habitat

(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...

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

Assemblyman Joseph Giglio wants the governor to permanently change the state Department of Environmental Conservation permit process to allow local hi...

I am against the logging project in Zoar Valley planned by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation based on a Connecticut Audubon plan...

In my last column I wrote about my excitement at locating three nesting prothonotary warblers at Magee Marsh in Ohio over the Memorial Day Weekend. Pa...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation encourages New Yorkers to take part in the state’s annual summer survey of wild turkeys, a...

New Yorkers are reminded that turtles are on the move in the months of May and June, and state Department of Environmental Conservation officials are ...

In a comeback story for the ages, the U.S. bald eagle population in the lower 48 states has quadrupled in the last 12 years. At its most endangered po...

ALBANY (TNS) — A day after gray wolves officially came off the federal Endangered Species list, lawmakers in New York are urging the state to keep the...

A recent article on funding for the Elk viewing area in Benezette, Pa. meshes very well with the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (Western New York Chapt...

BRADFORD, Pa. — Dr. Margaret C. Brittingham, professor of wildlife resources at Penn State University, will speak Monday at the University of Pittsbur...

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has released the draft of a management plan for Upper Cattaraugus Creek fisheries for public c...

The holidays are a great time to give the gift of conservation — so says Basil Seggos, the state Department of Environmental Conservation commissioner...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Outdoor enthusiasts who want to help fund projects that conserve wildlife habitat and increase access to fishing spots in New York...

Over the past few decades, hunters and outdoors enthusiasts alike have become more involved with wildlife conservation by using their properties for f...

If you’re tired of being stuck indoors and need to take in some sun and fresh air, then lace up your shoes and take a walk — or a hike — on the wild s...

Nature’s pollinators, such as such as bees, butterflies and hummingbirds, are critical to both New York state’s environment and agricultural economy —...