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As boaters look forward to the Fourth of July holiday, law enforcement officers across New York will be on heightened alert for those violating boatin...

ALMOND — New York State Department of Environmental Conservation forest rangers on conducted a wildland search training exercise June 10 on Bully Hill...

PORTVILLE — The ongoing problems with the village of Portville’s water and sewer system was the main topic of conversation at the yearly organizationa...

Pointing to a growing interest in hunting, New York state is expanding the deer hunting season in the Southern Zone with a “Holiday Deer Hunt.” The De...

OLEAN — The city will benefit from a $32,750 grant to help catalog public trees and manage them into the future. On Friday, state Department of Enviro...

ALBANY (TNS) — The pandemic this year has helped reverse a long trend of dwindling interest in hunting as the number of people taking New York state’s...

ALLEGANY — The attorney for Dimes Energy says the company has cooperated fully with state environmental officials in the aftermath of a 2019 explosion...

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...

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents statewide. Working with other stat...

LAKE PLACID (AP) — A black bear has been euthanized after it repeatedly raided backpackers’ campsites in the Adirondack High Peaks seeking food, accor...

ALBANY — The state Department of Environmental Conservation has re-opened campground reservations. Campers can reserve spots at DEC campgrounds from F...

ALBANY — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced Friday that additional DEC campgrounds in the Adirondack and Catskill p...

CORTLAND (TNS) — With fishing season well underway and turkey hunting popular in May, the the Department of Environmental Conservation reports an incr...

ALBANY — Camping season at state-operated facilities such as Allegany State Park has been pushed back until at least June 1 due to the COVID-19 pandem...

OLEAN — Another brownfield cleanup is in the planning for a long-vacant North Olean property. The state Department of Environmental Conservation repor...

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...

SARANAC LAKE (TNS) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the state will seek a balance between trail development and land preservation. When asked at a press confe...