- NYS HUNTING ACCIDENT RATE REACHES RECORD LOW – Adirondack Almanack ( ) Website
A staff report notes that the New York State DEC has announced that the 2013 New York hunting season had the lowest number of hunting related shooting incidents on record
- NEW YORKERS URGED TO CLEAN DIRTY BIRD FEEDERS – NCPR ( Canton, NY) Website
The Associated Press reports that state conservation officials are calling for New Yorkers to clean their bird feeders, noting that about this time last year they confirmed bacterial infections in common redpolls that frequented feeders across 13 counties.
- DO NYS COUNTIES HAVE A BETTER PROPERTY TAX CUT PLAN THAN CUOMO? – NCPR ( Canton, NY) Website
Reporter Karen DeWitt reports that while Gov. Andrew Cuomo is starting a new push for his property tax freeze plan, counties in the state say they have a better idea that could result in lower property taxes in New York for even longer.
- GILLIBRAND URGES FEDS TO LOOK AT BEE LOSSES IN NY – NCPR ( Canton, NY) Website
The Associated Press reports that Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has written Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to request that he expand the department’s efforts to revive bee populations in New York and the Northeast.
- HEARING SET ON HURRICANE, ST. REGIS MTN FIRE TOWERS – Adirondack Almanack ( ) Website
A staff report notes that the Proposed Final Drafts of the Hurricane Mountain and St. Regis Mountain Fire Tower Historic Area Unit Management Plans have been presented by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to the Adirondack Park Agency Board
- TONING IT DOWN – Post-Star ( Glens Falls, NY) Website
Reporter Jamie Munks reports that Lake George village officials are considering a local law that would tone down signs in the village.