Thinking Spring? Try these headlines: 'Where are the trout? NY stocking sites announced' and 'BATTER UP: Maple syrup weekends return to NY' ~ Read more

Thomas F. O'Mara

The NYS DEC is stocking brown trout in an abundance of creeks, rivers and other waterways across the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes regions.

The official first day of Spring arrives on Sunday, March 20, 2016, and there's already plenty of news around about springtime events and traditions.

Like trout fishing, and maple syrup.

Read more from the Ithaca Journal, "Where are the trout? NY stocking sites announced"

For a list of state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) brown and rainbow trout stocking sites across the counties comprising the 58th Senate District (Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben, Tompkins and Yates counties), see the following DEC website: http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/30465.html

And on the state's upcoming Maple Syrup Weekends and places where you can enjoy these events, see the following from the Elmira Star-Gazette, "BATTER UP: Maple syrup weekends return to NY"

For additional information on the upcoming weekends and New York's outstanding maple syrup industry, visit the website of the New York State Maple Producers Association.