With an environmental bond act before voters, a look back to 1996
By Gwendolyn Craig
September 3, 2022
New York voters will decide on unprecedented state debt for environmental projects, something they have not been asked to do in 26 years.
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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
September 3, 2022
New York voters will decide on unprecedented state debt for environmental projects, something they have not been asked to do in 26 years.
By Gwendolyn Craig
September 2, 2022
The first in a two-part story on how public officials and the governor used funding from the last environmental bond act authorized in 1996.
By Gwendolyn Craig
September 1, 2022
The Adirondack Inventory and Monitoring Camera Trap Network collects wildlife data and monitors species sensitive to climate change.
By Gwendolyn Craig
August 25, 2022
Homeowners in a Franklin County subdivision plan to appeal their unsuccessful lawsuit against the Adirondack Park Agency
By Gwendolyn Craig
August 19, 2022
A national security consulting firm wants to fire military cannons and use an Essex County mountain as a backstop
By Gwendolyn Craig
August 9, 2022
Scenic Hudson has built a mapping tool to help municipalities with siting large-scale solar projects. It could be used in the Adirondacks.
By Gwendolyn Craig
August 6, 2022
Bids sought on determining 'carrying capacity' on select forest preserve lands
By Gwendolyn Craig
July 29, 2022
APA accepting comments on this, two other projects until Aug. 4
By Gwendolyn Craig
July 27, 2022
A fish ladder to help salmon journey up a controversial dam in Plattsburgh and farther along the Saranac River, will soon be underway
By Gwendolyn Craig
July 21, 2022
'Gentleman Warrior' joins 19 others at Ray Brook arboretum