
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.

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Dec. 26, 2025 edition of New York Outdoor News.

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

The upper drifts here are producing a mix of steelhead, lake trout and brown trout, while catches in the lower drifts are dominated by brown trout.

In what may be the final podcast of the year and in conjunction with the Dec. 26 issue of New York Outdoor News, host Dan Ladd looks back on the top stories of 2025, which

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

There’s ice on lakes across the state, but be careful out there. There are reports of anglers catching fish, but that’s been a bit spotty, too.
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