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The press releases listed below are issued by DEC's Press Office in Albany as well as the regional offices.
Archived press releases issued by DEC's regional offices from prior years are listed separately.
June 2023
- Air Quality Health Advisory Issued for Long Island, New York City Metro, and Western New York - 06/01/23 - Statewide
- Media Advisory for Friday, June 2 - 06/01/23 - Region 6
- DEC Proposes New Fishing Regulations to Protect Sharks - 06/01/23 - Statewide
- Air Quality Health Advisory Issued for New York City Metro, Eastern Lake Ontario, and Western New York - 06/01/23 - Statewide
- DEC Releases Draft Access and Public Use Plans for Collins Landing and Point Peninsula Wildlife Management Areas - 06/01/23 - Region 6
May 2023
- DEC Seeks Public Comment on Draft Recreation Management Plan for Conifer-Emporium Tract Conservation Easement - 05/31/23 - Region 6
- DEC Forest Rangers - Week in Review - 05/31/23 - Statewide
- DEC and OGS Announce Winning Bidder for Phase II of Adirondack Rail Trail Construction - 05/31/23 - Statewide
- DEC Announces Start of 2023 'NYHABS' Online Notification and Reporting System for Harmful Algal Blooms - 05/26/23 - Statewide
- DEC Announces Muskellunge Fishing Seasons Open Soon - 05/26/23 - Statewide
- DEC to Hold Presentation in Tannersville: How to Avoid Conflicts with Black Bears - 05/25/23 - Region 4
- DEC and Finger Lakes Land Trust Announce New 86-Acre Conservation Easement to Protect Skaneateles Lake Water Quality - 05/25/23 - Statewide
- DEC Invites Public Input on Draft Chenango Trail Unit Management Plan - 05/24/23 - Region 7
- Environmental Conservation Police on Patrol - 05/24/23 - Statewide
- Reinstein Woods to Hold Annual 'Get Outdoors and Get Together Day' - 05/24/23 - Region 9
- DEC Reminds Visitors to Practice Safe, Sustainable Recreation at Zoar Valley Multiple Use and Unique Areas - 05/24/23 - Statewide
- DEC Forest Rangers - Week in Review - 05/23/23 - Statewide
- DEC Highlights World Turtle Day on May 23 and Urges New York Drivers to 'Give Turtles a Brake' - 05/22/23 - Statewide
- DEC and Local Partners Host Public Meetings About Lake Ontario - 05/19/23 - Statewide
- New York State DEC and New York City DEP Announce Agreement to Invest $3.5 Billion to Further Improve the Health of New York Harbor and Advance Climate Resilience - 05/19/23 - Statewide
- DEC and NYSERDA Announce Stakeholder Information Sessions on Development of Economywide Cap-and-Invest Program to Reduce Climate Pollution - 05/19/23 - Statewide
- DEC Announces Completion of Fourth Lake Boat Launch Improvements - 05/18/23 - Region 5
- DEC Encourages Equestrians to Ride Only on Designated Otter Creek Horse Trails - 05/18/23 - Region 6
- DEC Urges New Yorkers: If You Care, Leave It There - 05/17/23 - Statewide
- Media Advisory for Thursday, May 18 - Mount Vernon/Yonkers/New Rochelle Community Air Monitoring Meeting - 05/17/23 - Region 3
- DEC Announces New Display of Elephant Ivory Seized from Illegal Trade at New York State Museum - 05/16/23 - Statewide
- DEC Forest Rangers - Week in Review - 05/16/23 - Statewide
- Media Advisory for Tuesday, May 16 - 05/15/23 - Region 4
- Media Advisory for Tuesday, May 16 - Rochester Community Air Monitoring Meeting - 05/15/23 - Region 8
- DEC Announces 'Regenerate NY' Forestry Cost Share Grants - 05/15/23 - Statewide
- DEC Announces Release of First Sustainability Plan - 05/12/23 - Statewide
- DEC Announces $45 Million Agreement with Saint-Gobain, Honeywell for Hoosick Falls Water Supply and Payment of State Emergency Response Costs - 05/12/23 - Region 4
- DEC and Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper to Hold Virtual Outreach Event for the Buffalo River Area of Concern (AOC) on May 24 - 05/12/23 - Region 9
- Air Quality Health Advisory Issued for Eastern Lake Ontario Region - 05/12/23 - Region 6
- DEC Announces Precautionary Temporary Harvest Closure for Shellfishing and Carnivorous Gastropods in Portions of Moriches Bay - 05/11/23 - Region 1
- Joint Statement from Climate Action Council Co-Chairs Basil Seggos, DEC Commissioner, and Doreen Harris, President and CEO, NYSERDA on EPA's Proposed New Carbon Pollution Standards for Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants - 05/11/23 - Statewide
- Environmental Conservation Police Officers on Patrol - 05/11/23 - Statewide
- Media Advisory for Thursday, May 11 - Hempstead/New Cassel/Roosevelt/Westbury Community Air Monitoring Meeting - 05/10/23 - Region 1
- DEC Announces $2.15 Million in Funding is Now Available for Tidal Hudson River Communities - 05/10/23 - Hudson River Valley
- Media Advisory for Thursday, May 11 - Queens Community Air Monitoring Meeting - 05/10/23 - Region 2
- DEC Reminds Water Recreationists to 'Clean. Drain. Dry.' Watercraft to Protect Waters from Aquatic Invasive Species - 05/09/23 - Statewide
- Media Advisory for Wednesday, May 10 - Syracuse Community Air Monitoring Meeting - 05/09/23 - Region 7
- DEC Forest Rangers - Week in Review - 05/09/23 - Statewide
- Media Advisory for Wednesday, May 10 - Brooklyn Community Air Monitoring Meeting - 05/09/23 - Region 2
- DEC Announces $13-Million Partnership with Adirondack Watershed Institute of Paul Smith's College to Support Invasive Species Prevention Efforts - 05/08/23 - Statewide
- Media Advisory for Tuesday, May 9 - 05/08/23 - Region 9
- DEC Announces Additional Temporary Harvest Closures for Shellfishing and Carnivorous Gastropods and Reopening of Previously Closed Area in Shinnecock Bay - 05/05/23 - Region 1
- DEC Announces 'Create a Watershed Super Hero' Poster Contest Winner - 05/05/23 - Statewide
- Statement from New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos on the Adoption of the New York State Budget - 05/03/23 - Statewide
- DEC Announces 2022 Deer Harvest Estimates - 05/02/23 - Statewide
- DEC Forest Rangers - Week in Review - 05/02/23 - Statewide
- DEC Announces New Recreational Fishing Regulations for Black Sea Bass and Scup - 05/01/23 - Region 1
April 2023
- DEC and Adirondack Mountain Reserve Launch Third Year of Parking Reservation System - 04/29/23 - Region 5
- DEC Announces Completion of $1.7 Million Marsh Restoration at Fireplace Neck Tidal Wetland Area - 04/28/23 - Statewide
- DEC Announces Temporary Closure of the Upper Locks in Saranac Lake for Routine Maintenance - 04/27/23 - Region 5
- DEC to Hold Presentation in Big Flats: How to Avoid Conflicts with Black Bears - 04/27/23 - Region 8
- DEC to Hold Community Meetings to Report on Progress of Statewide Community Air Monitoring Initiative - 04/27/23 - Statewide
- Media Advisory for Thursday, April 27 - 04/26/23 - Region 7
- Environmental Conservation Police on Patrol - 04/26/23 - Statewide
- DEC Announces Hudson Estuary Trees for Tribs 'Potting Up' April 28 - 04/25/23 - Hudson River Valley
- DEC Forest Rangers - Week in Review - 04/25/23 - Statewide
- DEC Announces Temporary Boat Launch Site Closures at Lake Flower and Lake Placid for Routine Maintenance - 04/24/23 - Region 5
- DEC Announces Opportunities for Public to Provide Input on Visitor Use Management Project in Adirondack High Peaks and Catskills - 04/24/23 - Statewide
- DEC and OGS Announce Start of Seasonal Construction for the Adirondack Rail Trail - 04/21/23 - Region 5
- DEC Announces Spring Turkey Season Opens May 1 - 04/21/23 - Statewide
- DEC Announces Walleye, Northern Pike, Pickerel, and Tiger Muskellunge Season Opens May 1 - 04/21/23 - Statewide
- DEC Announces Additional Temporary Harvest Closures for Shellfish and Carnivorous Gastropods - 04/20/23 - Region 1
- DEC and City of Watervliet Recognize Earth Week 2023 By Celebrating $5 Million State Investment in Clean Water - 04/20/23 - Region 4
- DEC and OGS Announce First-Ever Participants of New York State's Green Purchasing Communities Program - 04/20/23 - Statewide
- Media Advisory for Thursday, April 20 - 04/19/23 - Region 4
- Statement from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation on Sand Land Corp. Enforcement Action - 04/18/23 - Region 1
- DEC Forest Rangers - Week in Review - 04/18/23 - Statewide
- DEC Seeks Volunteers for Striped Bass Cooperative Anglers Program - 04/18/23 - Statewide
- DEC and OGS Announce Significant Milestone Reached in Hudson River 'Wedgewire' Project - 04/17/23 - Statewide
- Media Advisory for Thursday, April 20 - 04/14/23 - Region 2
- DEC Announces Temporary Harvest Closure for Shellfish and Carnivorous Gastropods - 04/13/23 - Region 1
- Air Quality Health Advisory Issued for Long Island, New York City Metro, Lower Hudson Valley, Eastern Lake Ontario, Central and Western New York - 04/13/23 - Statewide
- Environmental Conservation Police on Patrol - 04/13/23 - Statewide
- DEC Proposes Amended Water Quality Criteria for Marine Waters - 04/12/23 - Statewide
- Statement from New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos - 04/12/23 - Statewide
- DEC Forest Rangers - Week in Review - 04/11/23 - Statewide
- DEC to Hold Angler Outreach Meeting April 25 - 04/11/23 - Region 9
- With Increased Fire Danger, DEC Reminds New Yorkers: Annual Residential Brush Burning Prohibition in Effect Through May 14 - 04/11/23 - Statewide
- DEC and NYSERDA Announce Public Webinar Series on Extreme Heat and Climate Change in New York State - 04/07/23 - Statewide
- New York State Announces Funding to Protect Water Quality and Soil Health Around the Finger Lakes - 04/07/23 - Statewide
- DEC Issues Guidance to Reduce Conflicts with Bears - 04/07/23 - Statewide
- DEC Issues Annual Muddy Trails Advisory for Adirondacks - 04/06/23 - Statewide
- DEC Announces Climate-Adaptive Design Studio Opportunity for Hudson Waterfront Communities - 04/06/23 - Hudson River Valley
- DEC Reminds Visitors of Lows Lower Dam Access Road Closure - 04/06/23 - Region 6
- DEC Forest Rangers - Week in Review - 04/04/23 - Statewide
- Statement from New York State Department of Environmental Conservation on National Grid's Withdrawal of the Air State Facility Permit Application for Greenpoint Energy Center - 04/04/23 - Statewide
- DEC to Host Inclusive, Family-Friendly Learn-to-Fish Event at Cobbs Hill Park - 04/04/23 - Region 8
- Media Advisory for Tuesday, April 4 - 04/03/23 - Statewide
March 2023
- DEC to Reopen State's Mountain Bike Trails on April 1 - 03/31/23 - Region 1
- DEC to Host 14th Annual Jefferson County Youth Turkey Hunt - 03/31/23 - Region 6
- DEC and Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper to Hold Virtual Outreach Event for the Buffalo River Area of Concern (AOC) on April 17 - 03/31/23 - Region 9
- DEC Commissioner Seggos and Attorney General James Sue 29 Companies for Illegal Dumping in Ulster County - 03/30/23 - Statewide
- DEC to Close Region 6 Seasonal Access Roads and Associated Gates on March 31 - 03/30/23 - Region 6
- Environmental Conservation Police on Patrol - 03/29/23 - Statewide
- Media Advisory for Thursday, March 30 - 03/29/23 - Region 2
- DEC to Hold Public Information Session for Broadalbin Public Boat Launch Draft Unit Management Plan - 03/29/23 - Region 5
- DEC Forest Rangers - Week in Review - 03/28/23 - Statewide
- Media Advisory for Wednesday, March 29 - 03/28/23 - Region 9
- DEC to Host Inclusive, Family-Friendly Birding Event at Braddock Bay Park - 03/28/23 - Region 8
- New York State Climate Justice Working Group Finalizes Disadvantaged Communities Criteria to Advance Climate Justice - 03/27/23 - Statewide
- Media Advisory for Tuesday, March 28 - 03/27/23 - Region 4
- Media Advisory for Monday, March 27 - 03/26/23 - Statewide
- Media Advisory for Monday, March 27 - 03/26/23 - Region 2
- DEC Announces New York's Trout Harvest Opens April 1 - 03/24/23 - Statewide
- DEC Announces 16th Annual Juvenile Eel Monitoring Project - 03/24/23 - Statewide
- DEC Announces Confirmed Outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza at Reynolds Game Farm - 03/23/23 - Region 7
- DEC Extends Public Comment Period on Draft Lake Champlain Watershed Implementation Plan to April 5, 2023 - 03/23/23 - Region 5
- DEC Announces Start of 15th Annual Amphibian Migrations and Road Crossings Project - 03/23/23 - Statewide
- DEC Hosts 15th Annual National Archery in Schools Tournament - 03/23/23 - Statewide
- DEC Seeks Public Input on Draft Amendment to Sundown Wild Forest Unit Management Plan - 03/22/23 - Region 3
- DEC Releases Final Recovery Plan for Hudson River American Shad - 03/22/23 - Region 3
- DEC Announces Temporary Closure of Valentine Flats Trail and Parking Area at Zoar Valley Multiple Use Area - 03/22/23 - Region 9
- DEC Announces Suspected Outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza at Reynolds Game Farm - 03/22/23 - Region 7
- DEC Forest Rangers - Week in Review - 03/21/23 - Statewide
- DEC Announces Prescribed Fire at Ashland Flats Wildlife Management Area in Jefferson County - 03/21/23 - Region 6
- DEC to Host St. Lawrence County Youth Turkey Hunt - 03/20/23 - Region 6
- DEC Announces Prescribed Fire Plans for Long Island - 03/20/23 - Region 1
- DEC Announces Start of Prescribed Fire Season - 03/17/23 - Statewide
- DEC Announces 2023 DEC Camping Reservation Changes - 03/16/23 - Statewide
- DEC Releases Draft Solid Waste Management Plan - 03/16/23 - Statewide
- Environmental Conservation Police on Patrol - 03/15/23 - Statewide
- DEC Releases Final Ambient Water Quality Guidance Values for PFOA, PFOS, and 1,4-Dioxane - 03/15/23 - Statewide
- Lake Champlain Management Cooperative Announces Further Stocking Reduction for Lake Trout - 03/15/23 - Region 5
- DEC Forest Rangers - Week in Review - 03/14/23 - Statewide
- DEC Announces Enforcement Action Against Keen Equities, LLC, for Environmental Violations in South Blooming Grove - 03/14/23 - Region 3
- DEC to Hold Community Meetings on Community Air Monitoring Initiative Progress - 03/14/23 - Statewide
- EPA, DEC and Tuscarora Nation Team Up to Combat Illegal Tire Dumping on Indigenous Lands - 03/14/23 - Statewide
- DEC Announces 2022 Bear Harvest Totals - 03/14/23 - Statewide
- DEC to Host 2nd Annual Region 1 Youth Turkey Program - 03/14/23 - Region 1
- Media Advisory for Monday, March 27 - 03/13/23 - Statewide
- Lake Champlain Management Cooperative to Hold 'State of the Lake' Meeting - 03/10/23 - Region 5
- DEC Announces 2023 I BIRD NY Challenge - 03/10/23 - Statewide
- DEC Reminds New Yorkers: Annual Residential Brush Burning Prohibition Starts March 16 - 03/09/23 - Statewide
- DEC Marks Successful Year for State's Brownfield Cleanup Program - 03/09/23 - Statewide
- DEC Spring Turkey Season Opens May 1 in Suffolk County - 03/08/23 - Region 1
- Media Advisory for Thursday, March 9 - 03/08/23 - Statewide
- DEC Seeks Public Input to Develop Draft Recreation Management Plan for South Colton Tract Conservation Easement, St. Lawrence County - 03/08/23 - Statewide
- DEC Awards Visitor Use Management Planning Contract for Popular Areas of Adirondack and Catskill Parks - 03/08/23 - Statewide
- DEC Forest Rangers - Week in Review - 03/07/23 - Statewide
- DEC Announces Falconry, Wildlife Rehabilitator, and Leashed Tracking Dog Handler Examinations - 03/07/23 - Statewide
- DEC Now Hiring for 2023 Camping and Summer Recreation Season - 03/06/23 - Statewide
- DEC Announces Rainbow Trout Sampling Date for Naples Creek - 03/03/23 - Region 8
- Environmental Conservation Police on Patrol - 03/01/23 - Statewide
February 2023
- DEC Issues Guidance to Avoid Coyote Conflicts - 02/28/23 - Statewide
- DEC Forest Rangers - Week in Review - 02/28/23 - Statewide
- DEC Announces 2022 Hunting Season Ties Record for Safest-Ever Year - 02/27/23 - Statewide
- DEC Adds Seven New Locations to New York State Birding Trail, Announces Updated Site Nomination Process - 02/27/23 - Statewide
- DEC Postpones Feb. 23 Climate Justice Working Group Meeting - 02/22/23 - Statewide
- DEC Forest Rangers - Week in Review - 02/22/23 - Statewide
- DEC Advises Backcountry Downhill Skiers, Snowboarders, and Outdoor Adventurers of Avalanche Risk in Adirondack High Peaks Region - 02/22/23 - Statewide
- CANCELLED - Media Advisory for Thursday, Feb. 23 - 02/21/23 - Statewide
- DEC to Host Virtual Public Information Session for Round 16 of Urban and Community Forestry Grants - 02/17/23 - Statewide
- DEC Announces First-Ever Spring Long Island Wild Turkey Hunting Season - 02/17/23 - Region 1
- DEC Announces $1.35 Million for the Second Round of the Forest Conservation Grant Program - 02/16/23 - Statewide
- Environmental Conservation Police on Patrol - 02/15/23 - Statewide
- DEC Releases Draft Lake Champlain Watershed Implementation Plan - 02/15/23 - Statewide
- DEC Forest Rangers - Week in Review - 02/14/23 - Statewide
- DEC Announces Second Successful Year of Youth Deer Hunt Pilot Program - 02/13/23 - Statewide
- Media Advisory for Thursday, Feb. 16 - 02/13/23 - Statewide
- DEC Announces Annual 'Buffer in a Bag' Program - 02/13/23 - Statewide
- DEC Forest Rangers - Week in Review - 02/07/23 - Statewide
- DEC to Participate in 2023 Greater Niagara Fishing and Outdoor Expo Feb. 16 - 19 - 02/07/23 - Statewide
- Media Advisory for Wednesday, Feb. 8 - 02/07/23 - Region 8
- Media Advisory for Tuesday, Feb. 7 - 02/06/23 - Region 7
- Media Advisory for Monday, Feb. 6 - 02/03/23 - Region 1
- DEC and Partners Conduct Second Year of Adirondack Moose Research Project - 02/03/23 - Statewide
- DEC and Westchester Land Trust Announce Acquisition to Help Protect North Castle Public Wells and Croton Reservoir System - 02/03/23 - Statewide
- DEC Seeks Public Input on Draft Forest Preserve Work Plan Policy - 02/03/23 - Statewide
- Media Advisory for Thursday, Feb. 9 - 02/02/23 - Statewide
- Environmental Conservation Police on Patrol - 02/02/23 - Statewide
- DEC Reminds Visitors to State Lands to Love Our New York Lands and Leave No TraceTM - 02/02/23 - Statewide
January 2023
- DEC Forest Rangers - Week in Review - 01/31/23 - Statewide
- Media Advisory for Wednesday, Feb. 1 - 01/31/23 - Region 3
- DEC Automates Day Use Sales for Lake George Islands - 01/26/23 - Statewide
- DEC Sets Youth Conservation Program Dates - 01/26/23 - Region 1
- DEC and Canal Corporation Announce Second Year of Sustained Effort to Protect New York's Waters from Aquatic Invasive Species Round Goby - 01/25/23 - Statewide
- Media Advisory for Thursday, Jan. 26 - 01/25/23 - Region 2
- DEC Announces Conservation Assistance Awarded to Hudson River Valley Towns - 01/24/23 - Region 3
- DEC Announces $600,000 in Grant Funding Now Available for Projects to Improve Water Quality and Habitat, Enhance Flood Resiliency in Mohawk River Watershed - 01/24/23 - Statewide
- Media Advisory for Wednesday, Jan. 25 - 01/24/23 - Region 2
- DEC Forest Rangers - Week in Review - 01/24/23 - Statewide
- DEC to Hold Community Meetings on Community Air Monitoring Initiative Progress - 01/23/23 - Statewide
- DEC Announces Free Lifeguard Qualifying Procedures to Begin in February - 01/23/23 - Statewide
- DEC Releases 2020-2022 Report on Restoring and Enhancing the Health of New York's Great Lakes - 01/20/23 - Statewide
- DEC Encourages Anglers to Safely Enjoy Ice Fishing this Winter - 01/19/23 - Statewide
- Environmental Conservation Police on Patrol - 01/19/23 - Statewide
- Media Advisory for Tuesday, Jan. 24 - 01/18/23 - Statewide
- DEC Announces 2023 Exam Dates for Licensed Guides Program - 01/18/23 - Statewide
- DEC Forest Rangers - Week in Review - 01/18/23 - Statewide
- DEC to Hold Community Meetings on Community Air Monitoring Initiative Progress - 01/17/23 - Statewide
- DEC Announces Winter Wonderland at Reinstein Woods on February 4 - 01/14/23 - Region 9
- DEC Urges New Yorkers to Avoid Close Encounters with Marine Mammals - 01/13/23 - Statewide
- DEC Announces Summer Camps Registration Opens April 2, 2023 - 01/12/23 - Statewide
- DEC Forest Rangers - Week in Review - 01/11/23 - Statewide
- NY Sea Grant and DEC Announces $460,000 in Grants Available to Support Projects that Implement Great Lakes Action Agenda Priorities - 01/06/23 - Statewide
- Catskill Strategic Planning Advisory Group Submits Final Report to DEC Commissioner Seggos - 01/06/23 - Statewide
- Environmental Conservation Police on Patrol - 01/05/23 - Statewide
- DEC's Annual Tree and Shrub Seedling Sale is Now Open - 01/05/23 - Statewide
- DEC Forest Rangers - Week in Review - 01/03/23 - Statewide
- DEC and Friends of Camp Santanoni to Host Three Winter Weekend Events in 2023 - 01/03/23 - Statewide
More about Press Releases:
- Regional Press Release Archive - Archived press releases from DEC's nine regional offices issued from 01/1/2012 up until 12/31/2020.
- Governor's Office Environmental Press Releases - Press Releases on Environmental Issues; Press Releases from the Governor.
