Conserving, improving, and protecting New York's natural resources and environment

HOW CAN WE HELP YOU?

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• Live green
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• Contact DEC

NEW FROM DEC

• Environmental Excellence Awards - applications highlighting innovative projects will be accepted until May 21
• Draft Solid Waste Management Plan - now available for review
• Open Burning - in towns with less than 20,000 people, burning tree limbs is not allowed from 3/16-5/14
• Environmental Education Camps - registration now open
• Freshwater and marine - fishing licenses are now on sale
• Deer Harvest Summary - data available by zone for 2009
• DEC TV: Trout Stocking and Fishing - DEC biologists stock rainbow trout in Six-Mile Waterworks
• Watchable Wildlife - we've added new places and animals to see