New York hunters harvested 1,759 black bears during the 2025 hunting seasons. According to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, that’s second only to the 2003 harvest.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation documented seven hunting-related shooting incidents (HRSIs) during the 2025 hunting seasons, and none were fatal, according to a recently released report.
The total lands below the
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation says roughly 13% of the state’s white-tailed deer hunters harvest one or more antlerless deer each year. Only 3% take two or more antlerless deer.
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Some people spend their careers studying conservation. Others spend their lives practicing it.
Dr. Keith G. Tidball has spent much of his career doing both.
After more than two decades at Cornell University,
The fishing community came together at the Greater Niagara Fishing Expo in Niagara Falls last month to help a most worthy cause, carrying the theme of “Fishing Fights Pediatric Cancer.”
The 11th annual fishing
Vermont, New York’s neighbor to the east, has a message for a group known as Mighty Earth regarding their efforts to bring mountain lions back to the Green Mountain State. “Slow down”
“A campaign
New York native and Bassmaster Elite Series pro angler Jamie Hartman’s 2026 season is off to an up-and-down start. After a fourth place finish on Alabama’s Lake Guntersville, Feb. 5-8, Hartman stumbled a week later,
Online registration for The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation 2026 Summer Camps program will open Sunday, March 22 at 1 p.m.
New York’s new catch-and-release season for trout in inland trout streams does not appear to be having a significant impact on wild trout populations, according to a newly released study from the state Department of
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