Department of Environmental Conservation
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Mar. 14, 2011 - 7:43 pm
When a predicted flood last week didn't reach Biblical proportions, Phoenicia residents breathed a sigh of relief. The tiny hamlet in Shandaken has borne the brunt of much of the region's flood damage over the fall and winter, with back-to-back floods in... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Mar. 3, 2011 - 11:29 am
Want to nurse injured deer back to health, or hunt squirrels with a trained raptor?
The New York Department of Environmental Conservation is holding its exams for both falconry apprentices and wildlife rehabilitators on April 22. To take the exams, you... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Feb. 25, 2011 - 4:58 pm
The New York Department of Environmental Conservation and the Attorney General have struck a blow for paddlers and canoeists with a legal filing in a case that pits Adirondack landowners against the editor of the Adirondack Explorer, according to the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011 - 9:00 am
Today, the Daily Freeman has a revealing interview with James Tierney, the assistant commissioner for water resources at the state's Department of Environmental Convervation.
The topic is New York City's decision to clear out its Ashokan reservoir this... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Feb. 18, 2011 - 1:13 pm
We've known this was coming for months, and now here it is: A new water supply permit for New York City from the state's Department of Environmental Conservation.
The new permit allows the New York City Department of Environmental Protection to continue... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011 - 11:18 am
Giant hogweed: Photo from DEC In the midst of a tight new budget and a departmental hiring freeze, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has one job for which it is actually hiring: giant hogweed wrangler.
Thanks to funding set aside... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011 - 11:22 am
Ulster County Executive Mike Hein announced in his annual county address last night that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has filed a formal complaint against the New York City Department of Environmental Protection over the DEP... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 - 4:00 pm
Want to raise some pheasants this year? The New York Department of Environmental Conservation gives away day-old pheasant chicks every spring to anyone with a brooding pen and department approval. The idea is to release the full-grown birds in the fall in... Read more
By wateradmin on Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011 - 9:33 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 Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011 - 10:17 am
Yesterday afternoon, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection announced that it would no longer be releasing turbid water from the Ashokan Reservoir into the Esopus Creek, starting immediately. The press release from DEP Commissioner Cas... Read more
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