Peter Walke, commissioner of the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation, plans to leave that post next month to take the helm of Efficiency Vermont, a nonprofit energy efficiency ...

He was formerly chief of staff for the New York Department of Environmental Conservation. The governor has not yet appointed someone to fill Walke’s post at ANR.

Jason Batchelder has been tapped to become the new Commissioner of Vermont’s Department of Environmental Conservation. Batchelder had retired in 2022 after serving as the Colonel of the Vermont ...

NEW YORK — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) launched a new podcast, “DEC Does What?!’. Each episode will feature conversations with DEC experts about the agen… ...

Air quality alerts are being issued for Northern New York and much of Vermont on Tuesday due to Canadian wildfire smoke.The New York Department of Environmental Conservation issues an alert for ...

New York will be helping Vermont recover from the severe damage left after recent floods. There are more than 400 dams within Vermont that hold enough water to pose a risk if the dam were to fail.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation announced Wednesday a new state record brook trout. Benjamin Ferguson, a ...

As New York State environmental regulators fine-tune proposed rules governing a controversial natural-gas extraction process, wastewater disposal has emerged as a challenging issue. By Mireya Navarro ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has launched “I BIRD NY,” a challenge urging birders to learn about birds for a chance to win prizes, an ...