New York’s Outdoor Calendar
Staff Report
April 28, 2025
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across New York published in the May 2, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.
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New York Cuffs & Collars: Don’t trespass to catch your trout
Staff Report
April 28, 2025
New York cuffs and collars are field reports from DEC Officers. These reports are from the May 2, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.
New York’s 2025 Great Lakes Preview: Let’s keep the Great Lakes ‘great’
Bill Hilts Jr.
April 28, 2025
For the most part, we are coming off a stellar year in 2024 on both of New York’s Great Lakes – Erie and Ontario. What happens in 2025 and beyond is anyone’s guess, but there
New York’s annual I BIRD Challenge returns
Staff Report
April 28, 2025
Albany — New York’s annual I BIRD Challenge is underway. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation began the program for birders of all ages and abilities.
Wildfires, prescribed burns keep New York fire crews hopping
Staff Report
April 28, 2025
New York State Forest Rangers and Fish and Wildlife staff have had a busy spring when it comes to woodland fires. When Forest Rangers are not fighting unintentional fires, they’re often working with colleagues performing
New York Mixed Bag: DEC holding Great Lakes sub-basin work group meetings April 29 – May 6
Staff and News Reports
April 28, 2025
DEC is poised to host a series of Great Lakes Action Agenda Sub-Basin Work Group Meetings in late April and early May. The Great Lakes Program invites the public to take part in the sessions
New York Letters to the Editor: Fire-starting is an important survival skill for all to master
New York Letters to the Editor
April 28, 2025
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 2, 2025, edition of New York Outdoor News.
Record 3,000 students participating in New York clay target league
Staff Report
April 28, 2025
Another New York State High School Clay Target League season is in progress this year with 3,058 student athletes from 174 New York schools. That number breaks a spring participation record, which has continued to
Bill Hilts, Jr.: New York’s Lake Erie perch action heating up
Bill Hilts Jr.
April 25, 2025
It was a winter that didn’t want to let go … and a spring that didn’t want grab hold and give us some decent weather. Finally, Easter weekend, the ice (finally) departed Lake Erie in
