"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 of healthy wetlands, they shared how New Yorkers could be part of future protection decisions.
Amid community concerns about the emission of a cancer-causing chemical, from the Goodyear plant in Niagara Falls, a spokesperson for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation says the agency will hold a listening session for the public.
On Friday, January 3, Forest Rangers from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) got word of a fire happening at a Greenhouse in Putnam County.
New York State has finalized its HFC regulations, which includes banning the sale of bulk high-GWP refrigerants. This could result in the inability to service commercial refrigeration equipment.
Environmental groups embraced the new regulations but home builders fear they could hobble residential development.
A coalition of environmental groups billing itself the “Hudson and Mohawk Rivers Leachate Collaborative” announced Friday that they are pushing the state Department of
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 Department of Environmental Conservation from establishing conservation easements.
New York forest rangers are in California to help fight wildfires. Gov. Kathy Hochul said a team of 10 Department of Environmental Conservation forest rangers traveled to California to support ongoing efforts to contain wildfires raging in Los Angeles.
Big changes to New York’s environmental conservation law took effect on Jan. 1, increasing regulated freshwater wetlands by one million acres, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
The state Department of Environmental Conservation has announced that the Colonel William F. Fox Memorial Saratoga Tree Nursery’s annual spring seedling sale is now open and will run
New York State officials were called to help a pair of hikers who were both struck by falling ice near a waterfall