On the search for ticks in the North Country
By Gwendolyn Craig
July 4, 2020
Wearing white head-to-toe, Lee Ann Sporn searches for ticks in the Adirondacks. Her research examines where they are and disease agents they carry.
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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
July 4, 2020
Wearing white head-to-toe, Lee Ann Sporn searches for ticks in the Adirondacks. Her research examines where they are and disease agents they carry.
By Gwendolyn Craig
June 27, 2020
Despite some pushback, Hamilton County continues to pursue a constitutional amendment for an emergency communications tower on Cathead Mountain.
By Gwendolyn Craig
June 25, 2020
Joseph Zalewski is the new acting director of the state Department of Environmental Conservation's Region 5.
By Gwendolyn Craig
June 22, 2020
The High Peaks Strategic Planning Advisory Group released recommendations for visitor management.
By Gwendolyn Craig
June 18, 2020
Katie Petronis, formerly of the Open Space Institute, has been tapped for a top level position at the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
By Gwendolyn Craig
June 11, 2020
“When you’re looking at being tens of billions of dollars in the hole, I don’t think voters of New York are going to say, ‘Let’s add another $3 billion.'"
By Gwendolyn Craig
June 10, 2020
The Adirondack Park Agency board has finally been filled. The state Senate approved Gov. Andrew Cuomo's seven nominees on Wednesday.
By Gwendolyn Craig
June 9, 2020
The APA board's composition has been a point of contention, with three vacant positions and four board members serving on expired terms at the governor's pleasure.
By Gwendolyn Craig
June 8, 2020
The Lake George Park Commission fined a parasailing company earlier this year for violations related to a near-drowning of a customer last summer and breaching a 2016 order of consent.
By Gwendolyn Craig
June 4, 2020
Anaplasmosis, a tick-borne illness with similar symptoms to COVID-19, is on the rise in the Adirondacks and upstate New York.