Two High Peaks rangers deployed for coronavirus response; governor announces new regulations
By Gwendolyn Craig
As cases of coronavirus continue to climb in New York, two forest rangers from the Adirondack Park’s High Peaks, are helping downstate.
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]. Sign up for Gwen’s newsletter here.
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Coronavirus prohibitions reach into the Adirondacks
By Gwendolyn Craig
While there have been no known cases of coronavirus in the Adirondacks yet, tourism, education, businesses and more are feeling the impacts of new statewide policies aimed at protecting the public's health.
State group privately debates High Peaks crowd solutions that could affect this summer’s visitors
By Gwendolyn Craig
The state's High Peaks Strategic Planning Advisory Group believes it could have at least short-term recommendations for this summer.
APA fines, shuts down Hudson River retreat
By Gwendolyn Craig
The Adirondack Park Agency has ordered a vacation property to cease operating and pay fines for numerous violations.
Guardians in the woods
By Gwendolyn Craig
For the first time in all of their hikes, Renaud slipped and fell. Rangers would soon be en route to where she lay near the summit of Mount Marshall.
NY updates 10-year forest conservation plan
By Gwendolyn Craig
New Yorkers have a once-in-a-decade shot to provide feedback on state forestlands, as an action plan gets an update this summer.
Hudson River retreat battles major APA sanctions
By Gwendolyn Craig
The fine combines violations of two acts—the Adirondack Park Agency Act and the Wild, Scenic and Recreational Rivers System Act—because the structures are under the APA's jurisdiction.
Adirondack groups lobby for more park protections
By Gwendolyn Craig
Some of the lobbyists’ goals are to encourage lawmakers to change the draft 2021 budget for New York State. For example, no new forest rangers are listed in the state Department of Environmental Conservation’s proposal to add 47 new staff. The groups want more rangers.
The park’s retiring senator still has to-do list
By Gwendolyn Craig
Her District 45 spreads over 6,800 square-miles from parts of Washington County, up past Plattsburgh, to the Canadian border and west past Tupper Lake. Her devotion to the more than 300,000 constituents is perhaps what many will miss most about Little, who announced in December that she is retiring from the Senate.
Northway boat wash signage questioned
By Gwendolyn Craig
The Lake George Park Commission found that “less than 250 boats, or 2.4% of sealed vessels arriving at the LGPC inspection stations had seals from this site,” referring to the Exit 18 station.