New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

As cool as you think it would be, you can't own your own raccoon. And if you are like these people, you aren't doing a good job at hiding it.

You may want to become a New York State lifeguard. The starting pay has been increased this summer to address lifeguard shortages, and it's not just by a couple of cents.

The first case of COVID in a Canadian lynx has been discovered in the United States and the NYS DEC says eighteen percent of deer tested have COVID antibodies.

You would think that as a person who grew up in a home with hunters who hunted during small game season and deer season, that I would have an awareness of when popular hunting seasons were happening since I like to get outside and explore. NOPE. As a non-hunter, any hunting season is way off my radar.

The Spotted Lanternfly is a very destructive insect that can destroy plants and crops critical to New York’s agricultural economy