News and Announcements
This annual campaign encourages New Yorkers to learn more about and support the fight against the spread of invasive species. New York State is hosting free public events and invasive species…
DEC Adds Nearly 8,000 Acres to State's Wildlife Management Areas with Federal Grants and State Funds
The DEC Division of Fish and Wildlife recently implemented two long-term federal grants that permanently protected nearly 8,000 acres of habitat now added to the New York State Wildlife Management Area system…
Governor Hochul announced $1 million in grant funding available for projects to help communities in the Hudson River Valley improve water quality, advance stewardship of habitat and natural resources, and enhance…
Westchester Land Trust (WLT) permanently protected 40 acres of land in Cortlandt adjacent to WLT’s McGregor Pond Preserve, increasing the size of the preserve to nearly 112 acres. The newly…
DEC has started a public comment period for threatened and endangered species draft regulations until July 16, 2024. No specific substantial changes to existing threatened and endangered species protections are…
DEC extended the application deadline for grants to support tributary restoration through the improvement of culverts and road-stream crossings to June 21, 2024. The…
Governor Kathy Hochul announced the permanent protection of 3,700 acres of forestland on the picturesque Rensselaer Plateau. The land in the towns of Poestenkill and Sand Lake, Rensselaer County — now the Cowee…
The special meeting, set for April 24, at 6 p.m., is for the board and public to get a look at the interactive cataloging of New Scotland’s natural resources. An open-space plan will follow the inventorying of…
DEC and NEIWPCC have announced that $600,000 is available to help communities in the Hudson River estuary watershed increase shoreline resiliency, restore aquatic organism passage and habitat connectivity, reduce…
Amphibians are changing their migration patterns with the weather. Just as maple sap used to run in early to mid-spring, so too did amphibians migrate from the forest to vernal pools to mate. Now the sap runs at…
In the Hudson Valley, 167 volunteers with the DEC’s Amphibian Migrations and Road Crossings Project have already documented the emergence of more than 2,000 amphibians, mostly wood frogs and spring peepers…
Qualifying private and public landowners may apply for a free bag of 25 tree and shrub seedlings for planting near streams, rivers, or lakes to help stabilize banks, protect water quality, combat climate change, and…