Last call for comments on proposed fishing regs
Time is quickly winding down for the Feb. 6 public comment deadline regarding a series of freshwater fishing regulation changes that could affect nearly every angler in this state.
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Fishing regs are in place for a reason, but who reads them?
It happens every spring. The state’s Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) stocking trucks, filled with fish, head out to plant fish at designated locations around the state. Many people associate this activity with the April 1 opening day of trout for the inland streams and lakes, and they should. However, there is a disconnect, a
DEC: 139-pound sturgeon caught in Oneida Lake is largest since stocking began
Fish caught, tagged, and released is likely one of 320 juvenile sturgeon stocked in 1999 as part of DEC’s Lake Sturgeon Recovery Program.
Sauger restoration efforts proving successful in Allegheny River
Sauger from the first year of stocking are now reaching over 20 inches.
Wild moose chase: Taking a census from the air
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) recently issued a press release announcing that mid-winter aerial surveys of the Adirondack moose population had been completed. But there was still some work to be done as DEC biologists wanted to get a better peek this winter at the number of moose calves, especially in relation
In New York, funding to help restore habitats for American eel, river herring
Monies will help Hudson River communities remove dams, replace culverts,
In New York, invasive insect reaches Adirondacks
Hemlock woolly adelgid confirmed on forest preserve lands in the town of Lake George in Warren County.
DEC keeping pressure on in Asian longhorned beetle battle
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has announced that the annual Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) Swimming Pool Survey is underway, marking the program’s sixth summer of research work. DEC invites pool owners, now through August 30, to check their pool filters and help keep watch for these invasive beetles before they cause
Wanted: participants for New York summer wild turkey survey
“Citizen scientists” help DEC gauge turkey population.
