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Explore the boreal forest and bogs -- close to home
In northern New York, boreal forests dip southward into a few select places where we can look at some of the common species of those northern forests.

  • Close-to-home angling, or fishing on the cheap
    High gas prices encourage fishing closer to home, preferably within walking distance from home.

  • Lake Champlain looks to expand sea-lamprey control program
    The Lake Champlain Fish and Wildlife Management Cooperative currently implements an integrated program of sea lamprey control on 15 tributaries of Lake Champlain using lampricides to kill stream-resident larvae as well as barriers and trapping to reduce spawning success in tributaries.

  • Rare wildlife observations - Is what you see really what you get?
    In nature, researchers divide wildlife sightings into categories, depending on the evidence beyond a personal visual encounter. In the North Country, a plausible sighting could be one of a moose or fisher. A far-fetched sighting might be something like Champy or Bigfoot.

  • So you want to be an expert on cougars?
    There is a cougar field identification workshop scheduled for the Ladder Ranch outside Albuquerque, N.M., March 9 through 13, 2009.

  • Openings still available at DEC summer camps
    The DEC Summer Camp Program offers week-long adventures in conservation education to New York state residents ages 12 to 17.

  • Spring hatches at their peak in June
    Always remember that if you see the trout splashing on the surface, they are taking Caddis. This narrows your choice of patterns to just one. That is the Usual. Fish the fly with a slight erratic action by pulling it under and then letting it pop to the surface.

  • Prehistoric-looking, but thoroughly modern
    Great Blue Heron decoys are used by some waterfowlers, figuring if other birds see the heron peaceful it will indicate that all is well.

  • Silver - yes, another species of lamprey
    Three-pounders are rare in this river, so when Neligan examined the 19-inch fish, he was shocked to find what appeared to be three lamprey scars on it.

  • DEC announces free state fishing events
    To help newcomers or those interested in learning how to fish, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has scheduled free fishing events.

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