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‘Experts’ struggle to explain climate changes

I’m sorry, folks, but this has, for many reasons, been a summer to forget for most of us who enjoy ..


Enjoy the summer outdoors while beating the heat

As we finally begin getting more normal summer-like weather, the arrival of heat and humidity to our area comes as ..


Why mandatory handgun microstamping doesn’t work

Daniel P. Sullivan, who is the assistant pistol license officer for Oneida County wrote the following response to the ongoing ..


Fishing is the ‘lemonade’ from a ‘lemon of a year’

I realize that most people haven’t enjoyed what has been a wet and cool late spring and, so far, summer ..


Studies show link between outdoors and health

In view of all that’s happening in this country – record federal and state deficits, soaring unemployment, political dysfunction and ..


Has the NYSDEC become “totally green?”

The recent direction New York State’s conservation and habitat programs are heading toward is rather scary, or it should be ..


Antler restriction proposal was destined to fail

When DEC Commissioner Grannis announced recently that the department had dropped plans that would have created antler restrictions (AR) for ..


Prolonged Spring-like weather good for anglers

Thanks to an abnormally wet and cool month of June, the prospects for enjoying some excellent fishing well into the ..


Climate change may benefit invasives while eradicating natives

So much has been said and written about climate change and global warming that there’s not much I can add ..


Invasive species threten indigenous forests

Many senior citizens can readily recall the magnificent American elm trees that once dotted our countryside and villages. Dutch Elm ..


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