The 2024-25 hunting season in New York was one of the safest on record, according to data released by the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation. The agency’s annual report … more

Have you planted a tree in New York since Jan. 1, 2024? You can use DEC’s new Tree Tracker to count your planting project toward our goal of planting 25 million trees by 2033.     … more

DEC’s Forest Health Research Lab recently confirmed the presence of red pine scale, an invasive insect, in Hague, NY and in the Pharaoh Lake Wilderness in Adirondack Park. Native to Japan, red … more

Mark your calendars for this year’s six free fishing days. • Feb. 15-16 (Presidents’ Day Weekend) • June 28-29 • Sept. 27 (National Hunting and Fishing Day) … more

The Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society (DOAS) will take a birding field trip Saturday, March 15 - rain date of March 22. DOAS Board Director Chris DeCesare will lead interested road-trippers to … more

Avian Influenza is a highly contagious poultry virus with the potential to cause large financial losses. There have been nine confirmed cases in New York in the last month. Here are a few … more

“Climate change is the single greatest threat to North American birds. Solutions are plentiful, but to protect more than 300 species at risk, we must act now.” —National Audubon … more

Scientific Name: Perca flavescens Nicknames: Perch, Common perch Current State Record : 3 lbs. 8 oz., Lake Erie, Erie County, April 28, 1982 Identification: Yellow body with six to … more

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) will hold a virtual public information session Tuesday, Feb. 25 at 6 p.m. to inform New Yorkers about the new Delaware River … more

Researchers estimate that if left unchecked, the spotted lanternfly – which decimated vineyards in Pennsylvania when it arrived in 2014 – could cause significant economic losses to the … more

Researchers tested five species of commonly hunted waterfowl in the northeast Atlantic Flyway, and in every sample found contaminants that could impact the health of the birds as well as the hunters … more

The   next meeting of the Dave Brandt Trout Unlimited Chapter will be held Monday, Feb. 10, at 7 p.m., at The Plains Senior Living Center, 163 Heritage Place, Oneonta, in the third floor meeting … more