New York may be synonymous with New York City to outsiders, but real New Yorkers know there's a lot more to the empire state, including some unique wildlife in our largest forest.
As a way to help prevent this disease from entering New York State, the NYS DEC has a law that prohibits bringing back whole carcasses from hunters who hunt in other states.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is tightening its reign on deer coming into the state to prevent deer chronic wasting disease.