Upper Locks between Lower and Middle Saranac Lake to close for repairs
By Gwendolyn Craig
September 6, 2023
DEC announces start of $1.6 million in repair work to continue into 2024
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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
September 6, 2023
DEC announces start of $1.6 million in repair work to continue into 2024
By Gwendolyn Craig
September 1, 2023
The owner of a former Atlas F nuclear missile silo in Lewis is still hoping for APA approval to test-fire military artillery.
By Gwendolyn Craig
August 31, 2023
How a forager and living history expert from the Adirondacks survived in the Canadian wilderness, "Alone."
By Gwendolyn Craig
August 28, 2023
The DEC is working on ways to thwart campers who skirt its 14-night reservation limit, and one experiment could start in the Adirondack Park.
By Gwendolyn Craig
August 26, 2023
The 126-year-old Indian Lake Stone Dam, one of the state’s “high hazard” dams, is slated for much-needed repairs this fall.
By Gwendolyn Craig
August 22, 2023
Access to Chimney Mountain, a hike with an iconic rock feature in the Siamese Ponds Wilderness, became more difficult last week.
By Gwendolyn Craig
August 19, 2023
The Adirondack Park Agency is proposing to classify, reclassify and correct zoning on a batch of campgrounds and other state lands.
By Gwendolyn Craig
August 17, 2023
APA says regulations provide no other alternatives
By Gwendolyn Craig
August 17, 2023
With the APA in the midst of a half dozen or so court cases, including two new suits, its counsel has announced he is resigning.
By Gwendolyn Craig
August 16, 2023
David Cornell remembered for his leadership, search and rescue efforts