natural environment

OLEAN — Two dozen people gathered in the Olean Public Library community room to mark the day before Earth Day with a screening of the documentary “Cho...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is calling on community groups, municipalities, schools and individuals to celebrate Arbor...

OLEAN — The city of Olean is testing stormwater basins to ensure the integrity of stormwater and sanitary infrastructure. As part of the process, resi...

Those eager for some spring-like weather got a fleeting taste of it Monday — but the National Weather Service predicts cold, wet conditions will retur...

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service personnel will apply lampricides to Cattaraugus Creek to kill sea lamprey larvae burrowed in the stream bottom. Applica...

OLEAN — The Olean Meditation Center will host a World Earth Day Celebration: Think Globally, Act Locally from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. April 26 at 227...

BELMONT — Allegany County Legislator Gretchen Hanchett of Belmont has been appointed to serve on the New York State Association of Counties Agricultur...

RED HOUSE — In observance of Earth Day and Arbor Day, Allegany State Park is hosting three fun-filled indoor and outdoor events April 23–26. Celebrate...

Gov. Kathy Hochul has further delayed what amounts to a tax on energy until after the next general election. Almost six years after the state adopted ...

ALFRED STATION — IMPACT: Friends Improving Allegany County Trails, Inc. was awarded a $99,414 grant from the Environmental Protection Fund’s Parks and...

Cornell Cooperative Extension will host a free Master Gardener Talk, "Gardening in the Time of Erratic Weather," from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Tin...

BRADFORD, Pa. — It was a packed house as best-selling author Robin Wall Kimmerer discussed her book “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientifi...

The annual statewide ban prohibiting residential brush burning begins Sunday and runs through May 14. Since 2009, DEC has enforced the annual brush bu...

OLEAN — Residents of Olean and neighboring communities, Seneca Nation officials and all those who enjoy the Allegheny River’s water made their message...

OLEAN — One year into a grassroots $1 million fundraising campaign, Olean Food Pantry has raised more than $402,000 to support food distribution and l...

The National Weather Service issued a flood watch for Cattaraugus and Allegany counties as warmer temperatures and expected rainfall could swell local...

The Inflation Reduction Act could be three times as expensive as originally believed, while falling short of its goals for cutting greenhouse gas emis...

The Cattaraugus County Industrial Development Agency wants a better deal from Alle-Catt Wind Energy, but the company deserves no deal at all. The amou...