The New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is predicting high, cold water and icy banks and streambeds, particularly in northern areas of the state for the beginning of the state’s trout and salmon season. Opening day in New York … Continued
A newly released report from the Hudson River Natural Resource Trustees found that the Hudson River, for greater than 200 miles below Hudson Falls, New York, is extensively contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). According to the study, surface waters, sediments, … Continued
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and partner agencies have begun stocking lake herring into Irondequoit Bay on Lake Ontario. Until the mid 1950s, Lake Ontario was home to a diverse group of whitefish that included as … Continued
New York State’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and partner agencies recently announced efforts to re-introduce “bloater” fish, a deepwater cisco, into Lake Ontario offshore of Oswego. Bloaters feed primarily on invertebrates in water depths from 180 feet to 650 … Continued
A number of events were held along the Hudson River in New York, in celebration of Hudson River Day 2012. The celebration focused on the five themes of the 2010-14 Hudson River Estuary Action Agenda: Clean Water, Habitat, River Access, … Continued