The discharge of partially treated sewage into Port Jefferson Harbor in Suffolk County has prompted county officials to issue an advisory asking residents to avoid contact with the water until ...

More than 138,000 Chinook Salmon fingerlings from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (NYSDEC) Salmon River Fish Hatchery in Altmar, were delivered to pens in the Oswego ...

About 30,000 gallons of partially treated sewage was discharged into the waters of Port Jefferson Harbor Monday due to a ...

Dead alewife fish line Lake Erie shores due to excessive ice cover over winter. BUFFALO, N.Y. — If you been fishing or walking along the Lake Erie shoreline, you might have noticed an unpleasant sight ...

Gov. Henry McMaster’s choice to run the state’s environmental agency gained key support from a Senate committee. She now is up for confirmation by the full Senate.

As area waters are stocked with prime trout for this year’s fishing season, longtime Randolph Fish Hatchery manager Rich Borner is getting ready to step into retirement April ...

Acting Commissioner Amanda Lefton of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) warned residents to remove or secure any outdoor food sources that may ...

But they’ve only begun to unravel the complexities of soil across such a large and environmentally diverse state, and many questions still need to be answered before they can develop recommendations ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is inviting the public to learn more about the status of Lake Erie and Upper Niagara River fisheries at a ...

The town and city of Geneva have entered into an intermunicipal agreement to open a resource recovery park on Doran Avenue with the aim to divert as much ...

Washington County garbage incineration plant says it's reducing nitrogen oxide emissions; public meeting scheduled for Wednesday.