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Gwendolyn Craig

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 [email protected]. utm_source=explorer&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=author_bi">Sign up for Gwen’s newsletter here.

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How to spot hemlock woolly adelgid

By Gwendolyn Craig

Mark Whitmore, entomologist with the New York Hemlock Initiative, talks about how to spot the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid. The woolly adelgid was found this summer on the eastern shore of Lake George. Video by Gwendolyn Craig

Measuring a tree

State’s highest court hears forest preserve tree cutting case

By Gwendolyn Craig

The state’s highest court will soon decide what constitutes a constitutionally protected tree in the Adirondack Forest Preserve, potentially impacting the construction of planning snowmobile trails.

Wells couple will contest APA fine and violation determination

By Gwendolyn Craig

The Adirondack Park Agency fined a Wells couple $28,500 for a building violation, but the couple is contesting it in court.

Forest ranger Scott Van Laer

Scott van Laer’s career moves full circle

By Gwendolyn Craig

Forest ranger Scott van Laer is retiring and taking a new role as director of the Paul Smith’s College Visitor Interpretive Center.

David Starbuck: Excavator of lost arcs

By Gwendolyn Craig

'Indiana' Starbuck unearthed park’s hidden tales. The Adirondack native taught thousands of diggers through 70 archaeological field schools.

Help partners search for hemlock-killing bug

By Gwendolyn Craig

A partnership of organizations is asking for the public's help to search the Lake George area for hemlock woolly adelgid, an invasive bug that kills one of the area's most prolific and iconic trees.

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Controversial subdivision, visitor use planning on APA’s agenda

By Gwendolyn Craig

The APA's upcoming meetings include the potential approval of a controversial subdivision project and a presentation on High Peaks use.

dan stec

NYS Sen. Dan Stec: ‘The hiking senator’

By Gwendolyn Craig

A conversation with the newly elected senator for a big part of the Adirondacks: "I'm all over the mountains."

High Peaks

High Peaks advisory group recommends permits, new state entity in final report

By Gwendolyn Craig

Long-awaited report contains old and new strategies for managing use in the High Peaks

DEC stalling on release of High Peaks visitor recommendations

By Gwendolyn Craig

The public still waiting on the High Peaks advisory group's final report.

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