NYS DEC

Picture this: a child playing happily outside, then gone in an instant. A community came together and turned fear into relief in Independence.

A late-night trek into Merlins Cave turned into a real-life thriller for one New Yorker. Wait until you hear how it all unfolded.

New York hunters and trappers now have a new way to show off a successful season, and it’s coming straight from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

Drivers across New York are being urged to slow down as the annual salamander and frog migration begins.

Yes, there are seals in New York State!

New Yorkers can buy low-cost tree seedlings now through DEC’s annual sale, with free trees available for schools statewide.

An abandoned and contaminated five-acre site serves as a disturbing gateway to the village of Endicott.

Both hunters and non hunters are sharing the Hudson Valley woods this time of year lets make sure we are all being safe.

Please don't venture in to old mines or caves this winter it can kill the bats hibernating there for the winter.

Picture this: a restless night in Hancock, as search teams comb through the woods, all for a missing man with a heartwarming story.