Category: Nature – Environment

SAVE THE LAKE(S)

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…

Continue Reading SAVE THE LAKE(S)

DEC Forest Rangers – Week in Review

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…

Continue Reading DEC Forest Rangers – Week in Review

DEC Confirms Dutchess County Deer as First 2022 Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Case

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…

Continue Reading DEC Confirms Dutchess County Deer as First 2022 Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Case

Be-a-Better Gardener – The best diet for pollinators

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,…

Continue Reading Be-a-Better Gardener – The best diet for pollinators

DEC Forest Rangers – Week in Review

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…

Continue Reading DEC Forest Rangers – Week in Review

Environmental Conservation Police on Patrol

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…

Continue Reading Environmental Conservation Police on Patrol

Be a Better Gardener, Please hold that fertilizer!

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….

Continue Reading Be a Better Gardener, Please hold that fertilizer!

Rediscovering Native Perennials as Alternatives to Invasives

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…

Continue Reading Rediscovering Native Perennials as Alternatives to Invasives

Recent Statewide Forest Ranger Actions

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…

Continue Reading Recent Statewide Forest Ranger Actions

Be a Better Gardener, A Thoreau awareness of climate change

  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…

Continue Reading Be a Better Gardener, A Thoreau awareness of climate change

DEC Forest Rangers – Week in Review, Millerton

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…

Continue Reading DEC Forest Rangers – Week in Review, Millerton

DEC Advises Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Detected in New York’s Wild Birds

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…

Continue Reading DEC Advises Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Detected in New York’s Wild Birds

Environmental Conservation Police on Patrol

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….

Continue Reading Environmental Conservation Police on Patrol

Sheriff’s Office Investigating Fatal House Fire

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…

Continue Reading Sheriff’s Office Investigating Fatal House Fire

Environmental Conservation Police On Patrol

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….

Continue Reading Environmental Conservation Police On Patrol