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ITHACA — Cornell University is partnering with several state agencies and organizations to help farmers and private forest owners implement climate-sm...

SALAMANCA — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation said Monday that spraying for the invasive spongy moth — formerly known as gyp...

OLEAN — The first tree inventory and management plan in 35 years will be presented to the community on Tuesday. City officials announced an online-onl...

PORTVILLE — Pfeiffer Nature Center is hosting a new storybook adventure along the Storybook Reading Trail for the young readers. Read the tale “Little...

KANE, Pa. — The Kane Area Logging Safety Committee has slated its annual meeting for June 3 at an outdoor venue, the Flying Dove Ranch of Ridgway. The...

There were already a few Christmas trees at the curb in Olean on Monday. But were the trees put out because residents see the Christmas season as over...

SAUGERTIES (AP) — Rocky the stowaway owl is back in the wild. The tiny northern saw-whet owl was named Rockefeller after it was found by a worker sett...

PORTVILLE — Forest bathing, also known in Japanese culture as “taking in the forest atmosphere,” or shinrin-yoku, will be offered at the Lillibridge p...

BENEZETTE (TNS) — Another 561 acres of forest in the heart of the Pennsylvania Elk Range has been brought into the vast public land bank. The Western ...

BELMONT — Cornell Cooperative Extension of Allegany County’s Agriculture Program will present its first outdoor presentation of this year — a woods wa...

ALBANY — The state Department of Environmental Conservation has released the draft New York State Forest Action Plan for public review and comment. Th...

SARATOGA SPRINGS — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has renamed the State Tree Nursery in Saratoga Springs the Colonel Will...

A group of adults, children — and even a couple of dogs — beat the stress of the holidays by getting out and hiking New Year’s Day at Pfeiffer Nature ...

LITTLE VALLEY — The Cattaraugus County Legislature is once again paying attention to the thousands of acres of county forests. After years of neglect,...

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos today highlighted Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s proposed Empire F...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — It will soon look a lot like Christmas in New York City thanks to a tree from Pennsylvania. Workers on Thursday cut down a 7...

.CATTARAUGUS — Environmental science students presented a summary of a 10-year forest management plan on school-owned forests to members of the Board ...