Hunting

Staff report Albany – DEC has established a year-round season for summer flounder (fluke) and at the same time imposed a 19.5-inch minimum size. Officials said the new regulations are effective immediately and are designed

Staff report Albany – A series of bills that would lower New York state’s minimum hunting age for big game have made their seemingly annual return to the state Senate and Assembly. There’s little indication

Staff report Albany – Legislation that would allow rifle use for big game in Steuben, Yates, Chemung and Chautauqua counties has resurfaced after not being approved last year. Bills have been introduced in both the

By Don LehmanContributing Writer Hancock, N.Y. – Two conservation groups are trading words over their beliefs that their proposals for water releases into the Delaware River’s branches are most appropriate for the river. The competing

Staff report Albany (AP) – New York is failing to harvest as many trees from its state forests as it could each year and is losing almost $5 million annually in possible income as a

By Steve PiattEditor Ilion, N.Y. – New York State Conservation Council Legislative Vice President Wally John is resigning that post amid criticism of the organization’s neutral position on the nomination of Pete Grannis to head

By Steve PiattEditor Albany – A bill that would create a ‘deer mitigation task force’ to trim whitetail numbers in the Hudson Valley has passed the Senate and is under consideration by the state Assembly.

Staff reportDunkirk, N.Y. – For many smallmouth bass anglers, 20 inches is that elusive target, one that dictates whether the bronzeback is a true trophy or just another fine fish. On Lake Erie next month,

By Don LehmanContributing Writer Northville, N.Y. – The chairman of the state Conservation Fund Advisory Board (CFAB) announced his resignation March 16, saying the inability of certain sportsmen’s groups to work together had pushed him