Kathleen Suozzo
Kathleen Suozzo’s work is at the heart of one of the more difficult issues facing the Adirondacks today: upgrading aging waste-water and drinking-water treatment facilities in small communities.
Stories
Northern Forest Canoe Trail commits to buy 90-Miler
By Mike Lynch
The nonprofit Northern Forest Canoe Trail recently signed a letter of intent to purchase the race from Brian McDonnell, who owns and operates the race with his wife, Grace.
Adirondack Land Trust conserves Upper Saranac shoreline
The purchase preserves an undeveloped patch along the Northern Forest Canoe Trail, which traverses 740 miles of rivers, lakes, ponds and portages from Old Forge to Fort Kent, Maine.
The allure of wild ice
By Mike Lynch
One of the appealing parts of skating on newly formed black ice is that it makes a sci-fi laser sound as the skater glides over it. Ice skaters pay attention to the sound not only for its beauty but for practical reasons.
Long Lake lures tourists with drone’s-eye view
“It’s absolutely vital to our survival to market the Adirondacks to tourism. The industries that existed years ago in the Adirondacks aren’t here anymore."
Wilderness rescues on Whiteface, Dix Range
The 38-year-old male and 33-year-old female hiker from Ithaca had intended to summit Whiteface via the Connery Pond trail but never made it to the summit.
Cuomo budget prioritizes fight against climate change
"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.'"
Climate and Adirondack waters
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.
Grants to help diversify two Adirondack destinations
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.
Race and real estate in Lake Placid
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.