Governor Cuomo wants to cap salaries for directors of state-funded not-for-profits and for-profit groups.

Under it, executives would be limited to a top salary of $199,000

The proposed regulations cover providers that receive more than half a million dollars in state support every year and receive at least thirty percent of their annual funding from the state.

The application is now posted online for the Department of Environmental Conservation Environmental Education Summer Camps.

The DEC Environmental Education Camps offer campers experiences in sportsman education, games, lessons, hands-on activities, swimming, hiking, canoeing and other outdoor activities. Through these activities, campers will learn about forests, water quality, nature and more.

There are four different camps kids can attend, Camp Colby, Camp DeBruce, Camp Rushford and Camp Pack Forest. Campers will participate in discovery groups and will complete six lessons. These lessons include group dynamics, explorations of different habitats and human impacts on the environment.  Science, problem solving, games, journal keeping and wildlife activities are also part of what campers will experience.

Camp starts on July 1, 2012 and goes until August 18, 2012. Campers can attend multiple times during the seven, week-long sessions.

RENSSELAER - Larry Schroeder and his daughter were enjoying their morning cup of coffee Tuesday, when the unexpected happened.

"All of a sudden she jumped up and said, 'Dad there's a big black bear in the yard!' And I thought "yeah, sure there is."

Then he looked out the window and saw it for himself: a large black bear in the back yard. Larry suspected the bear was looking for bird seed to eat, but his own feeders were empty. So after chasing away some wild turkeys, Larry said the bear slowly ambled into the woods.

"Wasn't in a hurry. Taking his sweet time, evidently wasn't scared of anything," he said.

The bear's presence did cause a commotion. Police and state environmental conservation officers scoured the area, alerting neighbors to bring in their garbage and bird feeders.