
New York Mixed Bag: DEC releases draft access and public use plan for Lakeview WMA
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has released a draft Access and Public Use Plan for the Lakeview Wildlife Management Area.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has released a draft Access and Public Use Plan for the Lakeview Wildlife Management Area.

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Jan. 23, 2026 edition of New York Outdoor News.

Winter in the northwoods is a special place and time of year. There is just something exceptional and inviting about the absolute silence, stillness, and wildness that combines to make it a great place to

Heading recently for open water on a tributary to the Mississippi River, Scott Thiede carried his blind, chair, camera, and some raw poultry to an ice shelf.
This is an area that hosts bald

With deer season in New York all but over (Long Island runs through Jan. 31) the New York State Big Buck Club is gearing up for what is anticipated to be another busy antler measuring

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation recently announced the culmination of a multiyear, international effort to restore and stabilize the endangered spruce grouse population. The milestone is marked following the conclusion of spruce

The United States is vast in geography and varied in climate. Every region struggles with its own distinct invasive or “interfering” species. Yet few plants are the bane of as many landowners and conservationists in

The popular western tributaries of Lake Erie were fishing very well at mid-week as favorable conditions returned.

The National Deer Association released its annual deer report on Jan. 15 that takes a close look at nearly everything pertaining to whitetails, including detailed harvest and hunter information, from across the country.
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