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.
March 2023
- 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.
