Northeast law enforcement group honors Region 6 ECO Mark Malone
The annual award honors officers for exemplary work protecting communities and natural resources by enforcing New York’s stringent Environmental Conservation Laws.
The annual award honors officers for exemplary work protecting communities and natural resources by enforcing New York’s stringent Environmental Conservation Laws.
Albany — In December, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation that helps support and contributes to national efforts to conserve at least 30% of U.S. land and water by 2030.

• On Dec. 4, Lieutenant Buckley, ECO Wood, K9 CJ, and ECO Parker completed an investigation into an illegally harvested deer in the town of Highland.
Montpelier, Vt. — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department says the final 2022 white-tailed deer harvest will be a little over 17,400 deer.
Honeoye, N.Y. — Stuart Blair, an employee of Doc’s Tackle in Honeoye, Ontario County, remembers the winter that the ice fishing conditions in the Finger Lakes were as bad as they have been this winter.

Harrisburg — Sen. Dan Laughlin, R-Erie said he’ll introduce a bill in the new legislative session which would remove Sunday hunting restrictions and give authority to the Game Commission for implementation, is the latest in

DEC is asking hunters to know the difference between the endangered spruce grouse (l) and the more common ruffed grouse (r).

Over the last decade, the Lake Erie walleye population has produced consistently strong hatches resulting in an increase in the number of sub-legal walleyes being caught and released by anglers.

Albany — As New York’s 2023 legislative session gets fully underway, the state’s Environmental Conservation Committee will have new leadership.
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