DEC: Best walleye fishing on Lake Erie in nearly 30 years
Staff and News Reports
January 31, 2018
Agency estimates that anglers harvested more than 70,000 walleyes in 2017, a level not achieved since 1989.
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Erie walleye fishing: The perfect (winter) storm?
Site Staff
December 29, 2017
Combination of first Erie December freeze-over since 2000 and a surging walleye population in the lake could make for a fishing season to remember. But with great ice-building weather comes First Day Hikes cancellations.
When politics enter the world of wildlife biology, it never ends well
Mike Raykovicz
December 11, 2017
In New York, it’s management of mute swans that’s causing a stir.
Deer harvest numbers up so far, bear totals mixed
Staff and News Reports
December 7, 2017
Early reports from New York hunters through Dec. 3, show that hunters reported taking approximately 18 percent more deer in the Northern Zone and 14 percent more deer in the Southern Zone compared to the
Walleye fishing reportedly on the rebound on Oneida Lake
Staff and News Reports
December 6, 2017
Researchers believe that the reduction in the round goby population in the lake may be the reason.
DEC improving communications with outdoor media
Bill Hilts
November 29, 2017
Communications with this state’s outdoor press has been a difficult proposition to say the least the last couple of years for the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). Press folks, when we needed information, had to
Early reports show huge drop in black bear harvest numbers
Associated Press
November 13, 2017
Deer harvest numbers about the same as last year.
Phase I complete: New York’s Salmon River Fish Hatchery getting a boost
Staff and News Reports
November 3, 2017
DEC: Improvements represent the first phase of renovations planned for the hatchery in the coming year.
Outdoor writers’ group celebrates 50 years
Dan Ladd
November 3, 2017
The New York State Outdoor Writers Association recently held its 50th fall conference and anniversary celebration in Warren County, the same place where members held their very first meeting back in 1967. The organization was
