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Bald Eagle Populations Soaring
NEW YORK -- A new report from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service showed there are now more than 316,000 individual American bald eagles in the lower 4…
International Tiger Day Puts Focus on Conservation
NEW YORK -- Today is International Tiger Day, and conservation groups are highlighting efforts to preserve tiger habitat and increase the numbers of …
Federal Law Protecting Birds for 100 Years is Rolled Back
NEW YORK – The Migratory Bird Treaty Act, one of the first environmental laws in the country, turned 100 this week – but the protection …
Abundant Fish Return to NY Waters
NEW YORK – The return of huge schools of forage fish to waters off Long Island is paying off for New York in a lot of ways. For larger fish …
Marine National Monument a Victory for Habitat, Science
NEW YORK - President Obama on Thursday announced the designation of the first marine national monument in Atlantic waters. Spanning almost 5,000 …
Eagles Thriving in Empire State
NEW YORK -- New York's bald eagle population is on the rebound. Monday was National American Eagle Day, and for the second year in a row, three bald …
NY Animal Rights Advocates: Big Bore Air Rifles a Big Problem
NEW YORK - New York's Department of Environmental Conservation has proposed amending state law to allow certain air-powered firearms, also known as …
Animal Rights Advocates Demand Care for Abandoned Chimps
NEW YORK - Protesters will be outside the offices of the New York Blood Center in Manhattan on Thursday, calling on the center to take care of …
Nonprofit Aims to Change NY School Lunch Menus with Farmers' Help
COPAKE, N.Y. - The founders of the New York nonprofit FarmOn! Foundation, say they're on a mission to bring fresh food from New York's farms to …
A NY Court Denies Freedom to Research Chimps
NEW YORK – A New York State Supreme Court justice has denied a petition to free Hercules and Leo, two research chimpanzees at the State …
Outcry Grows: NY Blood Center “Abandoning” Research Chimps
NEW YORK – It's a nonprofit organization that New Yorkers normally associate with helping people, but the outcry is growing against the New …
Long Island Fish Kill: Latest Sign of Nitrogen Pollution
NEW YORK - If anyone needed a new sign of nitrogen pollution problems in New York, scientists say the tens of thousands of bait fish that washed …