Region 1 Press Releases
Serving Nassau and Suffolk Counties
The following are recent press releases issued by DEC's Region 1 office. The statewide press release listing may also contain news items of note for the Long Island region.
- DEC Launching Citizen Science Effort to Track Furbearers in Long Island and New York City - 05/15/13
- DEC Conservation Officers Capture Gators in Peconic River - 04/19/13
- DEC Works to Reclaim Grasslands with Help of FedEx Volunteers - 04/11/13
- Meeting of the Open Space Regional Advisory Committee Announced - 04/09/13
- Youth Conservation Program Dates Set - 03/08/13
- Open Space Plan Regional Advisory Committee Meetings Announced - 03/06/13
- Crackdown on Illegal Off-Road Vehicle Use at Edgewood Nets Charges for Seven - 01/23/13
- DEC Acquires Southold Site for Public Waterway Access - 01/15/13
- Public Invited to Meeting on Pride Solvents and Chemical Co. Site - 01/11/13
- January Deer Season To Open in Suffolk County - 01/02/13
- DEC Provides Guidance For Storm-Damaged Vehicle Storage - 12/7/12
- DEC Ridge Hunter Check Station Re-Opens Today - 11/14/12
- State Land Closures on Long Island to be Reassessed Friday - 11/06/12
- I FISH NY Sponsors Fall Fishing and Children's Festival at Hempstead Lake State Park - 09/18/12
- Target Ordered to Pay Fine for Sale of Illegal Pesticides - 09/18/12
- DEC to Celebrate National Hunting and Fishing Day - 09/04/12
- DEC Announces 15th Annual Youth Waterfowl Program - 08/20/12
- Multi-Agency Effort Nets Three ATV Impoundments and Seven Summonses - 05/25/12
- DEC Captain Timothy Huss Receives Senator Owen Johnson Award - 03/09/12
- Public Invited to Meeting on State Superfund Site - 03/06/12
- Public Invited to Meeting on Country Cleaners Site - 03/05/12
- DEC and State Parks Sponsor Spring Family Festival at Belmont Lake - 02/29/12
- DEC Announces Plans to Close Sporting License Office in Stony Brook - 01/03/12
- DEC's Vincent Palmer Honored By Cornell Cooperative Extension - 11/23/11
- Crackdown On Illegal ATV Use At Edgewood Nets Charges For 11 - 11/22/11
- Long Island's Third Annual Fall Turkey Hunting Season -11/17/11
- Public Invited to Meeting on Bianchi/Weiss Greenhouses - 10/28/11
