New Paltz Issues Boil Water Alert

September 22, 2011 Maria Jayne 0

New Paltz became one of more than 100 other areas in Ulster County where residents could not consume water for five days, due to “increased turbidity” near local reservoirs caused by the high winds and heavy rain during Hurricane Irene, officials said. The storm made its way up the coast to New Paltz on Aug. 28, leaving flooding and other damage in its wake. According to Director of Environmental […]

Who Let the Boars Out?

September 15, 2011 Maria Jayne 0

Boar hunter in the northeast can rejoice: feral swine are invading New York. “Feral swine, also known as wild boars, wild hogs, razorbacks and Russian boars, are not native to New York. The term feral swine includes the Eurasian wild boars, domestic pigs that have escaped from farms and ‘gone wild’ and hybrids of the two,” said Kelly Stang of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). Feral swine reproduce rapidly when […]