Fishing

Albany – DEC’s budget crunch is forcing deer managers to streamline the Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP) and nuisance permit program. Wildlife officials are grappling with trying to offer the two programs in a way

Albany (AP) – The state inspector general has begun an investigation into allegations that New York’s longtime wildlife pathologist violated regulations, including living at his office and using government resources for private purposes, officials said

Albany – Early indications are that New York’s youth turkey hunters had a pretty successful two-day season last month. DEC officials said harvest reports following the April 24-25 hunt for 12- to 15-year-olds were running

Albany – After nearly five years without a new case of chronic wasting disease in New York, the DEC is scaling back its intensive testing effort in the Oneida County area where CWD was first

Albany – A series of fishing regulations changes set to take effect this fall include the elimination of a rule that allowed trout anglers to keep five additional brook trout under 8 inches in length.

Albany – New York’s spring gobbler hunters had a great season in 2009, recording one of the highest harvest totals in the past six years. But back-to-back poor nesting seasons across much of the state

Albany -_DEC’s top fish and wildlife official says it’s the state’s cash flow problems, and not the solvency of the Conservation Fund, that has forced the department to make numerous program cuts. Director of Fish,