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Allegany County

New 624 Area Code Takes Effect For Western New York

September 13, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

1940 telephone switchboard operatorsBeginning September 11, 2023, customers in the 716-area code region in Western New York requesting new mobile or landline telephone service, an additional line, or a move in the location of their service, may be assigned a number in the new 624 area code. The creation of the new area code is expected to provide additional needed phone numbers for residents and businesses in the existing 716-area code region for years to come. [Read more…] about New 624 Area Code Takes Effect For Western New York

Filed Under: Western NY Tagged With: Allegany County, Buffalo, Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County, Cheektowaga, Department of Public Service, Erie County, Jamestown, Niagara County, Niagara Falls, Tonawanda, West Seneca

Keeney Swamp Wildlife Management Area

September 11, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

A Pond A Keeney Swamp WMA (courtesy DEC)Located in Allegany County, Keeney Swamp Wildlife Management Area is a designated Bird Conservation Area (BCA) in the aptly named town of Birdsall.

The 708-acre parcel, located about 13 miles northeast of the village of Angelica and six miles southwest of the Village of Canaseraga, includes nearly 530 acres of shrub swamp, emergent marsh, and open water wetlands and approximately 150 acres of brush and grassland. The area is primarily made up of wetland habitat and is home to a variety of waterfowl and song birds. [Read more…] about Keeney Swamp Wildlife Management Area

Filed Under: History, Nature, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: Allegany County, amphibians, beavers, Bird Conservation Areas, birding, birds, Birdsall, Keeney Swamp WMA, waterfowl, wetlands, Wildlife

Rangers Rescue 15 Rafters; Recover Body; Make Rescues at Fish Creek, OK Slip Falls, Whiteface, Colden, Phelps, N-P Trail

September 7, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Whiteface Mounatin rescue over Labor Day Weekend in 2023New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents throughout New York State. Working with other state agencies, local emergency response organizations and volunteer search and rescue groups, Forest Rangers locate and extract lost, injured or distressed people.

What follows is a report, prepared by DEC, of recent missions carried out by Forest Rangers. [Read more…] about Rangers Rescue 15 Rafters; Recover Body; Make Rescues at Fish Creek, OK Slip Falls, Whiteface, Colden, Phelps, N-P Trail

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: Adirondacks, Allegany County, Belfast, Bolton, Boreas River, Cedar River, Essex County, Fish Creek Campground, Forest Ranger Reports, Franklin County, Hamilton County, High Peaks, Hudson River, Indian Lake, Keene, Lake Pleasant, Minerva, Mount Colden, Northville-Placid Trail, OK Slip Falls, Phelps Mountain, rafting, Rail Biking, Rollins Pond Campground, Santa Clara, Schroon River, Search and Rescue, Warren County, Whiteface, Wilmington

Forest Rangers Find Marijuana On State Land; Investigate Separate Possible Arson Incident

August 23, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Marijuana eradication on Crab Hollow State Forest in August 2023On Friday, August 11th, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Forest Rangers Richer and Thaine destroyed marijuana growing on the Crab Hollow State Forest in the town of New Hudson, Allegany County, NY. [Read more…] about Forest Rangers Find Marijuana On State Land; Investigate Separate Possible Arson Incident

Filed Under: Nature, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: Allegany County, Bucktooth State Forest, Cattaraugus County, Crab Hollow State Forest, Crime and Justice, Napoli, New Hudson

Amid Dry Conditions, Wildfires Plague Upstate New York

February 22, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

February 2023 Fire in MahopacNew York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers battled at least four wildfires in three Upstate New York counties last week, amid unusually dry winter conditions. [Read more…] about Amid Dry Conditions, Wildfires Plague Upstate New York

Filed Under: Hudson Valley - Catskills, Nature, Western NY Tagged With: Allegany County, Catskills, Forest Ranger Reports, Forest Rangers, Putnam County, Sullivan County, wildfires

100 Acres Added to Klipnocky State Forest, Allegany County

December 30, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

dog in orange hunting vest with two pheasants it retrieved after a successful hunt on Klipnocky State ForestIn the winter of 2021, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) acquired 100 acres in the Klipnocky State Forest. Already a unique forest, this new property adds a new level of habitat diversity to the area. It is composed of 25 acres of hay fields and 55 acres of early successional habitat that is chock-full of blueberries, thornapple, and dogwoods. The remaining acreage has open ponds that are home to beavers and the occasional wood duck. [Read more…] about 100 Acres Added to Klipnocky State Forest, Allegany County

Filed Under: Nature, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: Allegany County, Almond, DEC, hiking, hunting, Klipnocky State Forest, nature, Wildlife

Marijuana Plants Found On State Land

September 29, 2022 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

Forest Ranger Thaine finds illegal marijuana plantsOn September 23, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers located 15 large marijuana plants being grown on Swift Hill State Forest in the town of Centerville, Allegany County, NY.

Swift Hill State Forest covers a total of 1,569 acres and contains a mixture of native hardwood species and planted conifers. The area was settled in the early 1800s when much of the land was cleared for agriculture. [Read more…] about Marijuana Plants Found On State Land

Filed Under: Nature, Western NY Tagged With: Allegany County, Centerville, Crime and Justice, Forest Rangers, Swift Hill State Forest

Calvin Fairbank: Imprisoned 17 Years For Helping Enslaved People to Freedom

August 9, 2022 by Editorial Staff 2 Comments

Calvin Fairbank by artist Melissa MoshettiRev. Calvin Cornelius Fairbank was born November 3, 1816 in Pike, Wyoming County, NY. He began his academic studies at a seminary in Lima, Livingston County, NY, and became a licensed preacher in 1840.  In 1842 he was ordained an elder in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he graduated Oberlin College in Ohio two years later. At Oberlin he met John Mifflin Brown (1817-1893), a bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church and an Underground Railroad activist.

Fairbank was a radical abolitionist who not only spoke out against slavery, but actively worked to free as many enslaved people as he could. [Read more…] about Calvin Fairbank: Imprisoned 17 Years For Helping Enslaved People to Freedom

Filed Under: Events, History, Western NY Tagged With: Abolition, Allegany County, Black History, Civil War, Crime and Justice, Legal History, National Abolition Hall of Fame, Ohio River Valley, Religious History, Slavery, Underground Railroad, Wyoming County

DEC Releases Draft Plans for Hanging Bog, Canadaway Creek Wildlife Areas

February 20, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Hanging Bog by Sandy Van VrankenDraft Access and Public Use Plans for Hanging Bog and Canadaway Creek Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) are complete and available for public comment. The draft Access and Public Use Plans’ objectives include maintaining existing features, such as roads, kiosks, parking areas, and gates. The draft plans are located on each property’s webpage. [Read more…] about DEC Releases Draft Plans for Hanging Bog, Canadaway Creek Wildlife Areas

Filed Under: Nature, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: Allegany County, Canadaway Creek WMA, Chautauqua County, DEC, Hanging Bog WMA, nature, Wildlife

America’s 250th Student Fellowships Funded In Western NY

January 5, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

History student intern Dwight DinkinsThe Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation has awarded SUNY distinguished professor of history Michael Leroy Oberg, the SUNY Geneseo Center for Local and Municipal History, and a consortium of six other colleges and universities, a three-year grant of more than $300K for American War of Independence Semiquincentennial student fellowships.

Several of the institutions in the fellowship program have committed $150K of matching funds for the project, bringing the total to over $450K. [Read more…] about America’s 250th Student Fellowships Funded In Western NY

Filed Under: History, Western NY Tagged With: Allegany County, America's 250th Anniversary, Buffalo, Chautauqua County, Education, Erie County, Finger Lakes, Genesee County, Geneseo Center for Local and Municipal History, Grants, Lake Ontario, Livingston County, Monroe County, Niagara County, Onondaga County, Ontario County, Orleans County, Rochester, SUNY Geneseo, Syracuse, Wayne County, Wyoming County

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