The state Department of Environmental Conservation should improve oversight and enforcement of compliance with the state’s dam safety regulations to guard against potential costly and life-threatening ...

Thanks to landowners Robert and Rae Gilson, New Lebanon’s Hand Hollow State Forest will eventually be 65 acres larger, ...

Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar recently announced another safe year of hunting seasons, with 2024-25 seasons being the ...

Farmers dealing with extreme weather and other climate impacts say the Agriculture Department has removed important data and ...

Who's keeping an eye on our dams?That's a question being raised by the NYS Comptroller in a startling new report.NYS ...

During a sometimes heated budget hearing on environmental conservation and energy, DEC Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar ...

After months of smelly water complaints from Bethlehem residents, town officials say they’ve finally got that under control but a new concern is brewing. This comes after the town was made ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul included title insurance in her budget bill amendments, the lack of which has held up state conservation ...

Some anglers in Steuben County might have to find a new spot to fish this spring. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced that ...

The New York State Comptroller’s Office released an audit on Friday of the Department of Environmental Conservation’s oversight of state dams.

Adirondack Park Agency board members have remained silent following Feb. 12 letters sent by union detailing ‘culture of fear’ ...