Agencies Accepting Comments until June 16, 2017 The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has released Draft Amendments for the Blue Mountain Wild Forest Unit Management Plan (UMP) and the Siamese Ponds Wilderness and Jessup River Wild Forest UMPs. DEC and … Continue reading →
Public Meeting Scheduled for June 14 at Arietta Town Hall The comment period for the Draft Piseco Lake Campgrounds Unit Management Plan (UMP) has been extended to June 16 and a public meeting on the actions proposed in the Draft … Continue reading →
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) released the Final Sacandaga Block Conservation Easement Lands Recreation Management Plan (RMP) that identifies management initiatives to increase public access for recreational use on 6,147 acres of easement lands divided between … Continue reading →
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos announced the 60 New York students who scored high enough in the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) to compete in the national tournament this May. Students from … Continue reading →
The State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced today that the 2016 hunting season in New York had only 13 hunting-related shooting incidents, the lowest number on record since DEC began compiling hunting-related shooting statistics in 1958. Of the 13 … Continue reading →
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos today announced the release of the newly designed Trail Supporter Patch. The updated design is the first in a three-color series of patches and resembles the trail markers used … Continue reading →
Bear hunters in New York State took 1,539 black bears during the 2016 hunting seasons, Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos announced today. 2016 Black Bear Harvest & Recent Trend Comparison 2016 Total 2015 Total Recent 5-year … Continue reading →