2006 Press Releases

December 2006

DEC Issues Draft Unit Management Plan for Wilcox Lake Wild Forest - 12/29/06
DEC Announces $2.4 Million to Help 21 Municipalities Protect the Environment Through Household Hazardous Waste Collection and Disposal - 12/29/06
DEC Announces Brownfield Grants for Lewis, Herkimer, and Jefferson Counties - 12/28/06
DEC Offering Tests To Fill Lifeguard Positions - 12/28/06
DEC Releases The Hudson River Estuary Wildlife And Habitat Conservation Framework - 12/27/06
DEC Announces Free Tree Seedlings Available to Schools - 12/27/06
DEC's Tree and Shrub Seedling Sale Underway - 12/27/06
DEC Announces Funding to Develop New Boat Launching Site on Lake Champlain - 12/19/06
DEC Announces Results of 2006 Bald Eagle Breeding Season - 12/19/06
DEC Begins Second Season of Wild Turkey Studies - 12/19/06
DEC Announces Informational Meetings on Freshwater Fish Virus -Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia - 12/18/06
State Environmental Board Approves New Regulation to Improve Air Quality by Reducing Mercury - 12/18/06
DEC Announces Brownfield Grants for Orange County - 12/12/06
DEC Presents Third Annual Environmental Excellence Awards - 12/07/06
Dead Eagle Found Near Round Lake - Saratoga County - 12/05/06
DEC Issues a Preliminary Draft RGGI Proposal for Public Review - 12/05/06

November 2006

DEC Reminds New York State Residents of Hunting and Trapping Seasons - 11/30/06
DEC Announces Conference on Climate Change in the Hudson Valley - 11/29/06
DEC Adopts Emergency Regulation to Help Prevent Spread of VHS to Additional New York State Waters - 11/21/06
DEC Issues Draft Unit Management Plan for Lake George Wild Forest - 11/20/06
DEC Announces Second Round of Habitat/Access Funding Grant Applications - 11/14/06
Information For Media Outlets on New Hazardous Spill Reporting Requirement - 11/13/06
DEC Commissioner Reminds Hunters to Follow Safe Hunting Guidelines - 11/13/06
DEC Accepting Applications for Landowner Incentive Program - 11/10/06
DEC Announces $200,000 in Funding to Assist with Tree Restoration in Western NY - 11/09/06
DEC Announces Groundbreaking for the Albany Pine Bush Discovery Center - 11/08/06
DEC Announces Southern Zone Deer Hunting Begins November 18 - 11/03/06
DEC to Rehabilitate Freeman's Bridge Boat Launch - 11/03/06
DEC Update on Avian Influenza Wild Bird Sampling - 11/01/06

October 2006

DEC Update on Status of VHS in New York State Waters - 10/31/06
DEC Announces New Ski Chairlift and Improvements at Belleayre Mountain - 10/31/06
DEC Announces Draft Policy on New York Environmental Leaders - 10/23/06
DEC Announces More than $220,000 for Environmental Justice - 10/26/06
DEC Issues Draft Unit Management Plan for Ferris Lake Wild Forest - 10/25/06
State Environmental Board Approves Superfund/brownfield Regulations - 10/25/06
DEC Investigates Death of Lake Ontario Water Birds - 10/24/06
New York State Advises Against Open Outdoor Burning - 10/24/06
DEC Announces Experimental Trapping Season - 10/23/06
DEC Advises Motorists to Be Aware of Deer and Moose - 10/23/06
DEC Offers Landowners Advice in Assessing Tree Damage - 10/19/06
DEC Announces Release of Adirondack Snowmobile Plan - 10/19/06
DEC Extends Deadlines for Grant Applications to October 31, 2006 - 10/17/06
DEC to Issue Additional Deer Management Permits - 10/17/06
DEC Temporarily Closes Shellfishing Areas in Suffolk County - 10/12/06
Air Pollution Suit Targets Upstate Power Plant - 10/11/06
DEC Reports Preliminary Results of Bird Flu Surveillance - 10/03/06
DEC Issues Draft Unit Management Plan for Stewart State Forest - 10/02/06

September 2006

DEC Announces Environmental Conservation Officer Exam - 09/27/06
DEC Announces Third Annual Outdoor Recreation Day In Recognition of National Disability Awareness Month - 09/26/06
DEC Seeking Input from Ruffed Grouse Hunters - 09/20/06
DEC Issues Draft Unit Management Plan for Raquette Boreal Unit - 09/18/06
DEC Announces Annual Beach Cleanup Effort in New York - 09/15/06
New York State Announces Efforts to Help Control Spread of Sirex Wood Wasp - 09/14/06
DEC Issues Draft Unit Management Plan for Watson's East Triangle Wild Forest - 09/13/06
DEC Advises Homeowners to Check Heating Oil Tanks - 09/13/06
DEC Announces Release of Pheasants for 2006 Hunting Season - 09/12/06
Schuyler County ECO Named Officer of the Year - 09/12/06
DEC Announces Final 2006-2007 Waterfowl Hunting Dates - 09/08/06
State Continues Lake Champlain Sea Lamprey Control Program - 09/07/06
DEC Announces Availability of Proposals to Improve Air Quality - 09/06/06
DEC Accepting Urban Forestry Grant Applications - 09/06/06

August 2006

DEC Honors Outstanding Wastewater Treatment Plants - 08/31/06
DEC Terminates Consent Order with Exxon Mobil for the Remediation of Lighthouse Point in Ogdensburg - 08/31/06
Ongoing Challenges to New York State's Ecosystem - 08/30/06
DEC Announces Temporary Closure of Three Shellfishing Areas - 08/30/06
DEC Temporarily Closes Shellfishing Areas in Suffolk County - 08/30/06
New York State's Evolving Waters - 08/29/06
DEC Temporarily Closes Shellfishing Areas inNassau and Suffolk Counties - 08/29/06
Caring for New York State's Fisheries - 08/28/06
DEC Temporarily Closes Shellfishing Areas in Nassau and Suffolk Counties - 08/28/06
DEC Issues Addendum to Draft Unit Management Plan for Moose River Plains Wild Forest and Extension of Public Comment Period - 08/23/06
DEC Announces the American Fisheries Society's 136th Annual Meeting - 08/18/06
Saratoga County ECO Named Officer of the Year - 08/17/06
Erie County ECO Named Officer of the Year - 08/17/06
DEC Environmental Conservation Officer Named 2005 Officer of the Year - 08/17/06
DEC Issues Draft Unit Management Plan for White Hill Wild Forest - 08/16/06
DEC Announces Final Model Rule to Help States Implement RGGI - 08/15/06
DEC Detail to Enforce Bear Resistant Canister Regulation - 08/14/06
DEC: Grants Available for Water Quality Improvement Projects - 08/11/06
DEC Reopens Oyster Pond Boat Ramp - 08/10/06
DEC 2006-07 Sporting Licenses Available Starting August 14, 2006 - 08/08/06
DEC Announces Consent Order with Lewis County Farm for Manure Spill - 08/03/06

July 2006

Report Finds PCB Damage to Navigation in Champlain Canal - 07/31/06
DEC Acquires Chautauqua Lake Waterfront Property - 07/28/06
DEC Advises Anglers About Moving Fish Between Water Bodies - 07/27/06
DEC Forest Rangers Dispatched to Southern California - 07/26/06
DEC Continues Investigation of Death of Lake Ontario Shore Birds and Fish - 07/20/06
DEC Announces Record State Natural Gas Production in 2005 - 07/14/06
State Departments of Health and Environmental Conservation Today Reminded New Yorkers of a Public Health Alert for Drinking Water in Multiple Upstate Counties - 07/06/06
DEC Announces Finalized Bay Scallop and Oyster Regulations - 07/06/06
DEC Announces New Draft Superfund/Brownfield Regulations - 07/05/06
EPA Cautions Residents About Household Hazardous Waste in Areas Impacted by Floods - 07/05/06
DEC Protects Bat Hibernaculum in the Adirondacks - 07/03/06

June 2006

DEC Authorizes Permits to Help Expedite Flood Repair - 06/30/06
DEC Advises Caution to Those Heading Outdoors this Holiday Weekend - 06/30/06
DEC Opens New Long Island Sound Boat Launch Facility - 06/29/06
DEC Announces Temporary Closure of Three Shellfishing Areas - 06/27/06
DEC Temporarily Closes Shellfishing Areas in Suffolk County - 06/26/06
Get Hooked on Fishing In New York State! - 06/23/06
DEC Issues Draft Unit Management Plan for Zoar Valley - 06/22/06
DEC Issues Draft Unit Management Plan for Ausable Point Campground - 06/22/06
New York State Announces $12 Million for Restoration of Lake Ontario and Tributaries - 06/21/06
DEC Seeks Legal Action to Require Exxon Mobil to Clean up Petroleum Contamination in Greenpoint Area of Brooklyn - 06/21/06
DEC Re-Opens Several Shellfishing Areas In Town of Huntington, Suffolk County - 06/16/06
New York State Bass Fishing Season Opens this Saturday - 06/14/06
DEC Announces Finalized Marine Crustacean Regulation - 06/14/06
DEC Announces $450,000 in Open Space Grants - 06/14/06
DEC Confirms Virus in Lake Ontario and St. Lawrence River Fish - 06/13/06
DEC Announces Invasive Species Eradication Grant Recipients - 06/05/06

May 2006

DEC Announces Approval of the New York Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy - 05/31/06
DEC Temporarily Closes Shellfishing Areas In Town of Huntington, Suffolk County - 05/27/06
DEC Announces 19,250 Acre Oil and Gas Lease Sale in Central NY - 05/26/06
DEC Announces Tentative 2006-07 Waterfowl Hunting Seasons - 05/24/06
DEC Announces Availability of Environmental Justice Grants - 05/17/06
DEC Announces Nearly $2 Million for Brownfield Projects - 05/12/06
DEC Urges New Yorkers Not to Disturb Fawns and Other Young Wildlife - 05/10/06
DEC: Additional Public Meeting on Deer and Bear Proposals - 05/05/06
DEC Is Accepting Applications for the Third Annual Environmental Excellence Awards - 05/04/06
DEC Adopts New Freshwater Fishing Regulations for 2006-08 - 05/04/06
DEC: May 6 Marks Opening Day for Many Popular Gamefish Species - 05/02/06

April 2006

DEC Reopens Shellfishing Areas in Nassau and Suffolk Counties - 04/28/06
DEC Announces Proposed Bay Scallop and Oyster Regulations - 04/28/06
DEC Announces Revisions to 2006 Recreational Fishing Regulations - 04/27/06
DEC Announces Amended Wetlands Maps for Putnam and Dutchess Counties - 04/26/06
DEC Offers Tips to Help Prevent Encounters with Black Bears and Avoid Conflict with Coyotes - 04/25/06
DEC Announces Proposed Deer and Bear Hunting Regulation Changes in the Southern Zone for the 2006-07 Hunting Season - 04/25/06
DEC Temporarily Closes Shellfishing Areas in Nassau and Suffolk Counties - 04/24/06
DEC Continues Cleansweep Program with Spring Pesticide Cleanup in Western New York - 04/19/06
DEC Warns Public of Dangerous Fire Conditions Across the State - 04/19/06
DEC to Hold Second Public Meeting on Draft Unit Management PlanFor Moose River Plains Wild Forest - 04/17/06
DEC Announces Indictments of Members from a Timber Theft Ring - 04/14/06
DEC Announces Spring 2006 Turkey Hunting Seasons - 04/11/06
DEC Is Accepting Applications for Volunteer Fire Assistance Grants - 04/05/06
DEC Announces the 2005 Black Bear Harvest Figures - 04/04/06

March 2006

DEC Provides Information on Spring Caterpillar Pests - 03/30/06
DEC Outreach Program Assists Schools in Identifying and Removing Mercury - 03/29/06
DEC Seeks Volunteers to Complete Angler Diaries for the West Branch Ausable River - 03/28/06
DEC Proposes Amendments to Willowemoc Wild Forest UMP - 03/28/06
DEC to Build Environmental Education Center at Reinstein Woods - 03/24/06
State Accepting Applications for Environmental Grants - 03/23/06
DEC Announces Proposed Marine Crustacean Regulation Changes - 03/23/06
RGGI States Announce Release of Draft Model Rule for Regional Carbon Cap - 03/23/06
New York State Trout Fishing Season Opens April 1 - 03/20/06
DEC Seeks Hunter Input on Fall 2006 Waterfowl Seasons - 03/14/06
DEC Delivers Adirondack Lean-to for Exhibit at the Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks - 03/14/06
DEC Issues Draft Unit Management Plan for Moose River Plains Wild Forest - 03/13/06
DEC Announces Plans for a Prescribed Burn in the Bog Brook Unique Area - 03/13/06
DEC Announces "I Love the Conservationist Sweepstakes" - 03/08/06
DEC to Hold Another Five Rivers Unit Management Plan Meeting - 03/06/06
DEC Announces Marine Fishing Regulation Changes - 03/06/06
State Environmental Board Approves New Used Oil, Elemental Mercury and Dental Amalgam Regulations - 03/01/06

February 2006

DEC to Prepare Management Plan for DEC's Stony Kill Farm Environmental Education Center - 02/28/06
DEC to Prepare Management Plan on 46-Corners State Forest Area - 02/28/06
Applications Available for DEC Summer Environmental Camps - 02/27/06
DEC Announces Termination of All Electric Hookups at Ausable Point Campground - 02/27/06
DEC Announces Nearly $1.7 Million for Brownfields Redevelopment Across the State - 02/24/06
DEC Releases Statistics from 2005-06 Deer Harvest - 02/21/06
DEC Announces Nearly $429,000 for Brownfield Projects in Rome, Oneida County - 02/17/06
DEC Begins Draft Unit Management Planning for Virgil Mountain and Tri-county Uplands - 02/16/06
DEC Announces State of Lake Ontario Meetings - 02/14/06
DEC Urges People to Use Caution on the Ice - 02/02/06

January 2006

DEC Announces Environmental Grants to Aid NYC Area - 01/26/06
State DEC and OPRHP Highlight Environmental Initiatives in 2006-07 Executive Budget - 01/19/06
DEC Accepting Applications for Pheasant Release Programs - 01/19/06
DEC Announces That Grants Are Available for Water Quality Improvement Projects - 01/18/06
DEC Announces Falconry Exam - 01/13/06
DEC Announces Wildlife Rehabilitator Exam - 01/13/06
DEC Issue Draft Unit Management Plan for Tioughnioga - 01/11/06
State, City Reach Agreement to Protect Long Island Sound - 01/10/06
DEC Announces Preservation of 43 Acres in Albany County - 01/06/06
Snow Pack-based Spill Reduction Program Expanded to the Neversink Reservoir - 01/05/06
DEC Announces Free Tree Seedlings Available to Schools - 01/05/06
DEC'S Tree and Shrub Seedling Sale Underway - 01/05/06

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