hydrography

GOWANDA — For the past 10 years, William Cain has spent weekends during summer months warning visitors away from The Nature Conservancy’s private prop...

With today being the start of the 2017 recreational boating season on the 524-mile Erie Canal, it’s a good time to note that the state will be celebra...

GREAT VALLEY — Rain, rain, go away; more than 2,000 people want to play in the Great Valley Creek this weekend. Despite a wet week and more rain in th...

I'm a patient guy. Most people who hunt and fish have come to realize that you can’t control the weather. You may rant, rave, tear your hair and shake...

On March 30, the streams bubbled happily over gravel and stone beds, their clear waters perfect for fishing. Anglers New York state-wide took notice, ...

Former Western New Yorker David McIntyre was kind enough to express his pleasure over a column written last week by our new city editor, Danielle Gamb...

There’s no doubt about the power of volunteering. Those who do volunteer say they get something special from it. And those who benefit from their effo...

New York state has denied a permit to National Fuel Gas to build the Northern Access Pipeline, citing concerns about impacts on wetlands, streams and ...

New York state has denied a permit to National Fuel Gas to build the Northern Access Pipeline, citing concerns about impacts on wetlands, streams, fis...

Supporters and opponents of the proposed $455 million Northern Access Pipeline waited Friday for word from the state Department of Environmental Conse...

RED HOUSE — The new boardwalk over a wetlands below the Red House Lake dam and spillway hosted its inaugural nature hike Thursday night. The 1 ½ hour ...

PORTVILLE — There was already a 16-inch pipeline across Joe Schuekler’s 200-acre hillside hobby farm, between the towns of Clarksville and Portville, ...

Among the most biologically diverse watersheds in the Northeast — and a federally designated National Wild and Scenic Recreation River below the Kinzu...

BUFFALO (AP) — Mild weather this winter is allowing crews to get a jump on removing the ice boom from where Lake Erie flows into the Niagara River at ...

A large bevy of tundra swans was seen Monday around the inlet area of Cuba Lake. According to the Audubon Society, tundra swans live in the Arctic rea...

Alfred University may be hundreds of miles from a saltwater shore, but the university has become a crucible — literal and metaphoric — for an engineer...

ALBANY (AP) — Ten snowmobilers have died in thinly frozen lakes across the Northeast during this mild winter. Most of the accidents happened in New Yo...

RED HOUSE — Get ready for some changes at Allegany State Park this summer. A $6 million comprehensive rehabilitation project of the Red House dam will...