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"New York has to be the state that stands up and says once and for all, 'We have to do more and we have to do it faster, and let's pledge the largest amount of any state in the United States of America.'"
By Ry Rivard
For a recent story on Lake Champlain, I came across another effect of climate change I hadn’t thought much about: water pollution. Over the years, we’ve begun to brace for obvious things that happen when it warms up -- changes like less snow, something that could have profound and devastating effects on the local ski industry.
The Adirondack Experience museum in Blue Mountain Lake and The Wild Center in Tupper Lake are partnering in the research project and training program. It will involve diversity training for staff and interviews with people of color in focus groups that are within driving distance from the destinations.
By Tim Rowland
Following the abolition of slavery, the South found new ways to exploit black workers. Ex-slaves were jailed for little or no reason and sentenced to hard labor. Others became sharecroppers, a form of virtual slavery that was all work and no reward.
By Ry Rivard
Bacteria in Champlain—cupped by New York, Vermont and Quebec—are feeding on polluted runoff from around the lake, especially Vermont’s dairyland, and thriving in water that is warming along with the rest of the globe.
The only way to prevent a bloom is by targeting and stopping the source of excessive nutrients.
The mother and daughter pair were rescued without incident.
By Mike Lynch
The trail system consists of nearly five miles of groomed trails and another mile-long spur trail that connects to the currently shuttered Big Tupper Ski Area. The system is a big upgrade from where it started in 2008 when the main focus was skiing the golf course, which is owned by the town and leased to the Tupper Lake Country Club from the spring to the fall.
By Ry Rivard
During his major “state of the state” speech last week, the governor called the bond measure, which voters would see on the ballot this November, “the nation's most aggressive program for significant habitat restoration and flood reduction."
Kristin Kimball owns and runs Essex Farm, the Champlain Valley, with her husband Mark. Simon & Schuster recently published her second memoir about her family’s life on the farm, “Good Husbandry,” a sequel to her 2010 bestseller, “The Dirty Life.”