new york state department of environmental conservation

Things are finally moving in the right direction towards improving the water quality in lakes across New York State.

Looks may be deceiving, but that stuff on your tree isn't just white wool blowing in the wind.

Is there any legal trouble that you can get into if you camp at a certain elevation in New York State?

As a way to help prevent this disease from entering New York State, the NYS DEC has a law that prohibits bringing back whole carcasses from hunters who hunt in other states.

There's a feature on the NYS DEC HuntFishNY mobile app called Tacklebox and there are some cool new features for this year.

A coyote pup was discovered near the fireworks tent at the Schenevus Fireman's Carnival and rescued.

This is just another reason to make your safety a priority when kayaking or canoeing in New York State this summer.

Keep an eye on your trees, a new deadly threat could be lurking in their leaves.

Unfortunately when nature and modern civilization meet, it isn't always for the better.

As cool as you think it would be, you can't own your own raccoon. And if you are like these people, you aren't doing a good job at hiding it.