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Trout Stream Management Comments Sought

June 1, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Brook-Trout-by-Greg-DowerNew York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is seeking angler feedback on changes to the state’s plan to manage trout in inland streams.

The proposed changes are designed to safeguard wild trout and expand fishing opportunities. The deadline for the public to comment on the draft plan is June 25, 2020. [Read more…] about Trout Stream Management Comments Sought

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, Nature, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: DEC, fish, Fisheries, fishing, nature, Trout, Wildlife

Love Your ADK Awareness Project Launched

May 31, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

love your adkThe Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism (ROOST) in Lake Placid has released a new Love Your ADK toolkit to help Adirondack businesses increase awareness of the importance of following the Leave No Trace principles when enjoying the outdoors. [Read more…] about Love Your ADK Awareness Project Launched

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: environmental, Leave No Trace, nature, ROOST, Tourism

Star-Nosed Mole: A Nose That Knows

May 31, 2020 by Guest Contributor 1 Comment

Star-Nosed Mole by Adelaide TyrolSome people have life birds, species of birds they’ve waited their whole lives to see in the wild. I don’t have one of these, but I do have a life mole. I’ve been waiting to catch a glimpse of Condylura cristata, the star-nosed mole, ever since I learned about this animal during a small mammals course in graduate school.

Can you imagine a palm-sized mole whose pink, star-shaped nose contains 22 fleshy tentacle-like appendages, living right underfoot? [Read more…] about Star-Nosed Mole: A Nose That Knows

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, Nature, Western NY Tagged With: gardening, nature, small mammals, Wildlife

Squirrels Rescued From A Sticky Situation

May 30, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

ECO Wamsley frees tangled squirrelsNYS Environmental Conservation Officer Kevin Wamsley reported that on May 14th, he received a call about a group of squirrels in distress in the hamlet of Verbank, in the town of Union Vale in Dutchess County. [Read more…] about Squirrels Rescued From A Sticky Situation

Filed Under: Nature Tagged With: DEC, ECOs, nature, squirrels, Wildlife

Poetry: Radiation from the Big Bang

May 30, 2020 by George Cassidy Payne Leave a Comment

Radiation from the Big Bang

Dear Gramps,
we never knew who
pulled the trigger. [Read more…] about Poetry: Radiation from the Big Bang

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, Nature Tagged With: nature, Poetry

Survey: 90% of Boats Bypass Northway Inspection Station

May 28, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Adirondack Watershed Institute Decontamination programBoat counters on the Northway for the Memorial Day weekend say that 89% of the trailered motorboats traveling north into the Adirondacks on Interstate 87 passed the inspection/decontamination station without stopping, according to the Adirondack Council, which organized the transportation survey. [Read more…] about Survey: 90% of Boats Bypass Northway Inspection Station

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondack Council, boating, I-87, Invasive Species, nature, Tourism, Wildlife

2020 Spring Stocking Season Completed

May 26, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Fish Hatchery provided by DECWhether it was via truck, barge or air, DEC’s Fish Hatchery staff have officially completed this spring’s fish stocking.

DEC stocked over 4.6 million trout and salmon and 50 million walleye statewide. Of those, over 50,000 got a lift in a helicopter and were stocked in 71 remote ponds, lakes, and rivers in the Adirondacks. Hundreds of thousands of lake trout and brown trout made their way into Lake Ontario via a barge carrying a DEC stocking truck. [Read more…] about 2020 Spring Stocking Season Completed

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, Nature, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: DEC, fish, Fisheries, fishing, nature, Wildlife

State Record White Bass Caught in Niagara River

May 25, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Morgan Fonzi and state record white bass provided by DECWhile out fishing with his dad, Joe, on May 6th, Morgan Fonzi reeled in a new state record white bass from the Lower Niagara River. Weighing in at 3 lbs. 8 oz, it surpassed the previous state record set in 1992 by 2 ounces. [Read more…] about State Record White Bass Caught in Niagara River

Filed Under: Nature, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: fish, Fisheries, fishing, nature, Wildlife

Trillium: A Beauty of the Spring Woods

May 25, 2020 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

Red Trillium by Wikimedia user Geoffrey.landisOnce, when I was little, I was so thrilled to come across a gorgeous, dark-red trillium that I picked it and placed it in a vase in the house. I was disappointed when it quickly wilted.

Not only that, but it smelled bad. Such is the dual nature of this spring wildflower: stunningly beautiful, with a scent that appeals to carrion flies. [Read more…] about Trillium: A Beauty of the Spring Woods

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, Nature, Western NY Tagged With: Native Plants, nature, wildflowers, Wildlife

Porcupines And Their Need For Salt

May 24, 2020 by Tom Kalinowski 1 Comment

Porcupine by Mary HarrschAs the buds on hardwood trees and shrubs open and New York State’s forests again are cloaked in green, they provide our many herbivores with a welcome change in their diet.

While many plant eaters are able to subsist on woody buds and cellulose laden layers of inner bark throughout winter, leafy matter provides far greater levels of nourishment. The porcupine, a common denizen of the forest, is among our first order consumers of greens when they emerge in spring. [Read more…] about Porcupines And Their Need For Salt

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, Nature, Western NY Tagged With: nature, road salt, small mammals, Spring, Wildlife

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