New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

Riverhead Town has not revoked Patriot's use permit, but has sent the owner a letter prohibiting deliveries of yard trimmings to the site until active farming begins, Riverhead Town Attorney Erik Howard said.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has announced several proposed changes to deer hunting regulations. Public comments on the proposed regulation will be accepted until Aug. 18.

An air quality health advisory is in effect today for the Long Island region, where levels of ground level ozone will make the air unhealthy for sensitive groups, including  young children, people with cardiovascular disease and respiratory disease such as asthma.

The State Department of Environmental Conservation plans to conduct prescribed burns on certain DEC-managed lands in Suffolk County between now and early May.

The State DEC has launched an online platform for reporting dead birds, as part of its effort to monitor the spread of avian influenza in New York State.People are cautioned to avoid contact with wildlife, keep domestic animals away and take precautions for disposing of carcasses.

The new freshwater wetlands regulations will roughly double the acreage of state-regulated freshwater wetlands in New York by 2028.

Somewhere inside the Suffolk Supreme Court in Riverhead, a judge has a pounding headache. And it’s not about to go away anytime soon. Here's why.

The minimum size for black sea bass keepers is now 16.5 inches. From June 23 to Aug. 31, recreational anglers are allowed to possess no more than three black sea bass per day. Scup minimums are now 9.5 inches from shore and 10.5 inches from vessels.

Chemical contaminants known to have a wide range of health risks have been detected at the Riverhead landfill site on Youngs Avenue at levels up to more than 10 times the state drinking water standard, prompting an investigation by environmental and health officials into potential contamination of nearby private wells.

The town board voted unanimously last Tuesday to authorize a lawsuit commenced three weeks earlier on its behalf by an outside law firm — after deputy town attorney Ann Marie Prudenti spent about 20 minutes explaining why it wasn't really necessary.