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Black bear conflicts increase across New York this year

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Mary Beth O’Hearn has lived in her home in the southern Washington County hamlet of Eagle Bridge, N.Y., for nearly 30 years, and she never had encounters with black bears until the last two summers.
“I’ve probably had them get into my garbage 10 times. I never had issues with bears before the last two years. We have had to put our trash bins in a shed,” O’Hearn said.
On July 11, less than a mile from her home, a bear broke into a home to raid a kitchen, resulting in it being put down by the NY State Department of Environmental Conversation.

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Hudson River plan scrutinized, with some wanting fish barrier in attempts to keep round goby from New York’s Lake Champlain

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The round goby is a small fish, growing to a maximum of 6 inches. But the problems it causes when it makes it has made its way into watersheds in North America belie its size, as it devastates native fish populations via its aggressive feeding and relentless reproduction.
A native of Europe, the round goby is in all of the Great Lakes and has been spreading through the Erie Canal/Mohawk River system in New York, but so far has been stopped from making its way into Lake Champlain, home to healthy lake trout, Atlantic salmon, and warmwater fish populations.

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Invasive spiny water fleas ‘worst they have been’ on New York’s Lake George this year

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Joe Greco has been fishing on New York’s Lake George for more than four decades, hitting the lake daily in the summer with his charter fishing business.
Paying attention to trends on the lake is a big part of his business, so when he says an invasive pest on the lake has never been as prevalent as it is now, he speaks from knowledge. Whenever Greco and his crew at Justy Jo Charters are using lighter tackle, they find a small pest known as spiny water fleas clustered to their lines this summer.

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Warren County, New York, introduces bass in attempt to counter invasive goldfish near Lake George

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Goldfish may look harmless in your child’s aquarium, but released into a watershed, those cute little orange fish can cause major problems for native species and water quality.
So, when a school of goldfish appeared in a pond just a few hundred yards from Lake George in New York last year, the organizations that watch out for the lake were concerned. They set out to eradicate the fish from the pond, but unfortunately it turned out to be easier said than done to eliminate them all.

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New York anglers seek protection of Saratoga Lake walleyes, ask for earlier close to season

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The New York Department of Environmental Conservation is reviewing whether to change the fishing season dates for walleye amid concerns that fish are spawning earlier because of warmer weather, leaving them susceptible to unsportsmanlike anglers targeting them as they spawn or prepare to spawn.
The DEC confirmed that state fisheries leaders are discussing a potential move of the season closure date after New York Outdoor News sought the agency’s comment on a recent request by a sportsmen’s group that asked for season changes after witnessing anglers targeting walleyes on Saratoga Lake as they gathered to spawn.

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Stocking numbers reduced as New York’s Essex County fish hatchery faces wastewater issue

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Five years ago, the staff at Essex County Fish Hatchery would annually stock 45,000 to 50,000 brook, brown and rainbow trout in the waters around Essex County, supplementing the wild salmonids that roam the streams, lakes and ponds of the county in the heart of the Adirondacks.
In 2024, the hatchery in Crown Point, N.Y., will stock just a fraction of that number, instead emphasizing quality over quantity, prioritizing stocking of two-year-old and even three-year-old fish over yearlings.

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Adirondack timber and hunting lands change hands

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A North Carolina-based company has purchased more than 90,000 acres of woodlands around the eastern Adirondacks of New York, much of it land that is open to public recreation and leased by hunting clubs.
Eastwood Forests of Pennsylvania purchased 92,500 acres that had been owned by Upper Hudson Woodlands, lands that were formerly owned by Finch Paper in Warren, Washington, Essex, Hamilton, Saratoga and Fulton counties.

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Study shows Adirondack trout pond oxygen levels are dropping

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Trout and salmon in the Adirondacks have endured acid rain, overfishing, development and many other threats over the past century, but a new study has concluded that changing weather and aftereffects of acid rain are resulting in a drop of oxygen levels and “browning” of waters that may make many waters inhospitable for trout and salmon.

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Adirondack brook trout restoration efforts continue, but baitfish infestations a problem in some waters

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The year 2023 brought mixed results for efforts to restore heritage strain brook trout to the Adirondacks, with good developments noted on some ponds but discoveries of illegally introduced fish in several previously restored ponds that have undermined previous successes.

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