hydrography

RED HOUSE — A contractor continues demolition of the 87-year-old Red House Lake dam and bridge in the $6 million replacement project. Dirt fill from t...

New York’s bridges need billions of dollars for repairs and replacement according to a report by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. Statew...

Today we continue with the history of Red House Lake in Allegany State Park — the lake was drained this past week for the dam and bridge rehabilitatio...

With Allegany State Park’s Red House Lake lowered some 8 feet in preparation for the $6 million dam and bridge project, we thought we’d take a look ba...

The chance to fly through the autumn air on zip lines is offered at Bristol Mountain Aerial Adventure Park and Bristol Mountain fall sky rides. The Ae...

RED HOUSE — The contractor for the $6 million Red House Lake dam and bridge project in Allegany State Park has decided to delay the drawdown of the la...

Occasionally being a writer has its rewards. When I received an email from David Barus inviting me to come to Dunkirk and fish for walleyes on Lake Er...

SPRINGVILLE — Federal, state and Erie County representatives signed a project agreement Monday that includes lowering the Scoby dam on Cattaraugus Cre...

SPRINGVILLE — The $7 million Scoby Dam project is designed not only to improve the safety of the Cattaraugus Creek dam by lowering it 25 feet, but to ...

The big pike first followed my spinner in, only inches behind, but he never took. My wife and I threw every piece of hardware we had at this fish, and...

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Satellites in space and a robot under Lake Erie's surface are part of a network of scientific tools trying to keep algae toxins ou...

John A. Patterson, born in 1859 in Ireland, emigrated to the United States in 1885 to join his parents and siblings, who settled in West Almond, near ...

When people think of environmental activism they may envision cleaning up oil spills, protesting fracking and protecting clean water, lobbying for sta...

With Portville Heritage Day and Alumni Weekend in full swing today, we take a look back at the origins of the community — not least the fact that the ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A two-week search turned up no additional Asian carp in a Chicago waterway where one of the invasive fish recently was fou...

At State & Union, we like our brick stories, as readers have surely noted the past year or so. We have another short one today — this one from our edi...

OLEAN — Mike Kasper woke up early June 4 at his Grossman Street home to get out for some fishing. After very little luck, at 8 a.m. he decided to go t...

RED HOUSE — Memorial Day Weekend is the start to summer camping season in Allegany State Park. Most all of the 335 cabins, 303 campsites, eight cottag...