NYS DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos

The outgoing Commissioner of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation was at a park on the shore of Lake Champlain Monday to discuss the release of a final watershed plan and to announce investments that will help improve the water quality of the lake.

With the spring comes an increased risk of wildfires. New York state will begin enforcing its annual burn ban.

In the Adirondack region, reaction is mixed to news that DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos plans to step down, although most are disappointed to hear the news.

New York state has obtained two significant conservation easements in the Adirondacks that will permanently protect an ecologically significant area while opening lands for public recreation.

The Norlite plant in Cohoes has been hit with a "Notice of Violation" of New York state's air pollution control law.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has announced a 45-day public comment period and two in-person sessions on the Dunn Landfill in Rensselaer.

Mayor Kathy Sheehan welcomed her counterpart from Bucha, Ukraine to Albany City Hall on Monday.

New York state is now classified at a hire fire risk by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation.

Commissioner Basil Seggos was in Plattsburgh to speak at the Quebec-New York Transportation-Aerospace Rendezvous. While there, he sat down with WAMC’s North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley for a wide-ranging interview.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is now threatening to shut down the embattled Norlite facility in Cohoes.