New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos on Monday announced the start of the 2020 “I BIRD NY” challenges for beginner and experienced birders. The I BIRD NY program was launched by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2017, to build on the state’s efforts to ...

BILLINGS, Mont. — The Trump administration moved forward Friday with plans to scale back a century-old law protecting most American wild bird species despite warnings that billions of birds could die as a result. Officials said in a draft study of the proposal that it could result in ...

SARANAC LAKE — The Adirondack Watershed Alliance, in cooperation with the Northern Forest Canoe Trail, has decided to cancel the 2020 Adirondack Canoe Classic, originally scheduled for Sept. 11-13. The decision is based on the uncertainty of the direction of the COVID-19 pandemic and ...

Forest rangers with the state Department of Environmental Conservation took part in six wilderness rescues in the Adirondack Park this past week. Five of the rescues were of injured hikers — three for ankle injuries — and one was for a woman who got too cold while tubing on a ...