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    State & Union: Spooky bats are really our friends, says DEC
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    State & Union: Spooky bats are really our friends, says DEC
    Oct 24, 2024
    To many folks, bats are spooky. And, yes, with Halloween less than a week away, it’s noted that bats are a symbol of the spookiness of the season. But...
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    See it? Squish it! Fighting the invasive spotted lanternfly
    Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, News, ...
    See it? Squish it! Fighting the invasive spotted lanternfly
    MICHAEL HILL Associated Press 
    Aug 19, 2022
    When Stephen Nixon recently noticed a “beautiful” spotted lanternfly by his bag as he skateboarded in Brooklyn, he heeded the request of city official...
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    How to avoid the stingers and biters of summer — and deal with them if you can’t
    How to avoid the stingers and biters of summer — and deal with them if you can’t
    MARCUS SCHNECK PennLive 
    Jul 24, 2022
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — While more of us seem to be more accepting of insects — even the stingers and biters if they don’t enter our personal space — summe...
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    The miracle of bugs
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    The miracle of bugs
    RICH LOWRY 
    Dec 29, 2021
    Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.” Proverbs 6:6 Edward O. Wilson, the Harvard biologist who has died at age 92, is most fa...
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    NY missing out on emergence of billions of cicadas
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    NY missing out on emergence of billions of cicadas
    RICK KARLIN Times Union 
    Apr 20, 2021
    ALBANY (TNS) — Don’t hold your breath awaiting the emergency of billions of cicadas in New York later this spring. Despite the hype surrounding the ma...
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    NY ends first round of treatment for hemlock-killing pest
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    NY ends first round of treatment for hemlock-killing pest
    EDUARDO MEDINA, Times Union 
    Jan 24, 2021
    ALBANY (TNS) — The first round of the state’s efforts to reduce the spread of an invasive insect that is killing hemlocks along Lake George is complet...
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    State & Union: Bon appetit, larva lovers
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    State & Union: Bon appetit, larva lovers
    Jan 15, 2021
    We know some trout fishermen who double down on putting mealworms on their hooks when they dip into a Twin Tiers stream. They wouldn’t think of an out...
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    Fear a world with no bats
    Commentary, Local Columnists, New York
    Fear a world with no bats
    JONATHAN TOWNSEND, Special to Olean Times Herald 
    May 26, 2020
    Bats have had a PR problem for millennia. They have been maligned as omens of evil, carriers of disease and many people just simply fear or hate them....
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    Genesee Valley students researching in the Amazon, out west via JASON Learning
    Allegany County News, Local News, News
    Genesee Valley students researching in the Amazon, out west via JASON Learning
    TOM DINKI, Olean Times Herald 
    Mar 29, 2019
    GENESEE — Sophia Marra had never before been camping when she agreed to study insects alongside scientists in the Amazon rainforest. By the end of the...
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    State & Union: DEC drops invasive insect defense zone for ash trees
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    State & Union: DEC drops invasive insect defense zone for ash trees
    Jul 27, 2018
    New York state has given up what turned out to be a hopeless battle to defend its ash trees from an invasive beetle. The Times Union of Albany reports...
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    State & Union: How to create a beautiful, native landscape to sustain wildlife
    Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
    State & Union: How to create a beautiful, native landscape to sustain wildlife
    Mar 21, 2018
    Flora and fauna enthusiasts may know that in order to attract native wildlife and insects to their property, they have to lure the creatures in with n...
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    Spread by trade and climate, bugs butcher America’s forests
    News, Western New York
    Spread by trade and climate, bugs butcher America’s forests
    MICHAEL CASEY, Associated Press PATRICK WHITTLE, Associated Press 
    Dec 07, 2016
    PETERSHAM, Mass. (AP) — In a towering forest of centuries-old eastern hemlocks, it's easy to miss one of the tree's nemeses. No larger than a speck of...
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    Farm uses benefits and grants to build $20K high tunnel
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    Farm uses benefits and grants to build $20K high tunnel
    KATE DAY SAGER Olean Times Herald 
    Oct 29, 2016
    ALLEGANY — Area residents will see an increase in locally grown fresh produce thanks to a new high tunnel constructed last week at Canticle Farm on So...
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    Cathy Briggs
    Obituaries
    Cathy Briggs
    June 14, 2025
    Cathy Briggs, memorial service OLEAN — A memorial service for Cathy Briggs will be held Thursday (June 19, 2025) at Guenther Funeral Home, 1303 E. Sta...
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    William S. Clemens
    Obituaries
    William S. Clemens
    June 14, 2025
    William S. Clemens ALLEGANY — William S. “Bill” Clemens, 74, of Allegany, passed away Wednesday (June 11, 2025) at Mercy Hospital in Buffalo, surround...
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    John R. Cornwall
    Obituaries
    John R. Cornwall
    June 14, 2025
    John R. Cornwall, loving husband, father and brother FREEDOM — John R. Cornwall, 75, of Freedom, passed away Wednesday (June 11, 2025) at his home, su...
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    Dennis L. Holliday
    Obituaries
    Dennis L. Holliday
    June 14, 2025
    Dennis L. Holliday, loving husband, father and grandfather LIMESTONE — Dennis L. Holliday, of Nichols Run Road, passed away Tuesday (June 10, 2025). D...
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    Gregory Clare Bell
    Obituaries
    Gregory Clare Bell
    June 14, 2025
    Gregory Clare Bell ELDRED, Pa. — Gregory Clare Bell, 76, of Eldred, passed away peacefully at home Wednesday (June 11, 2025), surrounded by his loving...
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    Emergency ban on boating, swimming at Cuba Lake ended Friday
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    Emergency ban on boating, swimming at Cuba Lake ended Friday
    June 14, 2025
    CUBA — Town Supervisor Lee James said a nearly weeklong emergency order banning water vessels on Cuba Lake due to flood-related debris and pollutants ...
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