Winter is prime time for watching bald eagles here’s how
Recovered from near extinction, the U.S. national bird is now abundant and easy to see.
ByRene Ebersole
Two bald eagles lock talons, tumble, and twist against a gray sky.
Hidden inside a small wooden structure designed to allow people to spy on the birds, we crane our necks to watch their aerial acrobatics. Suddenly, one eagle breaks away and swoops low over the Mongaup Falls Reservoir in New York, startling a flock of black ducks that darts into the shallows.
“It’s going to perch!” Brad Orey says, positioning a telescope and focusing the lens on a tree where the eagle has landed. “We’ve got a percher!”
At WCSU, research continues despite COVID Written by WCSU
Despite the limitations imposed by the Novel Coronavirus, graduate-level research conducted by students pursuing master’s degrees in Integrative Biological Diversity at Western Connecticut State University continues under the mentorship of department faculty.
Professor of Biological and Environmental Studies Dr. Theodora Pinou, who coordinates the M.S. in Integrative Biological Diversity program, said, “Covid-19 doesn’t stop research, it causes us to get creative about project design and project management. Covid-19 has opened a whole new interest in outdoor experiences, and this can have negative consequences on the environment unless we pay attention to how humans are impacting the environmental health of our ecosystems. Now, more than ever, this Integrated Biological Diversity degree is important to teach a generation of adults proper practices in environmental stewardship and personal responsibility tha
New York Free Fishing Days For 2021 To Kick Off This Month
New Yorkers will have several chances this year to do some freshwater fishing without a license.
It just may be the ultimate social distancing activity, and over the next 11 months, you will have the opportunity to cast that line without the commitment of buying a fishing license.
Every year the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) sets aside several Free Fishing Days on fresh water and according to the DEC website here s when they will take place in 2021:
Saturday, February 13th & Sunday, February 14th
Saturday, June 26th & Sunday, June 27th
For Immediate Release, February 1, 2021
Contact:
Jess Tyler, Center for Biological Diversity, (406) 366-4872, jtyler@biologicaldiversity.org
Keith Hirokawa, Bombus Pollinator Association of Law Students of Albany Law School, (518) 852-2620, khiro@albanylaw.edu
Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for American Bumblebee
President Biden Urged to Prevent Extinction of Once-common Bumblebee Devastated by Habitat Loss, Pesticides, Disease
WASHINGTON Conservation groups petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to grant Endangered Species Act protection to the American bumblebee.
The petition was filed by the Center for Biological Diversity and the Bombus Pollinator Association of Law Students of Albany Law School.
Once among the nation’s most commonly observed bumblebees from coast to coast, the bee has declined by an estimated 89% in just the past 20 years.
DRESDEN, NY (WENY) Greenidge Generation, which operates a bitcoin mining operation at its natural gas power plant facility in Yates County, issued a statement in response to concerns and efforts.