DEC, partners offer rebate to hunters who buy lead-free ammo
By Mike Lynch
Promotion aims to protect scavengers such as bald eagles, which can ingest lead in discarded deer remains
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Braving snow and cold, student workers help maintain trails
By Tom French
The Student Conservation Association's winter trail work session is underway
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NY’s 30×30 conservation push: Draft strategies unveiled for public comment
State draft plan shows New York needs to conserve three million more acres to meet 2030 goals
New York’s former environmental conservation leader joins energy practice at private law firm
By James Odato
Basil Seggos will work with renewable energy clientsÂ
WhistlePig deflects responsibility for whiskey fungus
WhistlePig Whiskey says it will consider cleaning more spotted homes in Moriah
Title hangup complicates Frontier Town progress
The discovery of centuries-old foreclosure and bankruptcy cases is complicating the state’s plan for the Frontier Town campground.
Wolf advocates: U.S. recovery plan falls short
By Mike Lynch
The state Department of Environmental Conservation's species assessment identifies 6,000 square miles of habitat for the gray wolf in the park.Â
Report provides inclusion ‘blueprint’ for New York’s outdoors
The state has work to do to make open spaces more equitable, inclusive and accessible, according to a new report.
Digging for quarter-century records
The first in a two-part story on how public officials and the governor used funding from the last environmental bond act authorized in 1996.
UPDATE: Missing High Peaks hiker found deceased
State officials said a Connecticut man, who went missing after hiking in the Adirondack Park's High Peaks, was found dead Friday morning.