ecology

BUFFALO — Canisius College has named the following local residents to the spring 2020 dean’s list and merit list, including:

ANGELICA — A program Saturday on the health risks of radium and radon in the Hakes C&D Landfill in Steuben County and the Chemung County Landfill will...

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

LITTLE VALLEY — When Cattaraugus County Public Works Commissioner Kathleen Ellis received a check for $706,500, she noted it was in an envelope from t...

ANGELICA — Casella Waste Management, which owns the landfill in Angelica, donated $2,500 to Wellspring Ministries for the purpose of providing holiday...

Those of us directly impacted by the Four Mile/West Branch oil drilling are caught up in the immediate issues (safety, water quality, mind on the road...

ANGELICA — Can citizen David successfully slay a threatening corporate giant? If the fight includes someone like Fleurette Pelletier and some of the s...

LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County lawmakers on Wednesday will review a proposed change in how much yard waste residents will be able to dispose of at...

Olean-area native Jonathan Townsend, a conservation biologist with the Roger Tory Peterson Institute in Jamestown, has received the 2019 Nature Sanctu...

RED HOUSE — Cattaraugus-Little Valley Central School’s Team 1 took first place in the 2019 Cattaraugus County Envirothon, held Wednesday in Allegany S...

Earth Day turned 49 on Monday, but most Cattaraugus County environmental observances will have to wait until Saturday. The first Earth Day was observe...

ANGELICA — The Concerned Citizens of Allegany County are calling for those interested to join them for “PLACE & STORY,” a reading and discussion serie...

SALAMANCA — More than 50 people gathered Wednesday at the Salamanca Public Library for a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers public hearing on a new master p...

ANGELICA — Concerned Citizens of Allegany County has been selected to host "Place & Story,” a five-part reading and discussion series developed and sp...

March 22 is known globally as World Water Day, established by the United Nations in 1993 to highlight the importance of fresh water by advocating for ...

When a large-scale wind turbine project was proposed for the town of Allegany several years ago, I wrote a column arguing against it. My main objectio...

OLEAN — City officials said treating leachate from a former Cattaraugus County landfill is working well in its first weeks. Department of Public Works...

In the spring, Concerned Citizens of Allegany County will mark the 30th anniversary of the successful grassroots battle to, as members put it, “Bump T...