Prescribed burns will be conducted at certain state forests and preserves throughout New York. Prescribed burns are controlled fires used to improve a land’s habitat ...

The suburban reservoirs that supply 10% of New York City's vaunted drinking water are getting saltier due to decades of road ...

The DEC's spring stocking initiative includes nearly 1.9 million catchable-size brook, brown and rainbow trout, which will be ...

DEC is partnering with the Center for Conservation Social Sciences at Cornell University to survey licensed turkey hunters ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has announced access limitations at Harwood Lake and Multiple Use ...

Funds were awarded to the Caumsett Foundation in Lloyd Harbor, Friends of Orient Beach, Friends of Connetquot in Oakdale, and ...

The state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and New York Sea Grant have announced $200,000 funding is now available for projects benefiting New York’s Great Lakes basin by demonstrating ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is hiring camp counselors, cooks and camp aides. This is a great ...

The survey provides an opportunity for anglers to check on trout population in the creek ahead of the Finger Lakes tributary season on April 1.

The possibility this year of seeing the three-times postponed Delaware Aqueduct repair go forward remains in limbo. The ...

Acting Commissioner Amanda Lefton announced the annual statewide ban prohibiting residential brush burning begins March 16 ...

New York State is looking for a few good hunters—specifically youth hunters—to tag a few turkeys this spring. The state ...