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LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. (AP) - Peter Bauer is returning to Adirondack Park advocacy after leading the Fund for Lake George for five years.          Bauer has been hired as executive director of Protect the Adirondacks, which is trying to block the largest development project in the history of the 6-million-acre Adirondack Park. The environmental group is...

I Love My Park Day is a new statewide event organized by Parks & Trails New York to help improve New York’s parks and historic sites. The day will take place on Saturday, May 5. Volunteers will participate in cleaning up park lands and beaches, planting trees and gardens, restoring trails and wildlife habitat, removing invasive species and working on various site improvement projects...

According to the Department of Environmental Conservation new recreational fishing regulations are now effective for summer flounder (fluke), scup (porgy) and black sea bass.The new regulations are less restrictive than current rules and specify changes to minimum size limit, possession limit and open season for all three species."These regulation changes reflect improvements to populations of...

Good news today from the American Lung Association's annual State of the Air report. 18 of the 25 most polluted cities that have made the yearly list due to ozone are showing improvement this year. They include Los Angeles, Pittsburgh and San Diego. The nation's cleanest city to breathe in, according to this report, is Santa Fe, New Mexico. To check out how your area fared,...

The bear population appears to be doing quite well in Washington County. According to our news partners at The Post-Star, the numbers of bear sightings in the Cambridge and Greenwich areas are up. In fact, the paper reports that one bear was spotted on the front porch of a home on Grove Street Saturday night. Police are urging residents to take precautions. Take down bird feeders, keep...

Anti fracking activists in New York State are making their protests heard with music. An all star anti fracking concert is set to take place at The Egg in Albany on Tuesday, May 13. It features Yoko Ono, Natalie Merchant, Joan Osborne, Tracy Bonham and many more. It’s hosted by Mark Ruffalo and Melissa Leo. Tickets range in price from $20 to $150. VideoPlayerSyndicaster(3444017 ,0);

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens says there's no timeline for a decision on whether fracking of shale gas wells will be allowed in New York state, but the review will likely continue through the summer.      Speaking at the annual Spring Environment Conference held by the Business Council in Albany on Thursday, Martens says...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Federal officials reviewing the massive cleanup of PCBs from the upper Hudson River will take another month before finishing their report.      The federal Environmental Protection Agency was originally scheduled to finish the review by the end of this month. But the agency decided to extend the study through the end of May after calls for a more lengthy review...

Environmental Protection Agency Commissioner Carter Strickland today presided over the graduation of 26 new officers from the DEP's Environmental Police Academy. The Academy, launched in 2002, is the first of its kind in the nation to provide training, experience, and concentrated course work in advanced environmental laws. Graduates successfully completed 31 weeks of instruction during...

ALBANY - Nearly $7 million is coming to the capital region to help improve local state parks and historic sites. All of these improvements will be made through NY Works, a project designed to put New Yorkers back to work, and to do that by rebuilding the state's infrastructure.  Peebles Island is the location that will receive the most to help improve park facilities and infrastructure...