The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has announced the finalization of the ten-year State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP). The plan governs how funds from the federal State and …

It’s been a wonderful Fall for the young folks with lots of cool outdoors events and activities. I’ve been asked to give a recap of some of them. There were 94 children that signed in at the Kay …

Epic adventures often start quite innocently. This one begins at the intersection of Delaware County Route 26 and Gregory Hollow Road. Local folks will know Route 26 as the one from Downsville up …

The Pennsylvania Game Commission will be holding a meeting today, Friday, September 25, at 8:30 AM. The Commission is requesting public comments. They will be live-streaming the event on YouTube. A …

A friend, Mary Heinle of White Sulphur Springs (a wonderful selfless lady who, by the way, has donated enough pints of blood over the years to almost fill an Olympic-size swimming pool), called the …

The other day I noticed a yellow birch tree with a grid pattern of elongated holes in it. Knowing it to be the work of a type of woodpecker called a sapsucker and having seen these similar groups of …

The Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs of Sullivan County will be hosting its annual Kay Danchak Memorial Youth Outdoor Expo at the Grahamsville Fairgrounds on September 5. The Sullivan County …

In the Sportsman section of the Little World’s Fair in Grahamsville this past Saturday, there was a master craftsman carving out a longbow. It was fascinating to watch him work. Not knowing much …

New York State has eight PRISMs (Partnerships for Regional Invasive Species Management). In recent years, a powerful new tool has been added to their combat arsenal. Our canine companions can be …

The Pennsylvania Game Commission has announced that their Elk Cam has started up for the season. Some of our readers may not be familiar with Elk Cam, but it’s a pretty big deal. It’s a live …

There is a swarm of very small bees working the blossoms of the trumpet vine this morning. Much smaller than the familiar European honeybees and bumblebees, I’m not sure what kind they are. …

Many animals are threatened or endangered as they continue to lose habitat to humans and our insatiable quest for development. But every once in a while, we hear about a species that is actually …

Back in 2011, I was in the Town of Liberty Building Department office and was shown a flyer on the bulletin board about Giant Hogweed being discovered in Sullivan County. The NYS DEC had been there …

Leave No Trace is a national organization dedicated to training folks on how to protect the outdoors while enjoying it. They are partners with state agencies such as, the Pennsylvania Department of …

Birding is a very popular pastime for folks, and many of us feed the birds. According to estimates from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, approximately 7.4 million …

Back in March the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation proposed some changes to the regulations for hunting deer. They asked for public input and after receiving more than 1000 responses, …

Red knots are a medium size shorebird. They are some of the largest members of the sandpiper family, with six known subspecies. Red knots have one of the longest migrations on record. The red …

Welcome to the thirteenth annual Invasive Species Awareness Week in New York. There are four basic categories of invasives: insects, plants, animals and pathogens. According to the Department of …

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has announced a new program called “These Lands Are For Everyone”. It’s designed to open up State land and make it more accessible to …

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has announced that approximately 227,032 deer were harvested during the 2025-26 season. That is up 2 percent from the previous year and …

Most of our readers are familiar with the little Red Eft, a terrestrial juvenile stage of the Eastern Newt. It’s common to see these little salamanders in moist areas while out in the woods. They …

New York is home to three different weasels: the Long-Tailed Weasel, the Short-Tailed Weasel and the Least Weasel. Let’s learn about these tenacious little predators. Weasels are members of …

  NYS DEC Commissioner Amanda Lefton has just announced a new Hunter Achievement Awards (HAA) Program. Hunters and trappers in New York will be eligible for the new awards for successfully …

Last year around this time, I wrote about the NYS DEC’s exciting new HuntFishNY program. Anne McNamara and John Milo, from the DEC Hunter Education Program (HEP) for Region 3, held their annual …

Saturday’s rain may have dampened the spirits of some who had hoped to spend time out of doors but was really just what our rivers and streams needed - the inch or so of rain that fell raised water …