The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has renewed the Village of Manlius' license to collect and possess four existing immature non-native mute swans, but there's a catch.

Lethal control of the swans would ... impact statement first in order to assess the significance of eradicating all mute swans in the state. Fortunately, after receiving thousands of comments and ...

This past December, mute swans in New York ... Quality Review Act to first produce an environmental impact statement. The DEC subsequently revised its plan, scaling back—but not eliminating—the ...