The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has launched a new online form for reporting Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, also known as HPAI, H5N1 or bird flu.

Romulus, N.Y. — Bird flu has been detected in the Finger Lakes region The New York State Department of Environmental ...

Authorities caught a trucking company illegally dumping contaminated construction debris, including lead materials, at an ...

An ice climber had to be evacuated via helicopter after sustaining injuries while climbing Buttermilk Falls, a popular ice climbing route in the Catskills, NY.

Almost 15 years after Newtown Creek was named a federal Superfund site, the government is taking a step toward cleaning it up ...

New Yorkers for Clean Air wants Hochul to immediately publish draft rules for the cap-and-invest plan to limit greenhouse gas ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation launched a platform where you can report suspected HPAI, more ...

Albany County Executive Dan McCoy signs a 90-day moratorium on farms' use of human biosolids at the County Office Building in ...

Avian flu, which has struck the U.S. egg industry and caused prices in the supermarket to spike, is showing up in wild birds as well.

The Ulster County Health Department says bird flu killed about 50 chickens and ducks at a local farm. There are currently no known cases in humans in NY.

For more than a century, conservation policy has focused on economic development and wisely using natural resources.

On Jan. 24, at 11:41am, officials in Greene County called for assistance from Forest Rangers to help an injured ice climber at Buttermilk Falls. The climber, a 35-year-old New Paltz resident, had ...