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Womens History Month Portions of this page may require JavaScript to be enabled for your browser. DEC joins the nation in celebrating the accomplishments of women throughout the month of March during Womens History Month. Whether through internal initiatives designed to advance professional growth for staff or opportunities for women across New York to sharpen outdoor recreation skills and knowledge, DEC is highlighting some of the remarkable women who make the agencys work possible. A Testimon...

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Former APA board member Chad Dawson joins Adirondack Wild board Gwendolyn Craig Adirondack Explorer FacebookTwitterEmail ALBANY — Chad Dawson, the Adirondack Park Agency board member who resigned late last year out of frustration with the agency and state Department of Environmental Conservation, has taken a new position with an environmental advocacy group. Dawson, a leading expert on natural resource management, was elected Tuesday to the board of directors for Adirondack Wild: Friends of...

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RUSSELL: What do you see as some of the top issues facing the Adirondacks? PHILLIPS: Some of the key issues in my mind would be High Peaks overuse, diversity and inclusion, as I just mentioned, water quality, climate change, which you know, I think over the long term, a lot of the other issues will nestle under that umbrella. So theres definitely a lot of work to do, but I feel confident that the Council has really built a winning conservation team. Its going to be the first all-female conserva...

DEC Announces Southern Zone Holiday Deer Hunt for December 2021 New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos today announced the adoption of a new regulation to establish a “Holiday Deer Hunt” by extending the late bow and muzzleloader hunting seasons for deer from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1, in New York’s Southern Zone. “As part of our ongoing efforts to capitalize on the growing interest in hunting, we’re excited to announce that beginning this Dece...

Royal Dutch Shell, one of the multinationals that has defined the oil industry, is slowly turning away from the fossil fuel that made its fortune over the decades. The company said Feb. 11 that its production of oil peaked before the coronavirus pandemic and will fall steadily as it attempts an amb...

Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canadas oil and gas industry Big chill heats up prices Storm freezes third of U.S. oil production; Permian Basin output down 65% Steve Sutherlin Petroleum News Alaska North Slope crude eked out a 3-cent gain Feb. 10, notching a close of $61.26 to cap off the longest oil price rally in two years. Brent and West Texas Intermediate made small gains, closing at $61.47 and $58.68, respectively. On Feb. 11, all three indexes fell as traders and analysts ponde...

Providing coverage of Alaska and northern Canadas oil and gas industry Retrenching to survive Kay Cashman Petroleum News ConocoPhillips Alaska said Feb. 15 that 8-9% of its staff of 1,100 will either be laid off or accept voluntary severances - this is a separate action from the Feb. 13 layoffs connected to the appellate court decision on the Willow project (see story on this page). Instead, the employee layoffs are related to ConocoPhillips acquisition of Texas-based Concho Resources last fa...

The Alaska Senate Resources Committee began consideration on Feb. 10 of a bill from the governor which would allow the Department of Natural Resources to modify the terms of net profit share leases when necessary to increase production from otherwise uneconomic sources. A net profit share lease req...