
New York Mixed Bag: New online hunter education course now available
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is now recognizing a third option for online hunter education certification.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is now recognizing a third option for online hunter education certification.

Even championship sports teams go through rebuilding years, and the same can be true for other successful organizations.
Case in point might be the New York State Fish and Wildlife Management Board, which for

Kinfolk Hunting Collective, a New York-based non-profit, has emerged this year as a growing force in the world of outdoor education, mentoring new hunters and outdoor enthusiasts with a mission that blends community, inclusivity, and

Masha Zabara marveled at what happened to the forest once deer weren’t around to decimate the understory.
In the fenced 13-acre site in Southern Columbia County, in New York, wildflowers had become reestablished. Tupelo

There’s no such thing as a quiet year in New York’s sporting world, and 2025 was no exception.
Change is bound to happen and the year featured plenty of it, and on a variety

Lake Luzerne Town Supervisor Gene Merlino was surprised but excited to see ice fishermen on Lake Luzerne on Dec. 6, the earliest he could recall there being fishable ice on the southern Adirondack lake in

Loons are on the mend in Maine, filling more of the state’s lakes and ponds with their haunting calls, although conservationists say the birds aren’t out of the woods yet.
Maine is home to

On December 11, President Donald Trump signed a series of Congressional resolutions into law that rolled back Resource Management Plans (RMPs) and RMP amendments for millions of acres of Bureau of Land Management lands in

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation recently announced that the 2026 firearms deer season in Suffolk County will begin Sunday, Jan. 4, and continue through Jan. 31, 2026.
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