New York

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