Category: Nature – Environment

Digging Deeper: The Garden in Every Sense and Season—A Bootcamp for the Senses

  Digging Deeper: The Garden in Every Sense and Season—A Bootcamp for the Senses Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Sat, Apr 28 11:00 AM Your garden could be so fulfilling—if you plug in. Created to coincide with the publication of Tovah…

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DEC Issues Guidance to Homeowners to Avoid Problems with Bears

  DEC Issues Guidance to Homeowners to Avoid Problems with Bears As Spring Arrives, Black Bears Are on the Move The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today issued guidance on how to prevent negative encounters with black…

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DEC Environmental Conservation Police Officer Highlights – ECO Actions for Late March

  DEC Environmental Conservation Police Officer Highlights ECO Actions for Late March New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Environmental Conservation Police Officers (ECOs) enforce the 71 Chapters of NY Environmental Conservation Law, protecting fish and wildlife and preserving…

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DEC Announces Start of Annual Salamander and Frog Migration

  DEC Announces Start of Annual Salamander and Frog Migration Hudson Valley Volunteers Assist Amphibians with Road Crossings During Annual Breeding Migrations The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced today that the annual breeding migrations of salamanders…

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Be-a-Better Gardener – Phenology in The Garden

  Be-a-Better Gardener Phenology in The Garden    Plant peas when the daffodils start blooming By Thomas Christopher               Spring isn’t what it used to be. That’s not just the opinion of some grumpy old man (I’m not grumpy). Check with the Arnold…

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DEC Announces Opening of New York’s 2018 Trout Fishing Season

  DEC Announces Opening of New York’s 2018 Trout Fishing Season Residents and Tourists Encouraged to Catch Wild and Stocked Trout throughout State DEC to Stock 2.26 Million Catchable-Size Trout in New York Waters State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)…

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DEC Environmental Conservation Police Officer Highlights

  DEC Environmental Conservation Police Officer Highlights ECO Actions for Mid-March   New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Environmental Conservation Police Officers (ECOs) enforce the 71 Chapters of NY Environmental Conservation Law, protecting fish and wildlife and preserving…

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Be-a-Better Gardener March 2018 A Fertilizer Primer

  Be-a-Better Gardener March 2018 A Fertilizer Primer   Testing your soil at the beginning of the growing season ensures that you will know what nutrients to add to your garden for optimum results.   By Thomas Christopher               Spring –…

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Wood Pellets: Renewable, But Not Carbon Neutral -Turning forests into fuel comes at an environmental cost 

  Wood Pellets: Renewable, But Not Carbon Neutral  Turning forests into fuel comes at an environmental cost  (Millbrook, NY) A return to firewood is bad for forests and the climate. So reports William Schlesinger, President Emeritus of the Cary Institute…

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DEC Environmental Conservation Police Officer Highlights

  DEC Environmental Conservation Police Officer Highlights ECO Actions for Early March New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Environmental Conservation Police Officers (ECOs) enforce the 71 Chapters of NY Environmental Conservation Law, protecting fish and wildlife, and preserving…

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Long-term monitoring is essential to effective environmental policy

    Long-term monitoring is essential to effective environmental policy  Experts highlight air pollution clean up; benefits to the economy, environment, and human health (Millbrook, NY) Environmental policy guided by science saves lives, money, and ecosystems. So reports a team…

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Be-a-Better-Gardener – Bare-Root Bargains

    Be-a-Better-Gardener Bare-Root Bargains The crab apple is a good example of a deciduous tree that transplants well from a bare root.   By Thomas Christopher   Spring is just around the corner, but there’s still time to take advantage…

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DEC Environmental Conservation Police Officer Highlights

    DEC Environmental Conservation Police Officer Highlights ECO Actions for Late February   New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Environmental Conservation Police Officers (ECOs) enforce the 71 Chapters of NY Environmental Conservation Law, protecting fish and wildlife…

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DEC Announces 2017 Bear Harvest Results

    DEC Announces 2017 Bear Harvest Results New York State bear hunters took 1,420 black bears during the 2017 hunting seasons, state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos announced today. “New York has excellent bear habitat and…

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DEC Environmental Conservation Police Officer Highlights

  DEC Environmental Conservation Police Officer Highlights ECO Actions for Mid to Late February   New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Environmental Conservation Police Officers (ECOs) enforce the 71 Chapters of NY Environmental Conservation Law, protecting fish and…

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