NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

The Department of Environmental Conservation's Hudson River Estuary Action Agenda describes several threats facing the river -- runoff and contamination caused by increasing rainfall, invasive species that could harm indigenous fish populations, harmful algal blooms, and bigger boats.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has reopened a popular Adirondack trail damaged in July 2025

A popular trail in the Adirondacks has been closed for more than a year after heavy rain triggered a massive landslide. Volunteers have been working this summer to clean up and rebuild the trail through Avalanche Pass.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has released management recommendations for visitor use in the Adirondack High Peaks and the Catskills.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Vermont Fish and Wildlife and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will host a meeting next week to provide an update on restoration, research and assessment of the state of Lake Champlain’s fish populations and get input from anglers.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has issued a recreational use advisory for back country areas of the Catskills and Adirondacks.

For more than four decades, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Region 5 headquarters in Ray Brook has hosted a holiday party for children.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has closed some trails in the Adirondacks due to mud and rockslides.

Fisheries personnel from the New York state Department of Environmental Conservation were at the Plattsburgh marina today to begin the last year of an effort to restore Atlantic Salmon into Lake Champlain.

We welcome Jeremy Hurst and Mike Muthersbaugh of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.