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Air Quality Health Advisory Issued for Western New York and New York City Metro for Friday, July 1, 2022. In effect 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Statement from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation on Denial of the Title V Permit Renewal for Greenidge Generation, LLC

DEC announced a new state record for smallmouth bass was set on June 15, opening day for bass harvest season.

DEC announced a two-year study to monitor the health and contaminant loads of Atlantic striped bass in New York’s marine waters.

State Parks and DEC announced the launch of the 2022 Outdoor Photo Contest to highlight the best of New York’s natural beauty and special destinations among New York’s state campgrounds and parklands.

The New York State DEC and Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation launch new trainings to help prevent domestic and sexual violence at the hundreds of parks, campgrounds, day use areas, trails, boat launches, and other public outdoor spaces operated across New York.

DEC announced that fishing seasons for muskellunge begin on June 1 in inland waters and June 15 in Great Lakes waters (Lake Erie, Upper Niagara River, Lower Niagara River, Lake Ontario, and the St. Lawrence River).

DEC and DOH issued an Air Quality Health Advisory for the Long Island and New York City Metro regions for Saturday, May 21, 2022.

DEC announced that spring turkey season opens on Sunday, May 1, in all of upstate New York north of the Bronx-Westchester County boundary.

DEC confirmed Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) in Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Nassau, Oswego, Suffolk, and Ulster counties.