Severely affected by overfishing and habitat destruction in the 1800s, the lake trout in the lake have benefitted from a restoration program that cooperating fish and wildlife agencies have run since ...

State Department of Environmental Conservation Acting Commissioner Amanda Lefton on Friday reminded New Yorkers to remove or secure outdoor food sources that may attract black bears. Throughout the ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) will host a fish stocking event at the Six Mile Waterworks ...

The update impacts several Adirondack fish, including the round whitefish, which has been downgraded from endangered to ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A seal was spotted lounging on a South Shore beach on Saturday, startling residents by its sudden ...

President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order this week that directs the U.S. attorney general to evaluate state ...

Mark Longo, owner of Peanut the Squirrel, was in Albany this week to support a new law that would protect the welfare of wildlife in human custody.

Trump executive order targets NY's Climate Change Superfund Act saying it is 'irreconcilable with my administration’s ...

The grieving owner of Peanut the squirrel and his raccoon sidekick, Fred, says the bill will ‘make sure that animal rights ...

“I really wish that I could say we’re further along, but I think we are stuck about where we were last week,” Stewart-Cousins ...

The state agency has said it gave "careful consideration" to community input (nearly all of which pleaded for the landfill's ...

As families across New York and the U.S. contend with high utility bills and inflated grocery prices, making life more affordable should be the top priority for lawmakers in Albany.