Update: National Grid upgrades, enforcement case on APA docket
By Gwendolyn Craig
October 7, 2020
The Adirondack Park Agency will consider National Grid upgrades and a Long Lake enforcement case during its October meeting.
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Fall colors and hiker mishaps
By Gwendolyn Craig
October 5, 2020
Hello again! We’re pretty much past peak foliage color here in the Adirondacks, but I hope you’re all getting out and enjoying the sights. I revisited a favorite this weekend, Buck Mountain in Lake George. I’d never been during the fall, and the blush of reds and oranges did not disappoint. Plenty of people were…
A busy weekend for forest rangers
By Gwendolyn Craig
September 28, 2020
The Adirondack Park had a busy weekend, which also meant busy rangers and first responders.
Satellites could help spot hemlock woolly adelgid on Lake George
By Gwendolyn Craig
September 22, 2020
The sick hemlock trees on the eastern shore of Lake George were likely infected by an invasive bug for years. Can detection happen sooner?
Adirondack Park Agency approves marina, solar panel projects
By Gwendolyn Craig
September 11, 2020
The projects were approved on Friday after a more than three-hour meeting on Thursday that hashed out their details in the APA's regulatory committee.
Hemlock woolly adelgid found on nearly 250 acres along Lake George
By Gwendolyn Craig
September 10, 2020
The invasive hemlock woolly adelgid is threatening one of the most common trees on the shoreline of Lake George.
APA board could vote on Saranac Lake Marina expansion
By Gwendolyn Craig
September 10, 2020
The APA collected more than 200 written comments on a proposal to expand and renovate the Saranac Lake Marina. Now there could be a vote.
Study tracks hiker impacts on birds and wildlife in the Adirondacks
By Gwendolyn Craig
September 9, 2020
What are the impacts of human recreation on wildlife in the Adirondack Park? A two-year study is working to find out.
Adirondack Mountain Reserve easements address closing trails
By Gwendolyn Craig
September 4, 2020
Owners of the Adirondack Mountain Reserve say easements allow them to close trails and limit use. The state has declined to respond.
Ausable Club president: More hiking limits coming to Adirondack Mountain Reserve
By Gwendolyn Craig
September 3, 2020
"We’ve reached a point where at least in the AMR’s case, we are seriously degrading the resource,” said Ausable Club President Roland Morris.