Barbara Rice gets official start date as APA head
By Gwendolyn Craig
APA board OK’s Rice as executive director starting March 8
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Invasive insects spreading in Adirondack Park
By Gwendolyn Craig
Invasive species known for killing ash and hemlock trees have spread beyond where they were originally discovered in the southern Adirondack Park.
State’s environmental conservation budget receives lawmakers’ scrutiny
By Gwendolyn Craig
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Ranger staffing forecast gets mixed reaction
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Union reps: Hiring plans for rangers, ECOs, could be offset by looming retirements
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By Gwendolyn Craig
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Has any park gotten it right? Can we?
By Gwendolyn Craig
As mountain communities grapple with how to best manage increase in visitors, Explorer looks to how other places are dealing By Gwendolyn Craig The Mountain Wanderer book and map store on the Kancamagus Highway in New Hampshire shuttered for three months last year during the height of the coronavirus pandemic. Businesses across the country did…
Saranac Lake native, economic development leader to head the APA
By Gwendolyn Craig
Barbara Rice, a Saranac Lake native and economic development leader, is the next executive director of the APA.
Environment ranks high in New York’s 2023 budget
By Gwendolyn Craig
Hochul proposes large environmental protection fund, bond act and Olympic venue spending
Wendy Hall, founder of Adirondack Wildlife Refuge, dies
By Gwendolyn Craig
Refuge collaborators plan to reopen the Wilmington facility this spring
APA approves White Lake quarry project, with some conditions
By Gwendolyn Craig
Residents opposing project mull options going forward