Nature’s defense fund at risk
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.'"
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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
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.
By Gwendolyn Craig
May 26, 2020
There are some safety changes to parasailing on Lake George this summer.
By Gwendolyn Craig
May 22, 2020
The Adirondack Park Agency is considering a land use map amendment request in Lake Luzerne, with mixed feedback from the public so far.
By Gwendolyn Craig
May 21, 2020
The summery weather and tease of state beaches opening had tourists enjoying Lake George just before Memorial Day weekend. Not many were wearing masks.
By Gwendolyn Craig
May 14, 2020
For the third time in at least 20 years, the Adirondack Park Agency approved the use of a herbicide for managing an aquatic invasive species.
By Gwendolyn Craig
May 8, 2020
Several projects before the Adirondack Park Agency are up for public comment this month.