DEC Sending Personnel Out West to Help With Forest Fires Tuesday, August 8 by Lucas Day DEC Forest Rangers and expert wildland firefighters are being deployed to assist with efforts to contain the Ridge Creek Fire in the Idaho panhandle... Read More.
Sen. Gillibrand Goes to Bat for Forest Conservation Monday, August 7 by Lucas Day U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Roger Wicker (R-MS) introduced the Forest Conservation Easement Program Act, which would help conserve working forests by expanding and... Read More.
Ghost forest formation accelerates amid sea-level rise Thursday, July 6 by ABC News (NEW YORK) -- As people around the world contend this week with the hottest temperatures ever recorded on Earth, more visual evidence of climate... Read More.
Local DEC Forest Ranger Returns from Canadian Wildfires Monday, June 26 by Lucas Day A state Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Ranger who serves Seneca and Schuyler counties is back home in the U.S. after spending the last... Read More.
NY Sending Forest Rangers to Canada to Battle Wildfires Thursday, June 8 by Lucas Day A team of New York Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers is deploying to assist with efforts to contain wildfires raging in eastern Canada.... Read More.
DEC Forest Ranger Heading to Canada to Help With Wildfires Friday, June 2 by Lucas Day A DEC Forest Ranger and expert wildland firefighter is being deployed to assist with efforts to contain wildfires raging in eastern Canada. New York... Read More.
Carpenter Falls, Bahar Nature Preserve Added to Old-Growth Forest Network Thursday, February 16 by Ed Vivenzio Carpenter Falls overlook. Provided Two Cayuga County land areas have... Read More.
Youth Fishing Derby Returns to Finger Lakes National Forest Thursday, February 2 by Lucas Day The Finger Lakes National Forest is pleased to announce the return of the Youth Fishing Derby to be held on Saturday, May 6th from... Read More.
Timber Harvest Operations Underway on the Finger Lakes National Forest Wednesday, January 25 by Lucas Day Timber harvest operations are set to begin on the Finger Lakes National Forest this month as part of the Finger Lakes Invasive Pest Strategy... Read More.
