New York’s Outdoor Calendar
Staff Report
May 13, 2025
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across New York published in the May 16, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.
New York
New York Cuffs & Collars: Several tickets issued at Gurney’s Pond
Staff Report
May 13, 2025
New York cuffs and collars are field reports from New York DEC Officers. These reports are from the May 16, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.
New York’s Erie County Federation commends key sportsmen, conservationists
Bill Hilts Jr.
May 13, 2025
For the prestigious Stanley Spisiak Memorial Conservationist of the Year Award, General Motors Tonawanda was recognized for its water conservation practices in the Niagara River. At one point, the facility was drawing upward of 26
Joe Rist, New York Outdoor News’ Person of the Year, helps veterans find some peace on trout streams
Dan Ladd
May 13, 2025
Joe Rist, owner of Trout Town Flies, in Roscoe, in the Catskills is the 2025 New York Outdoors News Person of the Year.
The accolades and anecdotes shared by Rist’s colleagues are not just
New York Mixed Bag: Lake Ontario Fishing Boat Survey begins 40th year
Staff and News Reports
May 12, 2025
DEC’s annual Lake Ontario Fishing Boat Survey is under way and has been conducted annually since 1985 to track New York’s world class fishery, which attracts anglers from dozens of states and several countries each
New York Letters to the Editor: Bowhunting, X-bow safety facts
New York Letters to the Editor
May 12, 2025
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 16, 2025, edition of New York Outdoor News.
Dan Ladd: Keep an eye on fire danger despite New York’s recent rain
Dan Ladd
May 12, 2025
I admit, I’m a weather geek and it’s something that dates back to a meteorology course I took in college. In fact, because of my broadcasting background – also primarily in college – my wife
Remains of hiker missing since Thanksgiving weekend found on New York’s Allen Mountain
Dan Ladd
May 12, 2025
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has confirmed the remains of missing hiker Leo DuFour were found off the Allen Mountain trail in Essex County, in the Adirondacks.
On the morning of Saturday,
New York’s Lake Champlain lake trout holding their own as stocking ends after 2025
Don Lehman
May 12, 2025
Are wild lake trout that have become more prevalent in New York’s Lake Champlain better able to escape predation by sea lamprey? Some anglers and fisheries experts think that is the case, and with lake
