

At a time of year that black bears are on the move, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is urging people to be careful with fo...

It may only seem that winter weather will never end. Possible snow showers during the day and well-below-freezing temperatures at night will be with u...

Given the current state of the weather — snow covers the land in a white blanket — it doesn’t seem like the time to bring up early spring grassfire se...

The New York state Department of Environmental Conservation and researchers at the Human Dimensions Research Unit at Cornell University are implementi...

The DEC reports that Lake Ontario chinook salmon fishing quality in 2017 was the highest recorded in more than 30 years. DEC surveyed Lake Ontario boa...

New York state recorded its best walleye fishing on Lake Erie in 2017 in nearly 30 years, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservat...

Be their Valentine — to benefit historic sites in the Portville area. Members of the Portville Historical and Preservation Society are planning for a ...

Emerald ash borer. Hemlock wooly adelgid. Asian longhorned beetle. There’s a litany of invasive pests or maladies that can be fatal to one of the grea...

Wednesday was America Recycles Day, and while many New Yorkers have come to take recycling as a matter of daily life, it’s worth noting that the state...

Our editor — and amateur bird watcher — Jim Eckstrom is always eager to tell us of his sightings. The latest was of a double-breasted cormorant flying...

Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil reminds hunters to apply for deer management permits (DMPs) this week, ahead of the Oct. 1...

ALBANY — New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has released a draft of the New York State Interagency Chronic Wasting Disease Risk M...

Folks with pools can help out the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation this summer. The DEC is conducting its annual Asian longhorn...

Getting back to a subject of a State & Union earlier this month, folks have really enjoyed reading about Olean’s history in the brick-making industry....

OLEAN — An Ithaca-based environmental group called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday to force a cleanup by oil giant ExxonMobil of contamination from ...