To protect both consumers and the environment while addressing New York’s growing waste crisis, state Sen. Monica R. Martinez ...

Albany, NY — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation's Division of Law Enforcement has been actively enforcing the state's Environmental Conservation Law, responding to over ...

Hochul said in a statement, In response to this outrageous overreach by the federal government, I am directing the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to use its full authority ...

Teachers, students, and volunteers are once again stepping into the Hudson River’s tributaries to help track migrating ...

A mix of outdoors stories from New York, including information on Department of Environmental Conservation 2025 Summer Camps.

The DEC's spring stocking initiative includes nearly 1.9 million catchable-size brook, brown and rainbow trout, which will be ...

New York State Senator Pete Harckham announced that the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (PRRIA) has ...

Three New York City pension funds have achieved better than expected greenhouse gas emissions reductions through their ...

Statement of Kate Boicourt, Director for Climate Resilient Coasts and Watersheds program in New York-New Jersey, Environmental Defense Fund ...

The Long Island population is now estimated at more than 3,000 birds and growing. Wild turkeys have become a common sight at ...

BUFFALO - What if bodies of water were guaranteed the kinds of legal rights that would criminalize their destruction? What if communities had the authority to enact laws that prevented pollution, ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation recently released its annual bear harvest report showing that hunters harvested an estimated 1,685 bears during the 2024 hunting seasons.