New York Department of Environmental Conservation
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016 - 12:10 am
Widespread confusion and and eerie coincidence surround the death of a 56-year-old Westfield, New Jersey woman who fell off a cliff alongside Kaaterskill Creek in the Greene County Catskills on Friday, Aug. 19.
The woman, Marcy K. Yates, was hiking on... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, May. 2, 2016 - 3:55 pm
Above: Indian Head and Twin Mountains on the eastern Devil's Path, photographed in October 2012 by EricAOrtner.
New York Department of Environmental Conservation forest rangers and first responders from multiple fire departments and rescue squads helped... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Mar. 17, 2016 - 7:53 pm
Above: Two hemlock trees scarred by the lightning that hit a husband and wife in Tannersville on Wednesday, March 16. Photo by Forest Ranger Rob Dawson.
A man and woman from Princeton, New Jersey were struck by lightning while camping in the Greene... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Feb. 1, 2016 - 1:44 pm
Above: The summit of Sherrill Mountain in Greene County is a three-mile bushwhack from the nearest road. Image via Google maps.
Five forest rangers and two volunteer firefighters hiked six miles of rough terrain to a remote Greene County mountaintop to... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016 - 6:08 pm
Above: Kaaterskill Falls in winter 2007. Photo by Jason, via Flickr.
Editor's Note: The DEC's press release about this rescue reported erroneously that the incident occurred on Kaaterskill Falls, which has a notoriously dangerous unofficial trail that is... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, May. 12, 2015 - 12:12 pm
A forest fire that has been burning on Hunter Mountain since Thursday, May 7 is still burning, but has not jumped its containment line, said New York State Forest Ranger Rob Dawson on Tuesday May 12.
In a sign of confidence that the Hunter Mountain fire... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, May. 7, 2015 - 8:55 pm
Above: Fire on the mountain. A helicopter pours water on a forest fire, visible as a plume of white smoke rising over the ridge, on Hunter Mountain on May 8, the second day of the blaze. Photo by Douglas Senterman.
Updates at bottom of post. -- Ed... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Apr. 13, 2015 - 4:48 pm
Bear hunters in New York's Southern Zone killed a record 1,110 bears in 2014, according to harvest figures that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation released on Monday, April 13. That's 12 percent more than the previous record of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014 - 5:24 pm
Above: William Hrazanek. Courtesy of the NYS DEC.
State environmental officials have filed criminal charges against junkyard owner William Hrazanek, 68, after the discovery of leaky drums of oil and gas found last year on his properties in Fleischmanns... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 - 4:42 pm
Above: Max being released into the wild on Saturday, February 8. Her GPS tracking device is visible on her back. Photo courtesy of Michael and Peg DiBenedetto.
Note from reporter Julia Reischel: I reported last week that a golden eagle named "Max" was... Read more
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