New York State Environmental Conservation Police Officers (ECOs) responded to several wildlife rescue incidents recently, including exotic snakes on the Coney Island boardwalk, a rattlesnake in Ulster County, and a mother Turkey hen and her poults on Long Island. [Read more…] about Wildlife Rescues: Burmese Python, Rattlesnake, and Turkey Poults
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Rangers Fight Wildfires Sparked by Train, Burning; Make Catskills Hiker Rescue
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers respond to wildfires, and search and rescue incidents throughout New York State locating and extracting lost, injured or distressed people and policing state lands.
This report of recent missions carried out by Forest Rangers was prepared by DEC: [Read more…] about Rangers Fight Wildfires Sparked by Train, Burning; Make Catskills Hiker Rescue
Wildlife Rescuers Save Ducks, Osprey, Alligator & Rattlesnake
On July 30, NYS Environmental Conversation Officer (ECO) Perkins responded to the Bay Shore Marina in Islip, in Suffolk County on Long Island for a report of an injured osprey observed in a parking lot for hours.
Officer Perkins arrived and discovered the bird moving slowly and unable to fly. [Read more…] about Wildlife Rescuers Save Ducks, Osprey, Alligator & Rattlesnake
Bearing Witness: Exploring the Legacy of Enslavement in Ulster County, New York
In New York State, Ulster County in particular had high rates of enslavement of people of African descent owing to its vast, bountiful farmland and its early settlement by wealthy Dutch, English, and French families.
The stories of those enslaved in Ulster County have long been underserved by historians, and the lives and identities of many are now lost forever, but new research continues to uncover important genealogical and societal information on who the enslaved and their enslavers were, what their lives were like, and the fate of newly emancipated Blacks and their families. [Read more…] about Bearing Witness: Exploring the Legacy of Enslavement in Ulster County, New York
The Borscht Belt Is Burning: Fires At Abandoned Resorts Raise Concerns
The Borscht Belt is the nickname for a collection of Catskills resorts and vacation bungalows across Sullivan, Ulster, and Orange counties that attracted crowds of Jewish visitors in the mid-20th century and left an indelible mark on American culture.
Now almost all of the formerly prominent hotels are out of business and are now derelict and dilapidated. [Read more…] about The Borscht Belt Is Burning: Fires At Abandoned Resorts Raise Concerns
Neversink River Management Plan Comments Sought
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has announced the release of the Draft Neversink River Unit Management Plan (UMP) for public comment. The plan guides the future uses and management of approximately 8,644 acres of DEC-managed public lands within the Neversink River Unit in the towns of Forestburgh and Mamakating in Sullivan County, and Highland and Wawarsing in Ulster County, NY. [Read more…] about Neversink River Management Plan Comments Sought