10.23.2017 Environment Mute swan public hearing set for input on DEC management plan The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation will host a public hearing Oct. 26 to give residents a chance to discuss a revised mute swan management plan.
04.25.2014 Health & Environment Sides meet in Albany to discuss the mute swan’s fate Stakeholders on both sides of a life-or-death debate met in Albany last Thursday to discuss the future of the mute swan, an invasive species on the cusp of widespread...
04.25.2014 Health & Environment Lines being drawn as DEC takes aim at majestic swan WHAT’S THE PROBLEM? Aggression toward humans and native animal species, the depletion of submerged vegetation in aquatic ecosystems and degraded water quality due to droppings are among the negative...
04.01.2014 Opinion Grossman: The DEC at its worst with mute swans Hands down, what is the dumbest thing the Department of Environmental Conservation has ever come up with? How about the DEC’s plan to slaughter 2,200 beautiful, elegant, graceful birds,...
