The New York State Electronic Equipment Recycling and Reuse Act has driven the collection and recycling of more than 520 million pounds — or 260,000 tons — of electronic waste from 2011 to 2016, according to a release from the state’s Department of Environmental conservation.

KNOX — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation will be hosting a public meeting at 6:30 p.m.

Coyotes are in our midst . The state conservation department says, even if they have been silent in Knox this summer, they are generalists and cannot be decimated. A local farmer says, “The coyote is an opportunist.”

The owner of the long-vacant Master Cleaners on Western Avenue has applied to the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation’s Brownfield Cleanup Program.

The manager of Indian Ladder Farms says apple prices won’t increase because of new federal regulations for handling pesticides; the farm is already following most of the protocols.

Developer Gregory Wolanin was charged with using heavy construction machinery in a certified trout stream.
 

NEW SCOTLAND — In 2007, bats started dying due to white-nose syndrome — a disease first verified at Hailes Cave in Thacher Park.