Steve Featherstone

Syracuse

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N.Y. crossbow hunters have fingers crossed as bill inches closer to vote

4 days ago | mymalonetelegram.com | Steve Featherstone

ALBANY — Many New York hunters have crossed their fingers for more than a decade in hopes that the state would one day allow them to use crossbows like any other piece of archery equipment for hunting game. That time might finally be here. A bill that would allow use of crossbows for big game hunting anywhere longbows are permitted has now made it further in the state legislature than any previous crossbow bill.
NY crossbow hunters have fingers crossed as bill inches closer to vote

5 days ago | thedailynewsonline.com | Steve Featherstone

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NY crossbow hunters have fingers crossed as bill inches closer to vote

5 days ago | thelcn.com | Steve Featherstone

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Here’s how New Yorkers can report harmful algal blooms online this summer

1 week ago | nny360.com | Steve Featherstone

Given the cold, rainy spring we’re having, it’s hard to believe summer is just around the corner. That means backyard barbecues, beach trips, and that ruiner of weekend plans, harmful algal blooms, or HABs.2024 was the worst season ever for HABs in the Finger Lakes according to Inside Climate News. The state Department of Environmental Conservation activated its New York Harmful Algal Bloom System for the 2025 season, which allows people to report harmful algal blooms online.
Syracuse’s Rosamond Gifford Zoo welcomes new baby red wolves, penguins

1 week ago | nny360.com | Steve Featherstone

What’s red, white, black and cute all over? Eight new baby animals at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo. Specifically, six red wolf pups and two Humboldt penguin chicks. Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon praised zoo personnel at a news conference in May announcing the new arrivals. “There’s fewer than 20 of these wolves in the wild population today,” McMahon said.
N.Y. crossbow hunters have fingers crossed as bill inches closer to vote

1 week ago | nny360.com | Steve Featherstone

ALBANY — Many New York hunters have crossed their fingers for more than a decade in hopes that the state would one day allow them to use crossbows like any other piece of archery equipment for hunting game. That time might finally be here. A bill that would allow use of crossbows for big game hunting anywhere longbows are permitted has now made it further in the state legislature than any previous crossbow bill.
Adirondack Mountain high: Hikers lose friend, minds, on bad trip

1 week ago | lehighvalleylive.com | Steve Featherstone

On the morning of May 24, two hikers called 911 to report that a third member of their party had died while climbing Cascade Mountain, one of the Adirondacks most popular high peaks. A New York State Department of Environmental Conservation forest ranger responded immediately. Meanwhile, the pair of hikers encountered the Cascade Summit Steward, claiming that they were lost.
Syracuse driver ticketed for grabbing baby goose

1 week ago | syracuse.com | Steve Featherstone

On May 11, a driver in Syracuse stopped for a flock of wild Canada geese congregating near the side of the road. The driver then got out of the car, scooped up a gosling, took it back to the car, and drove away. A bystander captured the whole thing on video and took down the vehicle’s license plate number. A short time later, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation police officer Scalisi located the vehicle and pulled the driver over.
NY crossbow hunters have fingers crossed as bill inches closer to vote

1 week ago | syracuse.com | Steve Featherstone

Many New York hunters have crossed their fingers for more than a decade in hopes that the state would one day allow them to use crossbows like any other piece of archery equipment for hunting game. That time might finally be here. A bill that would allow use of crossbows for big game hunting anywhere longbows are permitted has now made it further in the NYS legislature than any previous crossbow bill.
Syracuse University grad wins Pulitzer Prize for essays about life in Gaza

1 week ago | syracuse.com | Steve Featherstone

Palestinian poet and author Mosab Abu Toha was recently awarded a 2025 Pulitzer Prize for a series of essays published in the New Yorker magazine documenting life in Gaza during the war with Israel. Abu Toha, 32, is a visiting scholar at Syracuse University and a 2023 graduate of SU’s renowned MFA program in creative writing. He returned to Syracuse last year through the university’s participation in the international Scholars at Risk program.