Adirondack Rail Trail access hub takes shape
By Gwendolyn Craig
February 14, 2023
Funding is coming together for an Essex County trailhead for the new Adirondack Rail Trail, a 34-mile multi-use trail connecting the Lake Placid to Tupper Lake.
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Gwen is an award-winning journalist covering environmental policy for the Explorer since January 2020. She is a member of the Legislative Correspondents Association of New York. Gwen has worked at various news outlets since 2015. She has a master's degree in journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. Contact her at (518) 524-2902 or gwen@adirondackexplorer.org. Sign up for Gwen’s newsletter here.
By Gwendolyn Craig
February 14, 2023
Funding is coming together for an Essex County trailhead for the new Adirondack Rail Trail, a 34-mile multi-use trail connecting the Lake Placid to Tupper Lake.
By Gwendolyn Craig
February 13, 2023
Solar developer Boralex Inc. is proposing a project more than two times the size of the largest solar facility approved thus far in the Adirondack Park
By Gwendolyn Craig
February 13, 2023
The DEC will reconfigure a public boat launch at Eagle Lake in the Town of Ticonderoga so it no longer may accommodate trailered boats.
By Gwendolyn Craig
February 10, 2023
State agencies and John Brown Lives! are taking a close look at John Brown Farm and what its future could hold.
By Gwendolyn Craig
February 2, 2023
Gov. Kathy Hochul presented a $227B state budget for 2024 on Wednesday, with sums for climate change mitigation, clean water and the environment.
By Gwendolyn Craig
February 1, 2023
Ongoing litigation over herbicide use in Lake George isn’t stopping the lake’s regulatory body from attempting chemical treatment for Eurasian watermilfoil this summer.
By Gwendolyn Craig
January 27, 2023
The DEC is seeking public comment on draft forest preserve work plans, a result of the state Court of Appeals tree decision.
By Gwendolyn Craig
January 24, 2023
Andrea Hogan, an Adirondack Park Agency commissioner, resigned from her post on Friday, according to spokesman Keith McKeever.
By Gwendolyn Craig
January 24, 2023
A free hiker shuttle on state Route 73 through the Adirondack Park’s High Peaks did not transport as many hikers as some would have liked.
By Gwendolyn Craig
January 19, 2023
Tiffany Rea-Fisher is used to taking center stage as a dancer, choreographer and artistic director. Soon she will be in a new spotlight as the Adirondack Diversity Initiative’s director.