Region 5 Press Releases

Serving Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren and Washington Counties

The following are recent press releases issued by DEC's Region 5 office. The statewide press release listing may also contain news items of note for the Eastern Adirondacks/Lake Champlain region.

DEC Prepares Plan to Open Up Sacandaga West Conservation Easement Lands to Expand Public Recreation Opportunities - 05/10/13
DEC to Prepare Management Plan for Chazy Highlands Complex - 05/09/13
DEC Alerts Hikers to Muddy Trail Conditions in the High Peaks - 05/06/13
Man Charged by DEC Environmental Conservation Police For Numerous Counts of Illegal Trapping Pleads Guilty - 03/20/13
DEC Region 5 Forest Ranger Summer Search and Rescue Report - 01/11/13
DEC Forest Rangers and State Police Ask Hunters Assistance in Locating Colin Gillis - 10/24/12
DEC Completes Trail to Ridge of Jay Mountain - 10/23/12
DEC Continues Checkpoints for Illegally Transported Firewood - 8/21/201
DEC Region 5 Forest Ranger's June and July Search & Rescue Report - 08/15/12
DEC Has Checkpoint for Illegally Transported Firewood - 08/15/12
Lake Champlain Basin Aquatic Invasive Species Task Force Releases Water Flea Spread Prevention Recommendations - 07/30/12
Drowning at Northampton Beach Campground - 07/23/12
DEC Warns of High Fire Danger in the Adirondacks - 07/12/12
DEC Free Fishing Event at South Bay Fishing Pier - 06/20/12
DEC Region 5 Forest Ranger's Spring Search and Rescue Report - 06/20/12
DEC Environmental Conservation Police Make Arrest After Disturbance At Campground - 06/20/12
DEC and Partners Continue "Trees for Tribs" Program - 04/29/12
DEC Region 5 Forest Ranger's Winter Search and Rescue Report - 02/29/12
DEC Advises to Avoid Burning Brush in Snowless Areas - 02/07/12
DEC Region 5 Environmental Conservation Police End Of Big Game Season Enforcement Report - 01/13/12
DEC Opens New Snowmobile Trail Segment in Wilmington - 01/13/12
DEC Region 5 Forest Ranger Late Autumn Search and Rescue Report - 12/22/11
DEC to Close Lower Locks for the Winter - 12/15/11
DEC to Hold Annual Children's Holiday Party - 12/14/11
DEC Replaces Unsafe Snowmobile Bridge on Perkin's Clearing Conservation Easement Lands - 12/09/11
DEC Region 5 Forest Ranger Search and Rescue Report - 11/01/11
Variable-Leaf Watermilfoil Found in Lake Champlain's South Bay - 10/13/11
Prospect Mountain Veteran's Memorial Parkway to Remain Open for Another Weekend - 10/12/11
Landowners and Volunteers Sought for Tree Planting Event - 10/07/11