Tag: DEC regulations

  • Six Mile Waterworks Free Fishing Event to Kick Off Trout Season

    Six Mile Waterworks Free Fishing Event to Kick Off Trout Season

    And so it begins… On Monday, April 1st at 10 a.m., the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) will stock Six Mile Waterworks with nearly 2,000 catch-able size rainbow trout during a Free Fishing Event to kick off the 2013 fresh water fishing season. In addition, DEC Commissioner Joe Martens will make an…

  • 2012 Sets A New Record For Hunting Safety In New York

    2012 Sets A New Record For Hunting Safety In New York

    The 2012 New York hunting season had the lowest number of hunting-related shooting incidents on record, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Joe Martens announced today. As the tradition of hunting continues, with numerous and expanding opportunities for sportsmen and sportswomen to go afield, hunting in New York continues to be safely…

  • 2012 Freshwater Fishing Season Kicks Into High Gear for The Great Sacandaga Lake

    2012 Freshwater Fishing Season Kicks Into High Gear for The Great Sacandaga Lake

    With catch and release Bass season already underway in some waters, freshwater fishing kicks into high gear on May 5 2012 for the Great Sacandaga Lake and New York state with the opening of the fishing season for many popular warmwater sportfish! The fishing season for many popular warmwater sportfish, including Walleye, Northern Pike, Pickerel…

  • State Ban On Residential Brush Burning Begins March 16

    State Ban On Residential Brush Burning Begins March 16

    All residential brush burning is prohibited in smaller communities during the state’s historically high fire-risk period from March 16 through May 14, state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Joe Martens reminded New Yorkers today. “This time of year has the most risk of fires and the risk is even greater this year due to…

  • New DEC Ice Fishing Regulations for 2012

    New DEC Ice Fishing Regulations for 2012

    As we plunge deeper into winter and the ice fishing season looms closer and closer, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) have updated their Ice Fishing Regulations for the 2012 season. Below you will find the press release from the DEC that covers the updates as well as some tips for successful ice…