Big changes to New York’s environmental conservation law took effect on Jan. 1, increasing regulated freshwater wetlands by ...

DEC will release about 670 additional adult ring-necked pheasants this month on public lands open to hunting in the region.

New York forest rangers are in California to help fight wildfires. Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday announced that a team of 10 Department of Environmental Conservation forest rangers traveled to ...

Gov. Kathleen C. Hochul has a plan to protect more of the natural, undeveloped land in New York, from expanding parklands in underserved areas to easing regulatory restrictions that keep the state ...

Plain and simple, snowmobiling is a thrilling adventure, especially here in picturesque Chautauqua County, New York, where ...

The state Department of Environmental Conservation Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar announced Tuesday the adoption of updated regulations to expand protection of freshwater wetlands across New York.

Plain and simple, snowmobiling is a thrilling adventure, especially here in picturesque Chautauqua County, New York, where ...

Environmental groups embraced the new regulations but home builders fear they could hobble residential development.

"DEC has announced updated regulations to protect an additional one million acres of freshwater wetlands across the state", began a recent post from the NYS DEC (below). After explaining the benefits ...

Wetlands are also really important for New York, because they store carbon in soil, and they're really important ...

Lawmakers in Niagara County are disappointed that New York State never met with them before approving a solar array on ...

More than three dozen property sales in York, Lancaster or Chester counties went for at least $1 million. Combined, they ...