David Figura is reporting for NYup [dot] com Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has reversed the 2013 decision to ban hunting with firearms on 5,300 acres maintained by SUNY ESF in the Adirondacks. The ban was enacted following passage of the SAFE Act. The amendment signed recently by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to legislation now enables the college to restore firearm hunting on the properties. The governor signed the bill October 4 and it took effect October 17, in time for the gun deer hunting season in the Northern Zone, which opened October 26. The amendment covers the 2.500-acre Pack Forest Demonstration Area in Warrensburg in Warren County and the 2,800-acre Dubuar Memorial Forest adjacent to SUNY ESF’s Ranger School in Wanakena near Cranberry Lake in St. Lawrence County. Read the full story at NYup [dot] com.