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Broome County

Early Inhabitants of the Finger Lakes Region

August 14, 2023 by Guest Contributor 2 Comments

Lamoka Site diorama at the New York State MuseumAccording to archeological records, groups of nomadic Paleo-Indians traveled through the Finger Lakes region approximately 8,000 to 9,000 years ago. Small bands of these hunters and gatherers followed large game during the last stages of the Ice Age when the glaciers that formed the area’s notable lakes were receding.

Somewhat more recent early archaic archeological sites scattered across Western New York reflect a culture that was highly mobile and left little in terms of an archeological record. [Read more…] about Early Inhabitants of the Finger Lakes Region

Filed Under: History, Western NY Tagged With: Algonquin, Archaeology, Broome County, Canadice lake, Canandaigua Lake, Cayuga County, Cayuga Lake, Cayuga Nation, Chemung County, Conesus Lake, Cortland County, Finger Lakes, French And Indian War, fur trade, Geology, Grass lake, Haudenosaunee, Hemlock Lake, Honeoye Lake, Indigenous History, Iroquois, Ithaca, Keuka Lake, Lamoka, Lenape, Lenape - Munsee - Delaware, Livingston County, Material Culture, Monroe County, New France, New Netherland, Oneida Indian Nation, Oneida Lake, Onondaga County, Onondaga Lake, Onondaga Nation, Ontario County, Otisco Lake, Owasco Lake, Paleontology, Pennsylvania, Rochester, Schuyler County, Seneca County, Seneca Falls, Seneca Lake, Seneca Nation, Seven Years War, Skaneateles Lake, Spencer, Steuben County, Susquehanna River, Syracuse, Tioga County, Tompkins County, Treaty of Fort Stanwix, Tuscarora, Valley Heads Moraine, Waneta-Lamoka WMA, Watkins Glen, Wayne County, William Johnson, Yates County

Young Eagle in Distress Rescued From Chenango River White Pine

July 8, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

ECO Lt Rigoli, Christian Klecha (DOT), Ryan Ashley (DOT), and ECO Wing with rescued young eagle in Broome County in June 2023On June 22, NYS Environmental Conservation Officer Wing responded to a report of an eaglet stuck in a tree just below its nest in the town of Fenton, Broome County. [Read more…] about Young Eagle in Distress Rescued From Chenango River White Pine

Filed Under: Nature, Western NY Tagged With: Bald Eagles, birds, Broome County, Chenango River, DEC, DOT, ECOs, Fenton, raptors, White Pine, Wildlife

Chenango Trail Management Comments Sought

July 2, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Chenango Trail UMP MapThe NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is seeking public comment on draft updates to the Chenango Trail Unit Management Plan (UMP). The plan guides future management and use of 5,455 acres of State land in Chenango and Broome counties. [Read more…] about Chenango Trail Management Comments Sought

Filed Under: Nature, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: Afton, Bainbridge, Beaver Flow State Forest, Bobell Hill State Forest, Broome County, Bumps Creek State Forest, Chenango County, Chenango Trail, Colesville, Coventry, Coventry State Forest, DEC, Greene, Oak Ridge State Forest, Oxford

Wildfires Fought In Nine New York Counties Last Weekend

November 11, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Petersburgh fireFrom Friday, November 4th through Monday, November 7th, New York State Forest Rangers responded to at least nine wildland fires in nine different counties caused by campfires, debris burning, and power lines. [Read more…] about Wildfires Fought In Nine New York Counties Last Weekend

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Western NY Tagged With: Avoca, Broome County, Canadice, Cattaraugus County, Colchester, DEC, Delaware County, Dutchess County, East Fishkill, Fires, Forest Ranger Reports, Forest Rangers, Franklin County, Harrietstown, Lake Colby, Lisle, Lysander, Onondaga County, Ontario County, Persia, Rensselaer County, Saranac Lakes Wild Forest, Stueben County, wildfires

Bobcat Ranney: The Hermit of Dogtown

October 27, 2022 by Dave Waite Leave a Comment

Bobcat RanneyAccording to “A Who’s Who of Adirondack Hermits,” in the Fiftieth Anniversary edition of Adirondack Life magazine there were only two in Warren County: artist John Henry Hill at Phantom Island on Lake George and Archie “Bobcat” Ranney of Baker’s Mills.

Hill only lasted six years, from 1870 until 1876: the year he was picked up and sent to an asylum, never to return to the county. Archie, on the other hand, made his mark in Adirondack history and lore by “hermiting” for twenty years in Baker’s Mills, a hamlet in the town of Johnsburg. [Read more…] about Bobcat Ranney: The Hermit of Dogtown

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Bakers Mills, Binghamton, Broome County, Endicott, Johnsburg, Newspapers, Penn Yan, Pennsylvania, Publishing, Schenectady, Susquehanna River, Vermont, Warren County, Yates County

Joe Gingras: A Major League Baseball Career Thwarted By War

October 2, 2022 by Dave Waite 5 Comments

Joe Gingras Signs with Kansas CityIn 1870 Francois Dieudonné Gingras left his native Canada for Manhattan where he met and married Mary Roohan. By 1896, now with three children and another on the way, this couple had settled in Saratoga Springs where they opened a grocery store.

Their oldest son, Frank, was soon brought into the family business and the store was renamed, F. D. Gingras & Son. Their youngest son, whom they had named Joseph Elzead John Gingras, was looking to pursue a far different life: baseball. [Read more…] about Joe Gingras: A Major League Baseball Career Thwarted By War

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: Baseball, Binghamton, Broome County, Chemung County, Elmira, New York City, Pennsylvania, Saratoga, Saratoga County, Saratoga Springs, Sports History, World War One

Restoring American Shad in the Susquehanna River

July 9, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

American Shad restoration programNative and colonial Americans fished for shad for sustenance, often smoking the flesh and consuming the roe as a delicacy.

American shad continued to be an important recreational and commercial fishery throughout the 20th Century. However, the shad stock has since dramatically declined due to shoreline development, pollution and over fishing, and as a result all recreational and commercial fisheries for American shad were closed in 2010.

As part of an effort to restore American shad (Alosa sapidissima) in New York, DEC Fisheries staff, in collaboration with the PA Fish and Boat Commission, recently stocked 322,000 American shad fry (young fish) into the Susquehanna River in Endicott, Broome County, NY.

[Read more…] about Restoring American Shad in the Susquehanna River

Filed Under: Recreation, Nature, Western NY Tagged With: Broome County, DEC, Endicott, fish, Fisheries, fishing, nature, Susquehanna River, Wildlife

New Fishing Access Site On Oquaga Creek

November 14, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Fishing Access Site On Oquaga Creek courtesy DECDEC Region 7 Operations, Real Property, and Fisheries programs recently completed the acquisition and development of a parcel of land along Oquaga Creek on State Route 41 in the Town of Sanford, Broome County. [Read more…] about New Fishing Access Site On Oquaga Creek

Filed Under: Nature, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: Broome County, DEC, fish, Fisheries, fishing, Oquaga Creek, Sanford, Trout

A New Fishing Access Site at Nanticoke Creek, Broome County

August 27, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Fishing Access Site on Nanticoke Creek courtesy DECThe Region 7 DEC Operations crew in Kirkwood, NY, with assistance from Fisheries and Real Property staff, recently completed a new Fishing Access Site on Nanticoke Creek south of the Village of Maine just off NYS Route 26 in Broome County. [Read more…] about A New Fishing Access Site at Nanticoke Creek, Broome County

Filed Under: Hudson Valley - Catskills, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Broome County, fish, Fisheries, fishing, Nanticoke Creek

Help Sought to Solve Eagle Shooting Case

May 5, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Bald Eagle shot in Broome CountyOn April 3rd, NYS Environmental Conservation Officer’s (ECO) received a complaint about an unknown individual shooting a duck or goose. ECO McCormick responded, and upon investigation, determined the shot bird was a bald eagle. [Read more…] about Help Sought to Solve Eagle Shooting Case

Filed Under: Nature, Western NY Tagged With: Bald Eagles, birds, Broome County, Crime and Justice, ECOs, nature, raptors, Wildlife

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