Press Releases
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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.
May 2022
- Air Quality Health Advisory Issued for Long Island and New York City Metro - 05/20/22 - Region 1
- 'Lights Out' Initiative Launched in New York to Protect Migrating Birds - 05/20/22 - Statewide
- Media Advisory for Friday, May 20 - 05/19/22 - Region 4
- DEC Announces Muskellunge Fishing Seasons Opening Soon - 05/19/22 - Statewide
- DEC Announces Draft Regulations to Reduce Waste Sent to Landfills, Improve Waste Management, and Reduce Solid Waste's Climate Change Impacts - 05/18/22 - Statewide
- Media Advisory - NYS to Hold Long Island Virtual Public Hearing on Draft Disadvantaged Communities Criteria on May 18 - 05/18/22 - Region 1
- DEC Announces Temporary Closure of Road at Sugar Hill State Forest - 05/17/22 - Region 8
- DEC Forest Rangers - Week in Review - 05/17/22 - Statewide
- DEC and State Parks Launch New Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention Training to Help Make Recreational Areas Safer - 05/17/22 - Statewide
- DEC's Reinstein Woods Receives $76,000 Watershed Education Grant - 05/16/22 - Region 9
- DEC Urges New Yorkers to Leave Fawns and Other Young Wildlife in the Wild - 05/14/22 - Statewide
- DEC Celebrates Student Arbor Day Poster Contest Winner with Tree Planting in North Tonawanda - 05/13/22 - Statewide
- DEC Reminds Visitors to Practice Safe, Sustainable Recreation at Zoar Valley Multiple Use and Unique Areas this Season - 05/13/22 - Statewide
- DEC Reminds New Yorkers to Use Caution When Outdoor Burning Once State's Residential Brush Burning Prohibition Ends - 05/12/22 - Statewide
- New York State to Hold Public Hearings on Draft Disadvantaged Communities Criteria - 05/11/22 - Statewide
- Media Advisory for Thursday, May 12 - 05/12/22 - Region 3
- Media Advisory for Thursday, May 12 - 05/11/22 - Region 3
- Environmental Conservation Police on Patrol - 05/11/22 - Statewide
- DEC Seeks Public Comment on Draft Recreation Management Plan for Edinburgh and Corinth Tracts, Saratoga County - 05/11/22 - Region 5
- DEC Reminds Anglers - Until June 15, Black Bass Season is Closed for Lake Ontario's Eastern Basin, St. Lawrence River, and Tributaries - 05/10/22 - Region 6
- DEC Commissioner Announces New Leadership Appointments - 05/10/22 - Statewide
- DEC Forest Rangers - Week in Review - 05/10/22 - Statewide
- DEC Launches New Paint Recycling Program to Help Consumers and Businesses Safely Dispose of Leftover Paint - 05/10/22 - Statewide
- Media Advisory for Wednesday, May 11 - 05/10/22 - Statewide
- Media Advisory for Tuesday, May 10 - 05/10/22 - Region 5
- New York Sea Grant and DEC Announce $400,000 Available in Grants for Great Lakes Basin Projects - 05/09/22 - Statewide
- DEC Region 5 to Celebrate 'I Love My Park Day' Saturday, May 7, with 11 Volunteer Events - 05/05/22 - Region 5
- DEC Issues Guidance on Spring Recreation in the Adirondacks - 05/05/22 - Statewide
- Media Advisory for Saturday, May 7 - 05/05/22 - Statewide
- Media Advisory for Tuesday, May 10; Wednesday, May 11; and Thursday, May 12 - 05/04/22 - Statewide
- DEC Forest Rangers - Week in Review - 05/03/22 - Statewide
- DEC Seeks Public's Assistance with Jefferson County Deer Poaching Incident - 05/02/22 - Region 6
- DEC Releases Draft Access and Public Use Plan for Ashland Flats Wildlife Management Area for Public Comment - 05/02/22 - Region 6
- New York State Announces Public Hearings on Draft Disadvantaged Communities Criteria - 05/02/22 - Statewide
- Media Advisory for Tuesday, May 3 - 05/02/22 - Region 2
- DEC Announces $2 Million in Grants Now Available to Bolster Food Scraps Recycling Statewide - 05/02/22 - Statewide
- Yates County Youth Harvest More Than A Dozen Turkeys Over Two Days - 05/02/22 - Region 8
- DEC Announces Opening of Central-Finger Lakes Segment of Statewide Birding Trail - 05/02/22 - Statewide
April 2022
- DEC Reminds Anglers of Special Fishing Regulations In Effect for Upcoming Fishing Seasons - 04/30/22 - Statewide
- DEC Announces New Recreational Fishing Regulations for Summer Flounder - 04/29/22 - Statewide
- DEC Dedicates Plaque and Tree to Former Owners of Hashamomuck Marine Waterway Access Site - 04/29/22 - Region 1
- In Celebration of Arbor Day, DEC Announces $750,000 in Second Round of 'Regenerate NY' Forestry Grants - 04/29/22 - Statewide
- Environmental Conservation Police on Patrol - 04/27/22 - Statewide
- DEC Announces Hudson Estuary Trees for Tribs 'Potting Up' April 29 - 04/27/22 - Hudson River Valley
- DEC Region 6 Marks 'I Love My Parks Day' with Four Local Volunteer Opportunities - 04/27/22 - Region 6
- Media Advisory for Thursday, May 12 - 04/28/22 - Statewide
- DEC Announces $4.5 Million for New Center at University at Buffalo to Focus on Plastics Recycling - 04/27/22 - Statewide
- Media Advisory for Wednesday, April 27 - 04/27/22 - Region 9
- DEC Forest Rangers - Week in Review - 04/26/22 - Statewide
- DEC Announces Start of Construction on Series of Flood Resiliency Projects in Town of Webster, Monroe County - 04/26/22 - Region 8
- Media Advisory for Tuesday, May 3 and Saturday, May 7 - 04/26/22 - Statewide
- Media Advisory for Tuesday, April 26 - 04/26/22 - Region 7
- DEC Announces Northern Pike, Pickerel, Tiger Muskellunge, and Walleye Season Opens May 1 - 04/23/22 - Statewide
- On Earth Day, DEC Commissioner Seggos and Finger Lakes Land Trust Announce More Than 150 Acres Protected in Chemung and Tompkins Counties - 04/22/22 - Statewide
- On Earth Day, DEC Commissioner Seggos Announces New Climate Smart Communities Initiative to Coordinate Local Climate Action - 04/22/22 - Statewide
- DEC Announces May 1 Opening of Turkey Hunting Seasons - 04/21/22 - Statewide
- During Earth Week, DEC Commissioner Seggos Announces Opening of Hudson Valley Segment of Statewide Birding Trail - 04/21/22 - Statewide
- DEC Postpones April 26 Lake Erie Angler Outreach Event - 04/21/22 - Region 9
- DEC Commissioner Seggos Announces Statewide Diesel Truck Emission Enforcement Blitz During Earth Week - 04/21/22 - Statewide
- Media Advisory for Thursday, April 21 - 04/21/22 - Region 4
- DEC Advises Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Detected in New York's Wild Birds - 04/20/22 - Statewide
- Media Advisory for Tuesday, April 26 and Wednesday, April 27 - 04/20/22 - Statewide
- DEC Forest Rangers - Week in Review - 04/19/22 - Statewide
- DEC Announces $3.375 Million in Conservation Partnership Program Grants - 04/18/22 - Statewide
- DEC and Adirondack Mountain Reserve Announce Opening of Pilot Reservation System for 2022 Season - 04/16/22 - Statewide
- New York State Issues 10th 'Greening New York State Report' on Green, Sustainable Practices - 04/15/22 - Statewide
- DEC Launches Second Year of Open-Water Fishing Creel Survey on Lake Champlain - 04/15/22 - Statewide
- DEC Announces Northern Expansion of Southern Pine Beetle - 04/15/22 - Statewide
- Environmental Conservation Police on Patrol - 04/15/22 - Statewide
- DEC, State Parks, and Adirondack Park Agency Announce Virtual Public Forums on Inclusivity, Accessibility, and Sustainability in the Outdoors - 04/14/22 - Statewide
- Media Advisory for Thursday, April 14 - 04/14/22 - Region 4
- DEC Commissioner Seggos Announces $322,400 in Penalties and Enforcement Actions Against SHPP US, LLC, 'SABIC' - 04/13/22 - Region 4
- DEC Announces More Than $1 Million in Grants Now Available for Hudson River Estuary Communities - 04/13/22 - Hudson River Valley
- DEC Announces 2022 Net Pen-Rearing Projects for Atlantic Salmon in Lake Champlain - 04/13/22 - Region 5
- DEC Forest Rangers - Week in Review - 04/13/22 - Statewide
- Media Advisory for Tuesday, April 12 - 04/12/22 - Region 7
- DEC Announces $130,000 in Funding Now Available to Improve Water Quality and Habitat, Bolster Flood Resiliency in Hudson River Estuary Watershed - 04/12/22 - Hudson River Valley
- DEC Announces Construction at Hashamomuck Marine Public Access Site - 04/12/22 - Region 1
- Media Advisory for Wednesday, April 20 - 04/11/22 - Statewide
- DEC Announces Start of 15th Year of Juvenile Eel Monitoring - 04/11/22 - Hudson River Valley
- DEC Now Hiring for 2022 Camping and Summer Recreation Season - 04/09/22 - Statewide
- DEC Announces April 26 Angler Outreach Meeting - 04/08/22 - Region 9
- Statement from DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos on Passage of the 2023 Enacted Budget - 04/08/22 - Statewide
- DEC Issues Annual Muddy Trail Advisory for Adirondacks - 04/07/22 - Statewide
- DEC Announces Proposed Changes to Wild Turkey Hunting Regulations - 04/06/22 - Statewide
- Media Advisory for Tuesday, April 12 and Thursday, April 14 - 04/06/22 - Statewide
- DEC Commissioner Seggos Announces Completion of Transformational Cleanup at Dzus Fastener Superfund Site in West Islip - 04/06/22 - Region 1
- DEC Releases Draft Newfield Unit Management Plan for Public Comment - 04/06/22 - Region 7
- Media Advisory for Wednesday, April 6 - 04/06/22 - Region 1
- Media Advisory for Wednesday, April 6 - 04/06/22 - Region 1
- DEC Forest Rangers - Week in Review - 04/05/22 - Statewide
- DEC Issues Guidance to Reduce Conflicts with Bears - 04/05/22 - Statewide
- Media Advisory for Tuesday, April 5 - 04/05/22 - Region 2
- New York State to Host Disadvantaged Communities Criteria Educational Sessions - 04/01/22 - Statewide
- DEC Announces Availability of In-Person Hunter Education Course Opportunities - 04/01/22 - Statewide
March 2022
- DEC Commissioner Seggos and Attorney General James Announce Indictment of Kentucky Corporation and its Principal for Illegal Disposal of Hazardous Railroad Ties - 03/31/22 - Region 7
- DEC Announces Adoption of Regulations to Significantly Reduce Electronic and Foam Packaging Waste - 03/31/22 - Statewide
- Environmental Conservation Police on Patrol - 03/30/22 - Statewide
- DEC Encourages Public Comment on Draft Unit Management Plan for St. Lawrence Rock Ridge - 03/30/22 - Region 6
- Media Advisory for Tuesday, April 5 and Wednesday, April 6 - 03/30/22 - Statewide
- DEC Forest Rangers - Week in Review - 03/29/22 - Statewide
- DEC Prepares to Kick Off Unofficial Start of Spring with Trout Fishing Opportunities - 03/28/22 - Statewide
- PLAN DU DEC ET DE L'AMR (ADIRONDACK MOUNTAIN RESERVE) POUR LA SAISON 2022 APRÈS UNE PREMIÈRE ANNÉE RÉUSSIE AVEC LE SYSTÈME DE RÉSERVATION PILOTE - 03/25/22 - Region 5
- DEC Announces Addition of 219 Acres to Middle Grove State Forest - 03/25/22 - Region 5
- DEC and Canal Corporation Announce Comprehensive Effort to Protect New York's Waters from Aquatic Invasive Species Round Goby - 03/24/22 - Region 5
- DEC Announces New Certified Climate Smart Communities - 03/24/22 - Statewide
- DEC Announces Seasonal Closure of Access Roads and Associated Gates in Lewis, Jefferson, and Northern Herkimer Counties - 03/24/22 - Region 6
- DEC Advises of Avalanche Risk in Adirondacks Due to Warmer Weather - 03/24/22 - Statewide
- Media Advisory for Thursday, March 24 - 03/23/22 - Statewide
- DEC Offers Free Waterfront Lifeguard Course - 03/23/22 - Statewide
- DEC Forest Rangers - Week in Review - 03/22/22 - Statewide
- DEC and Adirondack Mountain Reserve Plan for 2022 Season After Successful First Year for Pilot Reservation System - 03/22/22 - Statewide
- DEC Hosts 14th Annual National Archery in the Schools Tournament - 03/22/22 - Statewide
- DEC and State Parks to Sponsor Spring Family Fishing Festival at Belmont Lake on April 2 - 03/18/22 - Region 1
- DEC Announces Seasonal Closure of Access Roads and Associated Gates in St. Lawrence County - 03/17/22 - Region 6
- DEC Announces Adoption of New Freshwater Fishing Regulations - 03/17/22 - Statewide
- DEC Announces New Flood Mapping Tool to Benefit Lake Ontario Region - 03/17/22 - Statewide
- DEC Announces New Forest Conservation Easements for Land Trusts Grant Program - 03/17/22 - Statewide
- Media Advisory for Friday, March 18 - 03/17/22 - Region 7
- Environmental Conservation Police on Patrol - 03/16/22 - Statewide
- DEC Forest Rangers - Week in Review - 03/15/22 - Statewide
- New York State DEC and Nassau County Announce Key Milestones to Advance Bay Park Conveyance Project - 03/15/22 - Region 1
- DEC Announces Climate-Adaptive Design Studio Opportunity for Hudson Waterfront Communities - 03/15/22 - Hudson River Valley
- New York State Climate Action Council Announces Public Hearing Schedule - 03/15/22 - Statewide
- Statement by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos on U.S. EPA's "Good Neighbor" Proposal - 03/11/22 - Statewide
- New York State Announces Milestone in Advancement of Adirondack Rail Trail - 03/11/22 - Statewide
- Statement for attribution to NYSDEC Commissioner Basil Seggos on U.S. EPA's Announcement of Rebates Totaling $17 Million to Fund Clean School Buses that Reduce Diesel Emissions and Protect Children's Health - 03/10/22 - Statewide
- DEC Announces Opening of Long Island Segment of Statewide Birding Trail - 03/10/22 - Statewide
- Media Advisory for Wednesday, March 16 - 03/10/22 - Statewide
- New York State Releases Draft Disadvantaged Communities Criteria to Advance Climate Justice - 03/09/22 - Statewide
- Media Advisory for Wednesday, March 9 - 03/09/22 - Statewide
- DEC Forest Rangers - Week in Review - 03/08/22 - Statewide
- DEC Reminds New Yorkers the Annual Residential Brush Burning Prohibition Starts March 16 - 03/08/22 - Statewide
- Joint Statement from DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos and DOT Commissioner Marie Therese Dominguez - 03/08/22 - Statewide
- DEC and Volunteers Prepare for Annual Salamander and Frog Migration in the Hudson Valley - 03/07/22 - Statewide
- DEC Announces Summer Camp Registration to Open April 10 - 03/04/22 - Statewide
- DEC Announces Availability of $1 Million in Grants Available to Improve Water Quality, Bolster Resiliency in New York Estuaries - 03/04/22 - Statewide
- DEC Releases Mohawk River Basin Action Agenda 2021-2026 - 03/04/22 - Statewide
- DEC Announces Youth Conservation Program Dates - 03/03/22 - Region 1
- DEC Seeking Public Input on Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Striped Bass - 03/03/22 - Statewide
- Environmental Conservation Police On Patrol - 03/02/22 - Statewide
- DEC Releases Draft Recovery Plan for Hudson River American Shad - 03/02/22 - Hudson River Valley
- DEC Forest Rangers - Week in Review - 03/01/22 - Statewide
- DEC to Host 13th Annual Jefferson County Youth Turkey Hunt - 03/01/22 - Region 6
- DEC to Host St. Lawrence County Youth Turkey Hunt - 03/01/22 - Region 6
February 2022
- DEC Announces Naples Creek Rainbow Trout Sampling on March 24 - 02/25/22 - Statewide
- DEC Announces Release of Draft Amendment to Campground and Day-Use Area Unit Management Plan to Help Combat Aquatic Invasive Species - 02/23/22 - Statewide
- DEC Forest Rangers - Week in Review - 02/22/22 - Statewide
- DEC Announces 2021 Was Safest-Ever Season For New York Hunters - 02/22/22 - Statewide
- DEC Announces New Leadership Appointments - 02/18/22 - Statewide
- DEC Advises of Avalanche and High Water Risk in Adirondacks Due to Warmer Weather and Rain - 02/17/22 - Adirondacks
- Environmental Conservation Police On Patrol - 02/16/22 - Statewide
- DEC to Host Free Ice Fishing Clinic on Feb. 23 at Casterline Pond, Cortland County - 02/16/22 - Region 7
- DEC Forest Rangers - Week in Review - 02/15/22 - Statewide
- DEC Orders Norlite Facility in City of Cohoes to Immediately Cease and Desist from Activities Resulting in Off-Site Dust - 02/15/22 - Region 4
- DEC Issues Guidance to Avoid Coyote Conflicts - 02/15/22 - Statewide
- DEC Announces 2021 Bear Harvest Totals - 02/14/22 - Statewide
- DEC Announces Opening of Western New York Segment of Statewide Birding Trail - 02/10/22 - Statewide
- DEC Announces Annual 'Buffer in a Bag' Program - 02/10/22 - Statewide
- DEC to Require Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Ashokan Reservoir Water Release Proposal - 02/09/22 - Region 3
- DEC Forest Rangers - Week In Review - 02/08/22 - Statewide
- DEC Announces Virtual Public Meeting on Feb. 17 for Long Island Sound Embayment Study - 02/03/22 - Region 1
- DEC Advises Backcountry Downhill Skiers, Snowboarders, and Outdoor Adventurers of Avalanche Risk in Adirondack High Peaks Region - 02/03/22 - Statewide
- Environmental Conservation Police On Patrol - 02/02/22 - Statewide
- DEC Releases Updated Strategic Plan for State Forest Management - 02/02/22 - Statewide
- DEC Releases Draft Access and Public Use Plan for Hanging Bog and Canadaway Creek Wildlife Management Areas - 02/02/22 - Region 9
- DEC Forest Rangers - Week in Review - 02/01/22 - Statewide
January 2022
- DEC Announces Falconry, Wildlife Rehabilitator, and Leashed Tracking Dog Examinations - 01/31/22 - Statewide
- DEC Seeking Public Input to Assist Development of Recreation Management Plan for Big Moose Tract Conservation Easement - 01/28/22 - Region 6
- DEC Now Accepting Applications for Annual Pheasant Release Program - 01/28/22 - Statewide
- DEC Forest Rangers - Week In Review - 01/25/22 - Statewide
- DEC Announces Actions to Protect New York's Pollinators by Restricting Use of 'Neonic' Pesticides - 01/24/22 - Statewide
- DEC Announces Progress in Lake Sturgeon Recovery - 01/21/22 - Statewide
- Statement from NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos - 01/20/22 - Statewide
- DEC Announces Closure of All Target Shooting Activity at Tonawanda Wildlife Management Area - 01/20/22 - Region 9
- New York State's Brownfield Cleanup Program Marks Successful Year in 2021 - 01/20/22 - Statewide
- DEC Commissioner Seggos Names Captain Karen Przyklek Director of DEC's Division of Law Enforcement - 01/19/22 - Statewide
- Environmental Conservation Police On Patrol - 01/19/22 - Statewide
- DEC Forest Rangers - Week in Review - 01/19/22 - Statewide
- DEC and Partners Launch Adirondack Moose Research Project - 01/19/22 - Statewide
- DEC Awards More Than $766,000 to Support Rehabilitation of Dams in Capital Region, Southern Tier, and Mid-Hudson Valley - - Statewide
- DEC Advises Backcountry Visitors of Winter Conditions in the Adirondacks and Catskills - 01/13/22 - Statewide
- DEC Forest Rangers - Week In Review - 01/11/22 - Statewide
- DEC and Rensselaer Land Trust Announce Two Acquisitions to Protect Capital Region's Drinking Water Quality - 01/07/22 - Region 4
- DEC, Suffolk County, Town of Southampton, and Peconic Estuary Partnership Announce Start of Construction of $1 Million Fish Passage Through Woodhull Dam - 01/07/22 - Region 1
- DEC Named '2021 Agency of the Year' by National Deer Association - 01/06/22 - Statewide
- DEC Releases Interim Report from Catskill Strategic Planning Advisory Group - 01/06/22 - Statewide
- Environmental Conservation Police on Patrol - 01/05/22 - Statewide
- DEC Commissioner Seggos Announces New Leadership Appointments - 01/05/22 - Statewide
- Media Advisory for Monday, Jan. 10 - 01/05/22 - Statewide
- DEC Forest Rangers - Week in Review - 01/04/22 - Statewide
- DEC Announces $11 Million for Climate Smart Community Projects - 01/04/22 - Statewide
- DEC Encourages Outdoor Enthusiasts to Purchase New Recreation-Themed Trail Supporter Patches - 01/04/22 - Statewide
- DEC Announces Start of Annual Tree and Shrub Seedling Sale - 01/03/22 - 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.
