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Ban Reduces Wildfire Risks, Protects Lives and Property New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos today announced the annual statewide ban prohibiting residential brush burning will begin March 16, and run through May 14. With spring approaching, DEC is reminding residents that conditions for wildfires are heightened in springtime when most […]

DEC stalling on release of High Peaks visitor recommendations Source: Advisory group’s long-awaited recommendations delayed again

Source: Stefanik votes against Justice in Policing Act | Government | nny360.com

Source: Cuomo’s office ignored rules governing sexual harassment investigations

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Elise Stefanik is an original cosponsor of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, bipartisan legislation that would provide meaningful reform to the agricultural guest worker program and establish a merit-based visa program specifically designed for the agricultural sector. Congresswoman Stefanik voted for this legislation in the 116th Congress. “North Country farmers have long […]

Source: Supreme Court Makes It Harder For Undocumented Immigrants To Fight Deportation | NCPR News

Source: Snowmobiler dies following Lake George crash through the ice – – The Adirondack Almanack

Something Fishy – Essex County On Feb. 18, ECO LaPoint received a report of ice fishermen on Schroon Lake, Essex County, who were catching lake trout shorter than the legal length of 18 inches. ECO LaPoint contacted Acting Lieutenant Nicols, who located the suspects’ vehicle with information provided by the complainant. From the shore, the […]

Northern Vermont Facility Source: Northern State Correctional Facility Coronavirus outbreak growing

Source: Cuomo could have criminal exposure in sexual harassment case, Fitzpatrick says – syracuse.com

Source: NY attorney general moving forward with Cuomo sexual harassment probe – syracuse.com

BELLMONT, N.Y. — A 57-year-old man is dead after a snowmobile crash involving two sleds in northern New York on Friday. According to state police, the crash happened just before 11 a.m. Troopers said Richard Button, of Gansevoort, was driving on a maintained trail near Bellmont when he hit another snowmobile traveling in the opposite […]

Source: Impaired crashes on New York roads is an ongoing problem | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Source: As North Country prisons close, communities divided between reform and job losses | NCPR News

DEC Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents statewide. Working with other state agencies, local emergency response organizations, and volunteer search and rescue groups, Forest Rangers locate and extract lost, injured, or distressed people from across New York State. In 2020, DEC Forest Rangers conducted 492 search and rescue missions, extinguished 192 wildfires that […]

Source: Adirondack Loj Road closes temporarily due to cement truck rollover

Source: University Mall shooting suspect arrested

Source: Burlington panel clashes with acting police chief about oversight – VTDigger

Source: Farm Bureau backs path to citizenship for undocumented dairy workers | NCPR News

Source: Advocates: NY leaving inmates vulnerable to virus | News | pressrepublican.com

Source: Police: Albany landlord tied up, ‘evicted’ sleeping tenants, dumping them in cemetery

Recent Forest Ranger Actions New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents statewide. Working with other state agencies, local emergency response organizations, and volunteer search and rescue groups, Forest Rangers locate and extract lost, injured, or distressed people from across New York State. Town of Keene Essex […]

Source: Bare Hill inmate dies of COVID-19 | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Source: Police: Man dead, horse killed after car hits buggy in St. Lawrence County

Source: Vermont Supreme Court upholds historic gun control law – VTDigger