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A screenshot shows a virtual presentation, hosted by Executive Director of the Adirondack Park Agency Barbara Rice, about the $4.2 billion Clean Water, Clean Air and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act.

Breaking down the bond act

By Gwendolyn Craig

The state is drafting criteria for spending from the $4.2 billion Clean Water, Clean Air and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act.

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50th anniversary event looks back, forecasts future issues for APA

By Tim Rowland

Conversation at Adirondack History Museum event moved away from past acrimony and dug into nitty-gritty of current community issues

A sign posted on the Adirondack Mountain Club's Cascade Welcome Center indicates the state Environmental Protection Fund helped pay for the acquisition. Those funds, however, have not been disbursed and may not be, due to disagreement between ADK and the state over a conservation easement.

ADK $500K welcome center grant in limbo

By Gwendolyn Craig

ADK is no longer sure it will accept a $500,000 grant after the state's terms grew to more than the club had bargained for when it applied.

A rendering shows the Paul Smith's Power and Light Building at 1-3 Main St. in the village of Saranac Lake as the Adirondack Park Agency's new headquarters. The agency would build a 19,000-square-foot addition behind it and a new parking lot.

Survey reveals APA staff oppose potential move to Saranac Lake

By Gwendolyn Craig

APA staff largely do not want their offices moved to the village of Saranac Lake, according to a survey obtained by the Explorer.

What to know about carbon offset projects

By Chloe Bennett

Here's why the program has landed in the Adirondacks

Beech leaf disease found in Warren County

By Mike Lynch

Beech leaf disease has been discovered in the town of Bolton on the western side of Lake George.

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An affordable housing solution in the Adirondack Park

By Adirondack Explorer

The Fawn Valley project was developed to help people afford homes

Climbing Crane

By Alan Wechsler

Exploring an often overlooked mountain for climbers

A rendering shows the Paul Smith's Power and Light Building at 1-3 Main St. in the village of Saranac Lake as the Adirondack Park Agency's new headquarters. The agency would build a 19,000-square-foot addition behind it and a new parking lot.

Park agency alums challenge proposed HQ move

By Gwendolyn Craig

Past APA staff and members penned a letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul, questioning the decision to move the agency’s headquarters.

yellow-bellied flycatcher

Yellow-bellied flycatcher: The ‘moss tyrant’

By Birdwatch

Little is known about this elusive species nicknamed the “moss tyrant”

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