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Illegal is illegal. Littering also is illegal and led authorities right to the poachers and left them red-handed.

Oxford is one of several communities to have been given a gift from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to plant even more trees.

You would think that as a person who grew up in a home with hunters who hunted during small game season and deer season, that I would have an awareness of when popular hunting seasons were happening since I like to get outside and explore. NOPE. As a non-hunter, any hunting season is way off my radar.

If you saw a porcupine in your backyard, what would you do? Thankfully one woman in New York made a call to exactly the right people.

From take-out containers to packing peanuts, New Yorkers will see a whole lot less of both as a statewide ban on those products will go into effect soon.

Taking a nice hike in the Adirondacks can be relaxing until something goes wrong. From an unlucky few, at least some New York Forest Rangers were there to help.

You're asked to report it if you find this beetle in New York State.

The report of Black Bear siting’s continue to happen throughout our community from Walton to Vestal and many other areas of the Southern Tier.

There don't appear to be any injuries after a tractor ended up partially submerged in the Susquehanna River behind the Rock B. Tavern.

DNA test needed to confirm fish species.

Many New Yorkers have been taking advantage of getting outside and enjoying the outdoors and the Adirondacks. The proof is in the record number of hunting and fishing licenses and permits that have been purchased for the season.

A humpback whale that had been entangled in nets has been saved after several days of teamwork.

With above normal temps and COVID-19 limiting capacity, many New York Parks are closing early in the day.

What kind of caterpillars did this? Hard to believe a healthy tree can survive infestation, but according to the Department of Environmental Conversation (DEC), they can.