An Environmental Conservation Police Officer found a large cooler, partly hidden under a rowboat, with three live snapping ...

Commissioner and State Department of Health (DOH) Commissioner have announced that the air quality health advisory for “fine ...

A person was caught with live snapping turtles at a Westchester County reservoir after a police investigation revealed they ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) is reminding everyone to take care and not to feed the bears. This is a conversation NYSDEC has every year as spring and summer ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) issued an air quality advisory for Oswego County through Saturday, June 7. Residents are advised to monitor the ...

NEW YORK (WRGB) — It was the story heard around the country in October, 'Peanut the Squirrel' seized and then euthanized by the NYSDEC. Following the notable wildlife seizure in Chemung County ...

After years of back and forth, lawns signs, town meetings, protests, moratoriums and lawsuits- all NYSDEC permits for Saratoga Biochar Solutions have been denied. According to the NYSDEC ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) has several tips to prepare you for an encounter with various wild animals. You may have once heard the bear safety saying ...

Dry weather and increased outdoor activities pose a risk to the Lower Hudson Valley and other areas with possible threats of wildfires this season.

According to the recent complaint, after promising to release draft regulations in 2025, NYSDEC “reversed course and made it clear that the draft regulations would not be released this year ...

As of early Monday, the page — called “Call For Justice for Peanut the Squirrel and NYSDEC Reform” — had raised just over $158,500. P’nut the Squirrel was seized and euthanized last week ...

Those reports indicated "deposits" of what the NYSDEC said appeared to be "small pieces of charcoal and ash" had washed up on beaches at the two state parks. George Gorman, New York State Parks ...