Finding the balance between preserving natural areas like wetlands and making way for urban development is a challenge for planners, conservationists, regulators, and residents alike. A District ...

Legislation to exempt inland lakes from the state’s Freshwater Wetlands Act has been reintroduced in the state Senate. Sen.

The state’s Freshwater Wetlands Act, which lawmakers amended in April 2022 and set the changes to take effect Jan. 1, ...

Work is currently underway on a state-funded project that will add 40 acres of public wetlands and more than 40,000 hardwood trees to what already is the largest of the Johnny Appleseed Metropolitan ...

Bear Lake, at a mere 114 acres, flies under the fishing radar for many anglers, taking a back seat to the bigger, famed waters nearby.

Jurisdictional determination is just another point of contention for some regarding New York’s Freshwater Wetlands Act. “Not one size fits all,” said Jim Wehrfritz of the Chautauqua Lake Property ...

The state Department of Environmental Conservation has scheduled at least two upcoming webinars to explain the state’s new ...

The Bemus Point Board of Trustees is unanimously supporting a Chautauqua Lake Management Plan drafted by North Carolina State ...

A major environmental law just got bigger and better, with nearly 300,000 acres of wetlands and beaches gaining protection under the Bolstering Ecosystems Against Coastal Harm (BEACH) Act, reported ...

The Lake George Land Conservancy (LGCL) has purchased 45 acres that are mostly wetlands off of Lake George in the town of Bolton, it announced this week. Located in Huddle Bay and along Homer Point ...

(WJET/WFXP)– More lake effect snow and winter weather conditions continue in the area with weather warnings extended for multiple counties in the area. Erie County and Chautauqua County ...

(WJET/WFXP)– More lake effect snow and winter weather conditions continue in the area with weather warnings extended for multiple counties in the area. Erie County and Chautauqua County, NY will be ...