Evangola State Park Improvementns

by Jack Coad | May 9, 2026 | Conservation News

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (NYSOPRHP), as lead agency, has determined that the proposed Evangola State Park- Site and Bathhouse Improvements will not have a significant adverse environmental impact. The action involves the Various parkwide improvements will be made throughout Evangola State Park, as well as to the existing bathhouse. Site improvements will include reconfiguration of the existing entrance road, construction of new multi-use paths, milling and paving of existing roads and parking lots, removal and replacement in-kind of the existing tollbooth, demolition of an existing bathroom building in Area 4 and replacement with a new prefabricated bathroom building, installation of a new pavilion, and parkwide tree plantings and signage upgrades. Site improvements in the maintenance area of the park will include demolition and reconstruction of an existing salt barn, construction of a new pole barn, and removal and replacement in-kind of existing fuel dispensers and tank monitoring equipment. Improvements to the existing bathhouse will include interior improvements and reconfiguration, upgrades to interior fixtures and finishes, modifications to the masonry courtyard walls, removal of the outdoor shower area, improvements to the bathhouse plaza and flag plaza, and associated utility work. The project is located at 10191 Old Lake Shore Rd, Irving in the Town of Brant and the Town of Evans, New York.

Legislative Report 04-23-26

by Carl Leas | Apr 23, 2026 | Laws and Legislation

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While some of these bills do not appear to have direct link to Conservation, they are an integral part of conservation in Western and ultimately New York State e.g. Fire-arm regulations, wind turbines and wind farms, term limits, recall bills, and salaries of elected state officials and legislators as well as some statewide insurance requirements are just a few of the crossovers we need to be aware of.

These bills are from legiscan.com. Here you can click on NY as home state and browse from day one of the current legislative session or search for a particular bill, from where you can read the bill, see who has sponsored the bill and where it currently stands in committees. “Spectrum” will tell you whether this was sponsored by one or both parties. “Status” will tell when it was introduced. “Action” will tell you the most recent action that has occurred on the proposal. “Pending” will tell you which committee it is currently in. “Sponsored” will tell you which legislators and their party affiliations sponsored the bill. “Summary” will give you a quick overview or title of the proposed bill. “History” will tell you where it has been since it was introduced. “Same As/Similar As” will show the legislative companion bill number, date of introduction and action in the companion NYS legislature.

Several proposed bills will appear more than once or seem to. This is because they have moved through several different committees in their corresponding chamber or have been amended or a version has been introduced in the other NYS Assembly or Senate Chamber.

Clicking on the bill number will take you to the bill. Clicking on “Detail” will take to the bill, its summary, whose sponsoring it, the current area it is in, and whether it is being monitored. Clicking on “Text” gives you the actual wording of the bill. Clicking on “Discuss” gives you any discussion on the bill.

US	SB4339	Intro 25%	A bill to reform Federal firearms laws, and for other purposes. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2026-04-16 To Senate Judiciary Committee
US	SB528	Intro 25%	A bill to reauthorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, and for other purposes. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2026-04-15 To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
US	HB8297	Intro 25%	To restore and protect the Second Amendment rights of residents and United States citizens who visit the District of Columbia by modernizing the District’s firearm laws, eliminating prior restraints on acquisition and possession, establishing conceal… [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2026-04-15 To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee
NY	A10936	Intro 25%	Specifies the marine and coastal district as part of the definition of tidal wetlands. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2026-04-14 [Hearing: Apr 21] To Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee
NY	A01923	Intro 25%	Prohibits the trade of farmed fur products if any of the fur was sourced from an animal that was raised, maintained, kept, or housed for all or part of its life on a fur farm. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2026-04-14 To Assembly Economic Development, Job Creation, Commerce and Industry Committee
NY	A10965	Intro 25%	Authorizes municipalities to require a permit for the construction of a major renewable energy facility, major electric transmission facility or certain major electric generating facilities. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2026-04-14 To Assembly Energy Committee
NY	A10986	Intro 25%	Prohibits the use of trawling, gill nets, and trammel nets except for scientific purposes. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2026-04-14 To Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee
NY	S09917	Intro 25%	Authorizes municipalities to require a permit for the construction of a major renewable energy facility, major electric transmission facility or certain major electric generating facilities. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2026-04-14 To Senate Energy and Telecommunications Committee
NY	S06121	Engross 50%	Requires the preparation and dissemination of written materials regarding child access prevention and the safe storage of firearms; establishes such information shall be provided to students and/or persons in a parental relationship to such students … [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2026-04-13 To Assembly Codes Committee
NY	S04755	Engross 50%	Establishes the farm ownership succession planning program to provide farm owners with a succession planning toolkit that can be used by such farm owners who plan on selling or closing their farm. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2026-04-13 [Hearing: Apr 21 @ 11:00 am] To Senate Agriculture Committee
NY	S09827	Intro 25%	Relates to the regulation of three-dimensional printed firearms; provides that a person who intentionally sells, distributes, or disposes of a three-dimensional printed firearm is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2026-04-07 To Senate Codes Committee
NY	S09736	Intro 25%	Relates to certifying instructors in small arms practice; provides that after December 31, 2028 individuals certified as an instructor in small arms practice shall seek recertification subject to the standards and curriculum promulgated by the divisi… [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2026-04-02 To Senate Codes Committee
NY	S04408	Engross 50%	Authorizes the department of environmental conservation to enter into agreements or easements for the sole purpose of interconnection of renewable energy installations across reforestation areas where such installations are located outside such refor… [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2026-04-01 AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 4408A
NY	A10483	Intro 25%	Authorizes the department of environmental conservation to enter into agreements or easements for the sole purpose of interconnection of renewable energy installations across reforestation areas where such installations are located outside such refor… [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2026-04-01 To Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee
NY	S09636	Intro 25%	Relates to revoking a license to carry, possess, repair and dispose of firearms for a conviction for failure to safely store rifles, shotguns, and firearms. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2026-03-31 To Senate Codes Committee
NY	S09623	Intro 25%	Relates to allowing the possession and sale of electronic dart guns and electronic stun guns for self-defense; adds such weapons in the definition of obstructing governmental administration by means of a self-defense spray device. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2026-03-30 To Senate Codes Committee
NY	S09629	Intro 25%	Enacts “Francesco’s law” which establishes violations for the failure to safely store rifles, shotguns, and firearms in the presence of a minor or a prohibited person; requires the office of gun violence prevention to collect and analyze statistical … [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2026-03-30 To Senate Codes Committee
NY	S04033	Engross 50%	Provides for the disposition of certain fines and penalties; directs such fines to a conservation enforcement account in the state conservation fund. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2026-03-30 AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4033C
NY	A10751	Intro 25%	Prohibits the hunting of leucistic deer, including white deer and albino deer, or melanistic deer; authorizes the hunting of such deer on private property. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2026-03-27 To Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee
NY	S07236	Intro 25%	Prohibits the purchase of ammunition if such purchaser failed a background check, is prohibited by federal law or is subject to a temporary or extreme risk protection order issued pursuant to article sixty-three-A of the civil practice law and rules. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2026-03-26 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
NY	S09592	Intro 25%	Approves notice and proof of disability or proof of need for family leave, or proof of disability for a special cross-bow permit, from an attending nurse practitioner. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2026-03-26 To Senate Labor Committee
NY	S01833	Engross 50%	Enacts the “harmful algal bloom monitoring and prevention act”; establishes the harmful algal bloom monitoring and prevention fund. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2026-03-26 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
NY	A01191	Engross 50%	Enacts the “safer weapons, safer homes act”; requires the division of criminal justice services to study the technological viability of personalized firearms; defines personalized firearms; requires the division to report to the governor and the legi… [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2026-03-26 To Senate Finance Committee
US	SB4250	Intro 25%	A bill to amend the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act with respect to sport fish restoration and recreational boating safety, and for other purposes. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2026-03-26 To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
US	HB5639	Intro 25%	To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to co-locate renewable energy projects on certain existing Federal leased areas, and for other purposes. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2026-03-25 To House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
US	HR1137	Intro 25%	Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the creation of the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute, Inc., and commending its work establishing industry standards that ensure the safe interoperability of firearms and ammunition. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2026-03-25 To House Judiciary Committee
US	HB2071	Intro 25%	To prohibit Federal funds from being made available to international financial institutions for the purposes of financing foreign shrimp farms, and for other purposes. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2026-03-25 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 491.
US	SB4181	Intro 25%	A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate certain limitations with respect to pre-production plastic pellet pollution, and for other purposes. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2026-03-24 To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
US	HB8059	Intro 25%	To require serialization of firearms produced through additive manufacturing and of unserialized firearms possessed by federally licensed firearms dealers and gunsmiths, to establish penalties for violations, and for other purposes. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2026-03-24 To House Judiciary Committee
US	SB688	Engross 50%	A bill to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing at its sources globally. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2026-03-24 Held at the desk.
NY	S09316	Intro 25%	Replaces the terms father, mother, and filiation to gender neutral language. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2026-03-23 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
NY	A10701	Intro 25%	Relates to certain types of imitation guns, including air rifles, pellet guns, and “B-B” guns. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2026-03-20 To Assembly Consumer Affairs and Protection Committee

Proposed DMP Changes

by Jack Coad | Apr 13, 2026 | Conservation News

The NYS DEC today announced several proposed regulation changes to increase harvest of antlerless deer by hunters. These proposed actions will improve DEC’s ability to manage deer populations to help ensure a healthy herd while also preventing potential increases in deer-vehicle collisions, reduced forest regeneration, and other negative impacts of deer overabundance.

“Deer populations are growing throughout much of New York State,” DEC Commissioner Lefton said. “Increased harvest of antlerless deer by hunters is necessary to keep deer populations healthy, in balance with available habitat, and at levels that are acceptable to all members of the public.”

See Details on DEC Site

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Evangola State Park Improvementns

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