The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced that 1,000 eight-inch lake sturgeon have been released into Cattaraugus CreekThe release was carried out in partnership with the Seneca Nation of Indians and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and is the first step in a 25-year plan to reestablish a self-sustaining spawning population in the creek.
For a sixth straight year, the Aquarium of Niagara turned to one of its most popular residents – Stryker the harbor seal – to deliver Western New York’s winter weather outlook.His latest prediction calls for a frigid season ahead. The aquarium says Stryker has a perfect 5 for 5 record with past forecasts, correctly predicting a mix of mild and frigid winters since 2020.
A dazzling spiral in the sky had residents across the Northeast doing double takes this week, According to experts, it wasn’t… or aliens. Professor John Crassidis, a SUNY Distinguished Professor in aerospace engineering at the University at Buffalo, says the spiral was caused by a rocket venting gas as it spun in orbit.The Sentinel-1D, launched from the European Spaceport in French Guiana on Tuesday, matches the time when the rocket was seen over Western New York.