The DEC advises New Yorkers to avoid feeding or approaching bears, which is dangerous and illegal. Habituated bears can ...

Fresh snow made a rescue operation in the Adirondacks nearly impossible... until a quick-thinking ranger was able to find a ...

Several New York animals are now on the endangered species list.The endangered species list had not been updated since 1999, ...

This was P’Nut’s fur-well. The world’s most famous squirrel looked happy, healthy and at ease in his final moments — just ...

As the weather begins to warm up, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has an important warning for residents.

According to the DEC in 1979, volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, gases from solids or liquids, were found in the soil and ...

The New York State Outdoorsmen Hall of Fame proudly announces the induction of nine new members at its annual banquet on May ...

A mix of outdoors stories from New York, including information on hunter safety instructor Darwin Roosa being honored by the ...

After enacting climate related laws in 2019 and 2024, the State of New York not only faces legal challenges to its enactment of the Climate Change Superfund Act but also from several public interest ...

One New York State lawmaker says he's had enough of the emissions issue at Goodyear Tire and Rubber in Niagara Falls and is calling on the new commissioner of the DEC to visit Niagara Falls.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is set to roll back a series of landmark environmental and clean air regulations.

Fisheries personnel from the New York state Department of Environmental Conservation were at the Plattsburgh marina today to ...