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By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011 - 4:33 pm
Above: A little brown bat with white-nose syndrome symptoms. Via the Flickr page of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region. Phil Brown of the Adirondack Almanack posted a story yesterday about his visit to New York state's largest bat... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jan. 24, 2011 - 4:36 pm
On Friday, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation made it illegal to feed a black bear, even accidentally. From a DEC press release: As black bear numbers have increased significantly in recent years and bears have become more widespread... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011 - 7:13 pm
Belleayre's slopes today. Via the Belleayre Mountain Facebook page.  There are two big stories about Belleayre Mountain Ski Center making the rounds today. First off, Jay Braman Jr. has juicy articles in both the Daily Freeman and the Catskill Mountain... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011 - 11:32 am
Joe Martens: Photo via the Adirondack Park AgencyYesterday, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that his choice for the head of the embattled New York Department of Environmental Conservation, an agency that has burned through two chiefs in three months, will... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jan. 3, 2011 - 2:14 pm
Rally to Save Belleayre Mountain from Fred Margulies on Vimeo. Chanting "We are Belleayre, We are Belleayre," 150 people gathered before a podium at Belleayre Mountain on Friday to protest layoffs at the state-run ski resort ordered by the New York... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010 - 11:05 am
Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday. You can see Gary's collected Sunday cartoons by clicking here. For some context on this week's cartoon, click here. Mayer is an artist who's lived in Bovina for the past seven years. Originally... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010 - 4:37 pm
The state Environmental Board has voted to enact a set of new regulations governing outdoor wood boilers, according to a press release issued by the Department of Environmental Conservation this afternoon. The move, which seemed unduly hasty to some this... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010 - 2:09 pm
This just in from the Coalition to Save Belleayre Mountain: Another rally opposing the 45 recent jobs cuts at the Ulster County ski resort is planned for noon on Monday. Unlike the last Belleayre protest, which was held in Arkville three weeks ago and... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Dec. 20, 2010 - 3:28 pm
As we reported earlier today, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation will be sending some new regulations for outdoor wood boilers (OWBs) to the state's Environmental Board for a vote on Wednesday. This afternoon, the DEC published a... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Dec. 20, 2010 - 12:25 pm
Smoke from an outdoor wood boiler, by Flickr user Michael Hoy.  A surprise announcement that the New York State Environmental Board will meet this Wednesday to vote on regulations about outdoor wood boilers (OWBs) has the DEC scrambling once again to... Read more

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