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• Nassau: Wastewater spills into channel

  occurred about 11 p.m. and lasted about an hour, according to a spill report posted Friday on the website. The state Department of Environmental Conservation was informed shortly after midnight, the report said.The plant on Nassau's South Shore dumped about   Read more »

• DEC advises of high wildfire risk in New York

  state Department of Environmental Conservation on Friday advised residents about New York's high-risk period for wildfires and reminded them to follow restrictions that prohibit residential brush burning.Joe Martens, the agency's commissioner, said in a news   Read more »

Around the web

• OUT THERE: Upper Hudson opening to canoeists

  Connie Prickett of the Adirondack Chapter of the Nature Conservancy, left, and Bob Stegemann of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, canoe along the upper Hudson River in Newcomb, N.Y. In April, the state bought 9,300 acres of former 9:56 AM from San Francisco Chronicle Read more »

• Kenai Borough to assess Nikiski groundwater

  4,200 gallons of oil-contaminated waste, sludge and other pollutants were dumped at one site in the early 1980s. The Department of Environmental Conservation is trying to assess whether contamination near the site lingers. Navarre says he doesn't want borough 5/19/13 from San Francisco Chronicle Read more »

• States to get initial money from Japanese gift

  $1 million isn't sufficient to meet Alaska's needs, said Janna Stewart, a temporary employee with the state Department of Environmental Conservation assigned to the tsunami debris issue. Chris Pallister, president of the beach-cleaning group Gulf of Alaska   from Sify Read more »

• Oysters Approved Under Sag Harbor Village Dock as Water Quality Concerns Continue with DEC Closure of the Coves

  days after the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) closed shell fishing in Sag Harbor Cove and Upper Sag Harbor Cove, Simon Harrison was approved by the village board to raise oysters on a fixed village dock next to the Breakwater   from The Sag Harbor Express Read more »

• Hastings Seeks Volunteers for Deer Sterilization Experiment

  Hastings-on-Hudson waits to see if the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) will allow them to sterilize local deer with immunocontraception darts­—the Village isn’t wasting time preparing for its potential experiment. “It’s a scientifically   from Rivertowns Patch Read more »