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Harmful Algal Blooms in NYS: A Season Summary

November 26, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Harmful Algal BloomThe 2022 Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) notification season has ended, and the Department of Environmental Conservation posted the summary of this year’s HABs notices to the HABs Archive webpage.

During 2022, 198 waterbodies statewide were listed with “Confirmed HABs” on the NY HAB System (NYHABS). Over 1,600 HAB reports were collected, and of these, over 1,000 met criteria for a Confirmed HAB. The reports ranged from a single observation to widespread blooms that were persistent throughout the season. [Read more…] about Harmful Algal Blooms in NYS: A Season Summary

Filed Under: Nature Tagged With: Adirondacks, DEC, fishing, harmful algal bloom, nature, swimming, water quality, Wildlife

Free Fishing Day in New York State on Veterans Day

November 8, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

fishermen with northern pike courtesy DECFriday, November 11th marks the sixth and final Free Fishing Day of 2022. Not sure where to go? [Read more…] about Free Fishing Day in New York State on Veterans Day

Filed Under: Nature, Recreation Tagged With: fishing

The Fulton Fish Market: A History

November 6, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The Fulton Fish MarketThe Fulton Fish Market stands out as an iconic New York institution. At first a neighborhood retail market for many different kinds of food, it became the nation’s largest fish and seafood wholesaling center by the late nineteenth century.

Waves of immigrants worked at the Fulton Fish Market and then introduced the rest of the city to their seafood traditions. In popular culture, the market — celebrated by Joseph Mitchell in The New Yorker — conjures up images of the bustling East River waterfront, late-night fishmongering, organized crime, and a vanished working-class New York. [Read more…] about The Fulton Fish Market: A History

Filed Under: Books, History, New York City Tagged With: Atlantic Ocean, Books, Culinary History, Economic History, Environmental History, fish, Fisheries, fishing, ice, Labor History, New York City, Social History, Technology, The Bronx, Urban History

Comments Sought On Western Lassiter Conservation Easement

November 5, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Beers Lot Easement map courtesy DECThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is seeking public comment on a draft recreation management plan (RMP) for the Western Lassiter Conservation Easements, in the town of Edwards, St. Lawrence County. The Western Lassiter Conservation Easement RMP consists of the 1,336-acre Beers Lot Conservation Easement and the 834-acre Pine Hill Conservation Easement.

The public comment period on the draft RMP is open until November 30th. [Read more…] about Comments Sought On Western Lassiter Conservation Easement

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Beers Lot Conservation Easement, camping, DEC, development, Edwards, fishing, hunting, nature, Pine Hill Conservation Easement, St Lawrence County, trapping, Western Lassiter Conservation Easements, Wildlife

New Accessible Oneida Lake Boat Launch Construction Underway

November 5, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Location of new boat launch site on Cove Road, Oneida LakeNew York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has announced the start of construction of a new boat launch on the Barge Canal at Cove Road in the town of Verona, Oneida County, to enhance fishing and boating recreational opportunities.

The boat launch will connect to Oneida Lake and its world-class fishing. [Read more…] about New Accessible Oneida Lake Boat Launch Construction Underway

Filed Under: Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: Barge Canal, boating, DEC, fishing, Oneida County, Oneida Lake, paddling, Verona

First Evidence of Natural Lake Trout Reproduction in Lake Erie

October 29, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Lake Trout fry courtesy DECThe Journal of Great Lakes Research has recently published “Evidence of lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) natural reproduction in Lake Erie,” a new article on Lake Erie lake trout restoration. [Read more…] about First Evidence of Natural Lake Trout Reproduction in Lake Erie

Filed Under: Nature, Western NY Tagged With: DEC, fish, Fisheries, fishing, Great Lakes, Lake Erie, nature, Trout, Wildlife

Herkimer County’s Three Lakes Tract Management Plan Complete

October 8, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

DEC LogoThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has released a final recreation management plan (RMP) for the Three Lakes Tract Conservation Easement in the Town of Webb, Herkimer County.

The 3,350-acre Three Lakes Tract (TLT) is comprised of commercially managed forestland and is named for three waterbodies located on the property-Hitchcock, Grass, and Moose ponds. [Read more…] about Herkimer County’s Three Lakes Tract Management Plan Complete

Filed Under: Nature, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: DEC, Easements, fishing, Ha-De-Ron-Dah Wilderness Area, Herkimer COunty, hiking, hunting, Independence River Wild Forest, nature, Three Lakes Tract, Town of Webb, trapping, Wildlife

Invasive Hydrilla Found Infesting Niagara River

October 7, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Hydrilla Cover courtesy DECThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has announced that hydrilla, an invasive aquatic plant, was found at two additional locations along the eastern shore of the Niagara River. The aquatic invasive was found and treated at a marina in North Tonawanda last year.

This past summer, a hydrilla plant found by a boat steward during a routine inspection prompted another round of surveys along the Niagara River. [Read more…] about Invasive Hydrilla Found Infesting Niagara River

Filed Under: Nature, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: boating, DEC, Erie County, fishing, Invasive Species, Niagara River, paddling, Tonawanda

Sturgeon Events Planned For October

September 29, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

6 foot Lake Sturgeon from Oneida Lake provided by DECThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and New York Sea Grant (NYSG) have announced a series of fall events celebrating the continuing recovery of the state’s three sturgeon species.

Sturgeon populations are rebounding in New York after decades of being on the threatened or endangered species lists as DEC continues to work to bring the primitive and distinctive fish back to the freshwaters of the state through strategic fish management and water quality improvements. [Read more…] about Sturgeon Events Planned For October

Filed Under: Nature, Recreation Tagged With: DEC, fish, Fisheries, fishing, nature, sturgeon, Wildlife

Sing Sing Prison Break: A Hudson River Fishing Tale

September 25, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Herald Statesman articleThe Hudson River Maritime Museum has an extensive collection of oral histories interviews of Hudson River commercial fisherman, including Edward Hatzmann, who was recorded on April 25th, 1992.

Hatzmann recalled a story told to him by fellow fisherman Charlie Rohr, about a prison break from Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York. [Read more…] about Sing Sing Prison Break: A Hudson River Fishing Tale

Filed Under: History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Crime and Justice, fishing, Hudson River, Hudson River Maritime Museum, Oral History, Ossining, prisons, Rockland County, Sing Sing Prison, Westchester County

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