Department of Environmental Conservation
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015 - 8:54 am
Above: Video footage of Tuesday's bear rescue, shot by DEC Conservation Officer Anthony Glorioso's body camera.
Officer Anthony Glorioso of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has pulled off another daring Catskills bear cub rescue... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jul. 16, 2015 - 4:36 pm
A black bear cub that got its head stuck in a plastic jar was freed by Greene County DEC conservation officers after a four-hour stakeout in the Catskills hamlet of Palenville on June 30.
The cub, stumbling blindly with its head stuck in a large opaque... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jul. 1, 2015 - 6:33 pm
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation will restrict public access to Kaaterskill Falls, the most famous waterfall in the Catskills, on Monday, July 6, and will keep it restricted throughout the summer of 2015, according to a press... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jun. 4, 2015 - 9:58 am
Above: Eight Catskills towns, villages and nonprofits received grant money from the DEC this week. From left: Hunter Town Councilman David Kukle, Neversink Town Supervisor Mark McCarthy, CWC planner Peter Manning, Lexington Town Supervisor Dixie Baldrey,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Apr. 29, 2015 - 5:06 pm
A juvenile bald eagle was shot and left to starve in Otsego County last week, according to wildlife rehabilitator Wes Laraway, who runs the New York Wildlife Rescue Center in the Schoharie County town of Middleburgh.
Shooting a bald eagle is a federal... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Feb. 13, 2015 - 4:09 pm
Above: Wild boars. Via the New York Department of Environmental Conservation.
The owner of a Hancock hunting preserve must destroy his herd of illegal Eurasian boars by March 31 or face a $10,000 fine from the New York State Department of Environmental... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015 - 1:25 pm
Above: A map of multi-use trails at the beginning of the Elm Ridge Trail in the Elm Ridge Wild Forest in Windham in 2011. Photo by Andy Arthur, via Flickr.
Mountain biking, hiking, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing are getting so popular in the Greene... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Feb. 6, 2015 - 1:04 pm
Above: A promotional video for the Catskill Park, produced by Catskill Mountainkeeper.
The squeaky wheel gets the grease, at least in Albany. And until recently, the Catskills were pretty quiet when it came to asking New York’s legislature and governor... Read more
By Laney Salisbury on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015 - 12:22 pm
Above: A bear snacks on birdseed after smashing a bird feeder at a home in Andes in 2006. Photo by Peter Possenti (using a telephoto lens.) Used with permission.
The spot Tim Meservey found at the base of a tree early one Saturday morning in September ... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014 - 12:01 pm
Above: After two people fell to their deaths while hiking Kaaterskill Falls in 2014, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation installed a new fence and signage at the top and bottom of the waterfall. Photo via NY DEC.
The New York State... Read more
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