NYDEC

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Love - and skunk spray - is in the air

There are fifty ski resorts throughout New York State and the top five are right here in Upstate New York.

It is Bat Week in New York State (through October 31st) and the Department of Environmental Conservation wants to remind you that bats are a very important part of our environment. Instead of being afraid, let's help protect them.

If you have always wanted to go on a family camping trip but didn't know how to begin planning, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is offering a way to do it for free!

This is the time of year when Upstate New Yorkers see more wildlife on the roadways and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation wants you to be alert. They are calling for drivers to slow down and give these creatures a break.

More coyotes have been spotted prowling school grounds.

"Shocking" would be a word to describe the ridiculous cost of meat in the supermarket these days. Beef, poultry and pork prices have risen between six and eight percent across the country. Family budgets are being blown apart, as people are trying to put some meat in their meals. That's why more people in New York State are turning to harvesting venison, okay, hunting deer.