Category: Nature – Environment
Housatonic River receives Wild & Scenic Designation The Housatonic River Commission is thrilled to announce the federal designation of the Housatonic River as a Wild & Scenic River for the 41 miles of the Housatonic River from the Massachusetts border to…
SAVE THE LAKE(S) November 20, 2022 Dear Friends, Below, please find the document with the DEC’s proposal for West Mountain State Forest. There, the DEC outlines its proposal with the distinct probability of a very negative impact on our community–Pawling…
DEC Forest Rangers – Week in Review Recent Statewide Forest Ranger Actions New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents statewide. Working with other state agencies, local emergency response organizations, and volunteer…
DEC Confirms Dutchess County Deer as First 2022 Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Case Disease is Not Transmissible to Humans; New Yorkers Are Once Again Encouraged to Report Sick or Dead Deer to DEC The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation…
Felix Carroll Photo The best diet for pollinators By Thomas Christopher Concern began with the precipitous decline of honeybee populations in the early 2000s. Suddenly, farmers and orchardists were struggling to find sufficient numbers of bees to pollinate their crops. This,…
DEC Forest Rangers – Week in Review Recent Statewide Forest Ranger Actions New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents statewide. Working with other state agencies, local emergency response organizations, and volunteer…
Environmental Conservation Police on Patrol The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) Division of Law Enforcement enforces the 71 chapters of New York State’s Environmental Conservation Law (ECL), protecting fish and wildlife and preserving environmental quality across New…
Please hold that fertilizer! By Thomas Christopher I just read that even before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and a consequent disruption of the market for natural gas (the principal feedstock for synthetic nitrates) the cost of fertilizer in the U.S….
Rediscovering Native Perennials as Alternatives to Invasives By Donald Partelow The Public Libraries of Dutchess County created a variety of programs and events to celebrate Earth Day. Rediscovering Native Perennials as Alternatives to Invasives was one such program provided by…
Recent Statewide Forest Ranger Actions New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents statewide. Working with other state agencies, local emergency response organizations, and volunteer search and rescue groups, Forest Rangers locate…
Henry David Thoreau, in 1856. A Thoreau awareness of climate change By Thomas Christopher Sometimes insights come from unexpected sources. Twenty years ago, Dr. Richard Primack, a botanist at Boston University changed his focus from tropical rainforests to what was…
DEC Forest Rangers – Week in Review, Millerton Town of Millerton Dutchess County Technical Rope Rescue Training: On April 21, Forest Rangers from DEC Regions 3 and 4 held a technical rope rescue exercise at Taconic State Park in the…
DEC Advises Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Detected in New York’s Wild Birds CDC Notes No Immediate Public Health Risk, Public Advised to Report Dead Birds to DEC Regional Offices for Tracking The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced that…
Environmental Conservation Police on Patrol New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) Division of Law Enforcement enforces the 71 chapters of New York State’s Environmental Conservation Law (ECL), protecting fish and wildlife and preserving environmental quality across New York….
Sheriff’s Office Investigating Fatal House Fire On March 5, 2022 at approximately 11:32pm, the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office responded to assist the LaGrange Fire Department on Lakeview Road in the Town of LaGrange for a reported house fire with an…
