ecology

(Editor’s Note: This story is a collaboration between Rochester Institute of Technology and The Associated Press.) HONEOYE (AP) — On a rainy March eve...

WEST ALMOND — Recent logging that removed tall red pine trees near the trailhead parking area for Phillips Creek State Forest is part of the Sustainab...

CUBA — “CRCS Outdoors” returns for a 14th season with an array of televised adventures, from marlin fishing in Mexico musk ox hunting in Greenland to ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is calling on community groups, municipalities, schools and individuals to celebrate Arbor...

OLEAN — The Olean Meditation Center will host a World Earth Day Celebration: Think Globally, Act Locally from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. April 26 at 227...

YORKSHIRE — Cornell Cooperative Extension Allegany County will host the 32nd Annual Rural Landowner Workshop on March 1. The program will begin at 9 a...

Cornell University ecologists and colleagues have developed a new model that captures the abundance of wildlife species in a region and offers new ins...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The invasive emerald ash borer was first found in the United States in southeast Michigan in 2002. In the decades since, the wo...

One of the most beloved species of nature lovers in the Twin Tiers — the monarch butterfly — has received support from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serv...

LIVERPOOL (TNS) — In response to John Rybinski’s op-ed about canceling deer hunting in New York during Christmas break, this valid extension of deer s...

The state Department of Environmental Conservation is proposing changes to the so-called Forest Tax Law to lessen administrative burdens on participat...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is seeking public input on the draft list of “species of greatest conservation need” and a...

BRADFORD, Pa. — Nalini Nadkarni, a tree canopy ecologist and National Geographic Explorer at Large, will present the program “From Roots to Canopy” at...

DELEVAN — A former ski area in Cattaraugus County is officially the newest state forest. The state Department of Environmental Conservation on Monday ...

OLEAN — On the south side of Mount Hermann, Jim Brady walked along the logging trails of his personal Hundred Acre Wood. As he guided more than 60 vis...

For many years gardeners have been going to nurseries every spring and fall looking for the right plant to place in their gardens. Carol Sitarski, a M...

The New York Forest Owners Association will lead a fall hike Saturday above Indiana Avenue, a visit to a unique woodlot containing more than 60 wild A...

Setting Realistic Expectations for Harvesting a Buck with “Large” Antlers Across New York State whitetail bucks have begun shedding the velvet that ha...