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Need eco-friendly ways to manage your fall leaves without burning them? Here are three green alternatives to help keep the air clean while benefiting your garden and community.

The Department of Environmental Conservation wants to remind you that bats are a very important part of our environment. Instead of being afraid, let's help protect them. Here's how you can do your part.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is hiring for summer and the jobs are at the most beautiful parks in the state. There are many positions available for the DEC's Summer Camps program.

Here's the letter of the law

Love - and skunk spray - is in the air

There are fifty ski resorts throughout New York State and the top five are right here in Upstate New York.

If you have always wanted to go on a family camping trip but didn't know how to begin planning, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is offering a way to do it for free!

This is the time of year when Upstate New Yorkers see more wildlife on the roadways and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation wants you to be alert. They are calling for drivers to slow down and give these creatures a break.

More coyotes have been spotted prowling school grounds.