Department of Environmental Conservation
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010 - 8:50 am
Peter Manning, the Regional Planner for the Catskills Center for Conservation and Development, has sent us some more details on those Smart Growth grants that were announced yesterday. (He stresses that the plans for the money, which were first drafted... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Nov. 29, 2010 - 3:49 pm
"A November Brown Catskills," by Dennis Schvejda. Posted to the Watershed Post Flickr group.
The Catskills Center for Conservation and Development has good news for Andes, Olive, Shandaken, Arkville, Margaretville, Middletown, Fleischmanns, and the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010 - 10:11 am
Skiers at Belleayre. Photo via the Bellayre website.
The Adirondack Daily Enterprise, in a show of some gumshoe reporting, has gotten a list of every single position slated for axing from the New York Department of Environmental Conservation this year.... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010 - 10:29 am
A tempest in a teapot is brewing today over the New York State Department of Environmental Conversation's looming layoffs. The Civil Service Employees Association, which is furious about the cuts and is considering a lawsuit, finagled a Freedom of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010 - 11:53 am
The Daily Freeman's Jay Braman broke the news today that Belleayre Ski Center is going to see some nasty job cuts:
Belleayre Mountain Superintendent Tony Lanza delivered bad news today to ski center employees. Lanza said he told staff members that top... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Nov. 12, 2010 - 9:44 am
Three men who decided to harvest deer in Roscoe a week early were arrested by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation on Wednesday. 26-year-old Steve Rosati, 27-year-old Vincent J. Lopicolo and 27-year-old Christopher Abrahamsen have been... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010 - 8:05 pm
Bat skull and remains in a site affected by White-Nose Syndrome. Photo by Ann Froschauer for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
The bad news about bats just keeps getting worse. The New York Department of Environmental Conservation announced today... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010 - 5:24 pm
Wonder of wonders, there is some long-awaited news in the Daily Freeman this afternoon. Correspondent Jay Braman reports that the New York City Department of Environmental Protection and the upstate Coalition of Watershed Towns, which have been sparring... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010 - 3:15 pm
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010 - 10:48 am
Looks like strong rural feelings about outdoor wood boilers have got the New York state Department of Environmental Conservation running scared. After issuing new regulations for OWBs last week, the DEC decided to un-issue them.
The regulations were... Read more
Pages
