By Gwendolyn Craig For 36 years, the 57th president of the Sierra Club Aaron Mair has kept his day job separate from his advocacy, but no more. An epidemiologist with state Department of Health, Mair retired this month and is taking a new post … [Read more...] about Aaron Mair leads Adirondack Council’s ‘Forever Adirondacks’ campaign
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ORDA office building gets green light from APA
By Gwendolyn Craig The Adirondack Park Agency signed off on a new office building for the Olympic Regional Development Authority to go up near the former Adirondack Medical Center in the town of North Elba. The board met virtually Thursday … [Read more...] about ORDA office building gets green light from APA
Adirondack boat inspections close to becoming permanent
NYS Senate, Assembly bolster efforts to keep invasive species out of waterways By Gwendolyn Craig State lawmakers in the assembly and senate unanimously passed a bill this week strengthening and making permanent a law against spreading aquatic … [Read more...] about Adirondack boat inspections close to becoming permanent
APA to consider new ORDA office building on former hospital site
That building and other projects are up for public comment By Gwendolyn Craig The New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority is looking to build a new three-story office building near the former Lake Placid Hospital, which the … [Read more...] about APA to consider new ORDA office building on former hospital site
NY unleashes predator bugs to eat hemlock pests
By Gwendolyn Craig Nicholas Dietschler and Marshall Lefebvre were in a boat headed out to Lake George’s Paradise Bay, a cooler set between them. They were not out for a picnic. On this sunny, blustery May day, the pair of researchers from … [Read more...] about NY unleashes predator bugs to eat hemlock pests
Boat inspections begin as invasive species law awaits strengthening
By Gwendolyn Craig State lawmakers are rushing to pass a bill giving conservation officials greater, permanent authority to fight the spread of aquatic invasive species in the Adirondack Park, but time is running out before the current law … [Read more...] about Boat inspections begin as invasive species law awaits strengthening