Regional Press Release Archive

December 2020

DEC to Host Virtual Public Information Session on Habitat Management Plans for Fish Creek, Swallow Bluffs, and Collins Landing Wildlife Management Areas - 12/29/20 - Region 6

November 2020

DEC Seeks Public Input to Develop Draft Recreation Management Plan for Three Lakes Conservation Easement, Herkimer County - 11/30/20 - Region 6
DEC and EFC Announce Completion of Springs Union Free School District Septic Upgrades to Help Protect Regional Water Quality - 11/19/20 - Region 1
DEC Announces Deer Management Assistance Program Tags Still Available for Doodletown Wildlife Management Area, Columbia County - 11/13/20 - Region 4
DEC Region 9 Deer and Bear Check Station Operations Temporarily Suspended - 11/04/20 - Region 9
DEC Announces Immediate Closure of Prospect Mountain Veterans Memorial Parkway Due to Snow and Ice - 11/03/20 - Region 5

October 2020

DEC Announces Fall Trout Stocking Schedule for Long Island - 10/30/20 - Region 1
DEC Announces New Online Entry for January Deer Drawing for Suffolk Co. Firearms Season - 10/26/20 - Region 1
DEC to Host Virtual Public Information Session on Habitat Management Plan for Northern Montezuma Wildlife Management Area - 10/23/20 - Region 8
DEC Seeks Public Input on Revised Draft Amendments to Kildare and Five Mile Recreation Management Plan - 10/21/20 - Region 6
DEC Seeks Public's Assistance with Larceny Case - 10/20/20 - Region 6
DEC Announces Start of Annual Closure of Stillwater Fire Tower - 10/13/20 - Region 6
DEC Completes New Mud Pond Trail in Cedarlands Conservation Easement, Hamilton County - 10/07/20 - Adirondacks
DEC Advises Waterfowl Hunters of Low Water Conditions at Northern Montezuma Wildlife Management Area - 10/02/20 - Region 8

September 2020

DEC Releases Final Recreation Management Plan for Croghan Tract Conservation Easement - 09/30/20 - Region 6
DEC Advises Hunters of Low Water Conditions at Three Wildlife Management Areas - 09/28/20 - Region 6
DEC Announces Deer Management Assistance Program Tags Available for Doodletown Wildlife Management Area, Columbia County - 09/25/20 - Region 4
DEC Announces Sentencing of Saranac Man for Illegal Taking of Moose - 09/25/20 - Region 5
DEC Announces 23rd Annual Youth Waterfowl Program - 09/24/20 - Region 1
DEC Announces Permit to Issue Antlerless Deer Tags for Valcour Island, Clinton County - 09/24/20 - Region 5
DEC Announces Youth Pheasant Hunting Weekend for Western New York - 09/18/20 - Region 9
DEC Announces Fall Pheasant Release Plans for Western New York - 09/18/20 - Region 9
DEC and Partners Announce Effort To Prevent Spread of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid - 09/10/20 - Region 5
DEC Alerts Hunters to Changes on Opening Day of Northeast Zone Waterfowl Hunting at Two Wildlife Management Areas - 09/09/20 - Region 6
DEC Announces Lake Flower Boat Launch Will Open to Trailered Boats on Friday, Sept. 4 - 09/03/20 - Adirondacks
DEC Invites Input on Draft Broome State Forests Unit Management Plan - 09/02/20 - Region 7

August 2020

DEC to Remove Sediments at Westport Boat Launch - 08/27/20 - Region 5
DEC to Host 11th Annual Jefferson County Youth Waterfowl Hunt - 08/27/20 - Region 6
DEC and Town of Tonawanda Announce New Community Working Group to Support Cleanup and Revitalization of Former Tonawanda Coke Site - 08/27/20 - Region 9
DEC Seeks Public Comment on 2020 Draft Revision of Shandaken Wild Forest Unit Management Plan - 08/26/20 - Region 3
DEC Encourages Public Comment on Draft Hinckley Reservoir Day Use Area Unit Management Plan - 08/26/20 - Region 6
DEC Releases Draft Unit Management Plan for Fish Creek Pond Campground & Day Use Area - 08/26/20 - Region 5
DEC Announces Completion of Successful Brownfield Cleanup at Former Breneman Site in Oswego - 08/25/20 - Region 7
Reinstein Woods Fall Festival Celebrates 20 Years - 08/21/20 - Region 9
DEC Hosts St. Lawrence County Youth Waterfowl and Pheasant Hunt - 08/18/20 - Region 6
DEC Cancels Open House at Perch River WMA - 08/14/20 - Region 6
DEC and St. Lawrence County Partnership to Clean Up Contaminated Properties and Promote Economic Development Targets Four Properties this Summer - 08/05/20 - Region 6
DEC Seeking Public's Help in Locating Stolen Aluminum Beams - 08/04/20 - Region 6

July 2020

DEC Opens Wildlife Management Areas for 16-Day Window - 07/29/20 - Region 6
DEC and Niagara County Soil and Water Conservation District to Hold Virtual Public Meeting for Eighteen Mile Creek Area of Concern - 07/23/20 - Region 9
DEC Releases Final Plans to Improve Imperial Mills Dam - 07/17/20 - Region 5
DEC and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Announce Virtual Public Information Session About Innovative Pilot Study to Combat Chautauqua Lake Harmful Algal Blooms - 07/16/20 - Region 9
Virtual Public Meeting for Bay Park Conveyance Project - 07/08/20 - Region 1

June 2020

DEC Will Not Hold Annual Wilson Hill Goose Drive - 06/24/20 - Region 6

May 2020

DEC to Limit Vehicle Access to Black Pond Wildlife Management Area - 05/21/20 - Region 6
DEC Seeks Public Assistance to Combat Recent Outbreak of Pine Barrens Forest Fires - 05/14/20 - Region 1

April 2020

Media Advisory for April 15, 2020 - 04/13/20 - Region 9
DEC Lake Flower Boat Launch to Remain Closed to Trailered Boats - 04/04/20 - Region 5

March 2020

DEC Announces Reductions in 2020 Oneida Lake Walleye Egg Take - 03/30/20 - Region 6
DEC Accepting Public Comment on Draft Beaverkill Campground Management Plan Until April 15 - 03/19/20 - Region 3
DEC Invites Public to Comment on Proposed Brookfield Trail System Regulations - 03/18/20 - Region 7
DEC Closes Region 6 Trails and Roads Due to Spring Thaw - 03/13/20 - Region 6
DEC Releases Draft Beaverkill Campground Management Plan Update - 03/03/20 - Region 3
DEC Announces 11th Annual Jefferson County Youth Turkey Hunt - 03/02/20 - Region 6

February 2020

DEC Announces Prescribed Fire Results for Long Island - 02/28/20 - Region 1
DEC Announces St. Lawrence County Youth Turkey Hunt Dates - 02/19/20 - Region 6
DEC Releases Draft Recreation Management Plan for Croghan Tract Conservation Easement - 02/19/20 - Region 6
DEC and State Parks to Host Free Ice Fishing Clinic at Canadarago Lake on Wednesday, Feb. 19 - 02/18/20 - Region 4
DEC: Genesee River Angler Diarists Needed - 02/18/20 - Region 9
DEC Announces New Agreements to Comprehensively Address Former Tonawanda Coke Facility Contamination - 02/14/20 - Region 9
DEC Announces March 9 Public Information Session on Habitat Management Plan for Honeoye Inlet - 02/13/20 - Region 8
DEC Announces Youth Conservation Program Dates - 02/10/20 - Region 1
Media Advisory/Photo Opportunity for Saturday, February 8 - 02/07/20 - Region 9
DEC Offers Free Indoor Ice Fishing Clinic on February 19 - 02/05/20 - Region 1
DEC to Begin Construction of Restroom at Lake Flower Boat Launch Immediately After Saranac Lake Winter Carnival - 02/05/20 - Region 5

January 2020

DEC Issues Final Management Plan for Ontario Plains - 01/31/20 - Region 6
DEC Issues Final Management Plan for Mohawk Vista - 01/31/20 - Region 6
DEC Announces Final Unit Management Plan for Sentinel Range Wilderness - 01/29/20 - Region 5
DEC Announces Start of Restoration at Historic Cleveland Dock on Oneida Lake - 01/24/20 - Region 7
DEC Announces Nuisance Wildlife Control Operator Exam - 01/16/20 - Region 2
DEC Issues Final Management Plan for Fulton County State Forests - 01/15/20 - Adirondacks
DEC Announces Winter Wonderland at Reinstein Woods on February 8 - 01/13/20 - Region 9

December 2019

DEC Seeks Landowner Participation in Multi-Year Turkey Survey on Long Island - 12/26/19 - Region 1
DEC Announces Annual Long Island 'First Day' Hikes at Ridge Conservation Area - 12/18/19 - Region 1
DEC Announces Annual 'First Day' Hikes In The Adirondacks - 12/18/19 - Adirondacks
DEC to Host 'First Day' Hikes Jan. 1 - 12/18/19 - Region 6

November 2019

DEC Announces Successful 'CleanSweepNY' Collections on Long Island - 11/21/19 - Region 1
DEC Issues Final Management Plan for Sundown Wild Forest and Vernooy Kill State Forest - 11/18/19 - Region 3
New York State Agencies Announce Commissioning of Renewable Biomass Heating System in Ray Brook - 11/14/19 - Region 5
DEC to Operate Deer and Bear Check Station on Opening Weekend of Regular Big Game Season - 11/14/19 - Region 8
Niagara and Orleans Planning Committee Showcases 20 Shoreline Resiliency Projects Awarded New York State 'REDI' Funding - 11/13/19 - Region 9
January Deer Season to Open in Suffolk County - 11/12/19 - Region 1
Wayne County REDI Planning Committee Tours $490,000 Sodus Point Beach Project Site - 11/08/19 - Region 8
DEC Announces Opening of New Dr. Ted Kerpez Memorial Eagle Viewing Blind - 11/04/19 - Region 3
DEC and USFWS Announce $2 Million will Fund Habitat and Recreation Projects at Onondaga Lake - 11/01/19 - Region 7
DEC to Operate Deer and Bear Check Station on Opening Weekend of Regular Big Game Season - 11/01/19 - Region 9

October 2019

DEC Announces Completion of 3456 Oneida Street Cleanup - 10/30/19 - Region 6
DEC Confirms Emerald Ash Borer in Jefferson County - 10/25/19 - Region 6
DEC Advises Boaters of Seasonal Dock Removals Along Mohawk River - 10/11/19 - Region 4
DEC Announces Completion of New Seneca River Boat Launch Site - 10/11/19 - Region 7
DEC to Remove Sediments at Westport Boat Launch - 10/11/19 - Region 5
Students to Participate in 'Day in the Life' Watershed Program - 10/02/19 - Region 9
DEC's 'I FISH NY' Program to Host Annual Fall Family Fishing Festival at Hempstead Lake State Park - 10/02/19 - Region 1
DEC Announces Start Dates for 2019-2020 Trapping Season on Oak Orchard, Tonawanda, and John White Wildlife Management Areas - 10/01/19 - Region 8
DEC Alerts Hunters to Conditions at Wildlife Management Areas - 10/01/19 - Region 6

September 2019

Media Advisory for Thursday, September 26 - 09/25/19 - Region 9
DEC Announces Oak Wilt Detected in Middlesex - 09/24/19 - Region 8
Media Advisory for Saturday, September 21, 2019 - 09/18/19 - Region 9
DEC Announces Annual Waterfowl Hunter Information Meeting - 09/12/19 - Region 8
DEC Announces 22nd Annual Youth Waterfowl Program - 09/12/19 - Region 1
DEC Hosts 10th Annual Jefferson County Youth Waterfowl Hunt - 09/10/19 - Region 6
DEC to Host First-Ever Women's Fishing Expo - 09/09/19 - Region 1
DEC Announces New Amenities and Improvements at Nicks Lake Campground in Old Forge - 09/05/19 - Region 6

August 2019

DEC to Begin Closing Gates Overnight at Mossy Point and Rogers Rock Boat Launches on Sept. 6 - 08/29/19 - Adirondacks
DEC Announces Special Waterfowl Hunting Permits Needed for Opening Weekend of Duck Season at Oak Orchard and Tonawanda Wildlife Management Areas - 08/27/19 - Region 8
DEC Asks the Public to Be Aware of Illegal Deer Hunting - 08/26/19 - Region 6
Reinstein Woods to Hold Annual Fall Festival on Sept. 21 - 08/21/19 - Region 9
DEC Hosts St. Lawrence County Youth Waterfowl and Pheasant Hunt - 08/16/19 - Region 6
DEC Announces Maintenance to Sustain User Experience at Oneida Lake South Shore Boat Launch Site - 08/16/19 - Region 7
DEC's Environmental Conservation Police Officers to Participate in Harlem Week Festival this Saturday - 08/15/19 - Region 2
DEC Announces Reopening of Public Facilities at Cape Vincent Fisheries Station - 08/15/19 - Region 6
DEC to Close Wilmington Notch Campground on Sept. 4 - 08/14/19 - Adirondacks
DEC Announces Reopening of Browns Tract Trail - 08/13/19 - Region 6
DEC Names Field at Otis Pike Preserve after Smokey Bear to Mark Smokey's 75th Anniversary - 08/09/19 - Region 1
DEC Announces Reopening of North Sandy Pond Boat Launch Site - 08/09/19 - Great Lakes
DEC Notifies Public of Construction on Spider Creek Culvert - 08/09/19 - Region 5
DEC Seeks Input on Carpenter Falls Public Access Improvement Project - 08/07/19 - Region 7
DEC Opens Wildlife Management Areas for 16-Day Window - 08/01/19 - Region 6

July 2019

DEC Completes Sustainable Trail Improvements in Wilcox Lake Wild Forest - 07/31/19 - Adirondacks
DEC Announces $450,000 Upgrades to Mud Lock Boat Launch Site - 07/30/19 - Region 7
Free Home Energy Workshop on August 15 at Reinstein Woods - 07/26/19 - Region 9
DEC Announces Completion of Big Slope Bridge - 07/25/19 - Adirondacks
DEC Announces Temporary Closure to Harvest of Shellfish in Portion of Eastern Shinnecock Bay, Suffolk County - 07/11/19 - Region 1
DEC Marks Invasive Species Awareness Week with Water Chestnut Pull at Massapequa Lake (Croons Pond) - 07/01/19 - Region 1
DEC Marks Invasive Species Awareness Week with Water Chestnut Pull at Wantagh Mill Pond - 07/01/19 - Region 1
DEC Announces Completion of $70,000 in Improvements at Yatesville Falls State Forest - 07/01/19 - Region 4

June 2019

Air Quality Health Advisory Issued for New York City Metro and Long Island - 06/28/19 - Region 1
DEC and Peconic Land Trust Announce Second Preservation of Pine Barrens Land Critical to Protect Long Island's Sole Source Aquifer - 06/28/19 - Region 1
Air Quality Health Advisory Issued for Long Island - 06/27/19 - Region 1
DEC and DOT Seek Public Input on Future Use of Remsen-Lake Placid Travel Corridor - 06/26/19 - Region 5
DEC Announces Lockwood Man Pleads Guilty in Hunting Fatality Case - 06/26/19 - Region 7
DEC Announces Temporary Closure of Browns Tract Trail - 06/26/19 - Region 6
DEC to Construct New, Accessible Restroom at Lake Flower Boat Launch - 06/25/19 - Region 5
DEC and DHSES Update on Rice Creek Dam in Oswego New York - 06/21/19 - Region 7
DEC Announces Closure of Saranac River to Boating Between Lower Locks and Second Pond Boat Launch - 06/20/19 - Adirondacks
DEC Announces Improvements to Elephant Head Road in Titusville Mountain State Forest - 06/20/19 - Region 5
DEC Issues Final Management Plan for Saranac Lakes Wild Forest - 06/20/19 - Region 5
DEC and DOH Announce Public Availability Session at Elmira High School on June 19, 2019 - 06/18/19 - Region 8
DEC Announces Closure at Black Pond Wildlife Management Area Effective Immediately - 06/18/19 - Region 6
DEC to Hold Public Scoping Session for Proposed Neversink River Unit Management Plan on June 20 - 06/17/19 - Region 3
DEC Announces Successful "CleanSweepNY" Collection in Western NY - 06/14/19 - Region 9
DEC to Host Public Information Session on Habitat Management Plans at Carlton Hill Multiple Use Area in Town of Middlebury - 06/13/19 - Region 9
Hunting Safety Instructor George Downing Receives DEC's Annual Wayne W. Jones Award of Excellence - 06/12/19 - Region 3
DEC Announces Goose Drive at Wilson Hill Wildlife Management Area - 06/05/19 - Region 6

May 2019

DEC Announces Release of Recreation Management Plan for Oswegatchie Conservation Easement - 05/29/19 - Region 6
DEC Announces 15th Annual Free Fishing Clinic at Carpenter's Brook - 05/24/19 - Region 7
DEC to Limit Vehicle Access to Black Pond Wildlife Management Area - 05/23/19 - Region 6
North Sandy Pond Boat Launch Closed Due to High Water - 05/22/19 - Region 7
DEC to Increase Access to Boreas Ponds this Summer - 05/22/19 - Adirondacks
DEC Announces New Trail Connecting Northville-Placid Trail with Hamlet of Long Lake - 05/22/19 - Adirondacks
DEC Hosts 'Outdoors Day' Celebration at Lowville Substation - 05/21/19 - Region 6
DEC Announces Closure of Public Facilities at Cape Vincent Fisheries Station - 05/16/19 - Region 6
DEC Issues Final Recreation Management Plan for Cedarlands Conservation Easement Tract - 05/16/19 - Adirondacks
DEC Encourages Public Comment on Revisions to Fulton Chain Wild Forest UMP - 05/14/19 - Region 6
DEC Seeks Public Input on the Goose Bay Watershed - 05/13/19 - Region 6
DEC to Hold Angler Outreach Meeting on May 22 - 05/06/19 - Region 9
DEC Announces Community Water Chestnut "Hand Pull" at Lakeview Marsh WMA - 05/06/19 - Region 6

April 2019

DEC to Begin Treatment for Invasive Pest Hemlock Woolly Adelgid at Schenectady County Nature Preserve - 04/26/19 - Region 4
DEC and BETA Advise Mountain Bikers to Avoid Bike Trails in the Adirondacks During Spring Mud Season - 04/25/19 - Adirondacks
DEC Seeks Input on Draft Tioughnioga Unit Management Plan - 04/25/19 - Region 7
ReLeaf Announces Tree Workshop - 04/23/19 - Region 6
DEC Announces Staten Island 'I Love My Park Day' - 04/15/19 - Region 2
DEC Closes Trails and Roads Due to Spring Thaw - 04/12/19 - Region 6
DEC is Asking for Public Input on the 46 Corners UMP - 04/05/19 - Region 6
DEC Initiates New Enforcement Action Against Dunn Landfill - 04/04/19 - Region 4
DEC Marks I Love My Park Day with Five Local Options for Volunteers - 04/01/19 - Region 6

March 2019

DEC to Close Lake Placid Boat Launch to Repair Bulkhead - 03/29/19 - Region 5
DEC Announces 320 Pounds of Waste Pharmaceuticals Collected During Annual Long Island Take Back Days - 03/29/19 - Region 1
DEC Advises Public to Be Alert for Rabid Wildlife in Eastern Essex County - 03/28/19 - Region 5
DEC Announces Cleanup to Begin at Former Manufactured Gas Plant Site in Watertown - 03/28/19 - Region 6
DEC and Cornell Cooperative Extension Announce Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Workshop - 03/27/19 - Region 5
DEC Announces Presentation on Avoiding Nuisance Bear Encounters - 03/25/19 - Region 8
DEC to Host Public Information Session on Habitat Management Plans for John White and Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Areas in Genesee and Orleans Counties - 03/20/19 - Region 8
DEC Directs New Actions to Improve Operations, Reduce Odors at Dunn Landfill - 03/20/19 - Region 4
DEC to Host St. Lawrence County Youth Turkey Hunt April 13 & 20 - 03/18/19 - Region 6
DEC Announces 10th Annual Jefferson County Youth Turkey Hunt - 03/18/19 - Region 6
DEC Agreement Puts Sand Land Mine on Path to Closure - 03/15/19 - Region 1
DEC and State Parks to Sponsor Spring Family Fishing Festival at Belmont Lake on April 6 - 03/13/19 - Region 1
DEC Announces Dates for Youth Conservation Program - 03/11/19 - Region 1
DEC Statement on Tanker Truck Rollover on Rt. 17K in the Town of Crawford - 03/10/19 - Region 3
DEC Reschedules Informational Meeting on '2018 State of Skaneateles Lake Fisheries' - 03/08/19 - Region 7
DEC Announces Rainbow Trout Sampling Dates for Finger Lakes - 03/07/19 - Region 8
DEC Issues Draft Unit Management Plan for Fulton County State Forests - 03/06/19 - Region 5
DEC Releases Final Remedial Investigation Report for Niagara Sanitation Landfill, Confirms No Off-Site Exposure to Landfill Contaminants - 03/05/19 - Region 9
Reinstein Woods Announces Spring Volunteer Opportunities - 03/04/19 - Region 9

February 2019

DEC Seeking Public Input on Draft Recreation Management Plan for Hyslop Conservation Easement Tract - 02/27/19 - Adirondacks
DEC Issues Warning Against Ice Fishing on Lake Erie Until Incoming Storm Passes - 02/24/19 - Region 9
DEC to Present Finalized Habitat Management Plans for Three Jefferson County Wildlife Management Areas - 02/13/19 - Region 6
DEC Postpones State of Skaneateles Lake Fisheries Meeting - 02/11/19 - Region 7
Free Ice Fishing Clinic Set for Wednesday, Feb. 20, at Glimmerglass State Park - 02/11/19 - Region 4
Media Advisory/Photo Opportunity for Saturday, February 9 - 02/08/19 - Region 9
DEC to Host Informational Meeting on 2018 State of Skaneateles Lake Fisheries - 02/04/19 - Region 7
DEC Advises Ice Fisherman to be Aware of Ice Jam in Ogdensburg - 02/04/19 - Region 6

January 2019

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