Rewilding a run
By Ry Rivard
November 29, 2020
Efforts to restore salmon to the Boquet have had victories and setbacks in recent years.
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By Ry Rivard
November 29, 2020
Efforts to restore salmon to the Boquet have had victories and setbacks in recent years.
October 1, 2020
“We don’t have many moose, and that’s probably a very good situation to be in."
August 3, 2020
“It takes a long time to discourage a bear who thinks they can eat there."
July 6, 2020
On Monday morning the state captured the large male black bear at Marcy Dam and planned to kill it because of its strong conditioning to human foods.
By Phil Brown
April 28, 2020
I had read that this region—dubbed the Sable Highlands—has the largest concentration of moose in the Adirondacks, but I still was astounded by the abundance of scat.
April 24, 2020
After running into multiple state and federal violations, Adirondack Wildlife Refuge is making changes while continuing to protect animals.
By Phil Brown
April 20, 2020
Poke-O-Moonshine is one of the premier rock-climbing destinations in the Adirondacks, with more than 300 routes, but DEC usually closes part of the cliff in the spring to allow peregrines to nest undisturbed.
April 3, 2020
New York is undergoing its third Breeding Bird Atlas, a five-year citizen science project that helps track our avian neighbors across the state.
December 17, 2019
Moose are protected mammals in New York State. The species was once common in the state, but disappeared in the 1860s after habitat destruction and unregulated hunting. They returned to northern New York from neighboring areas beginning in 1980, taking advantage of abandoned farms and regenerated forests.
November 8, 2019
Started in Vermont in partnership with the Tree Farm forestry certification program and other agencies, the warbler effort aims to knock some of the Northeast’s dense forests back into an earlier succession that favors certain birds and the insects they eat.