Strengthening the APA: Water Quality, Part 4
By Phil Brown
November 1, 2013
Panelists answer questions and elaborate on ways to improve water safeguards in the Adirondacks.
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Phil Brown edited the Adirondack Explorer from 1999 until his retirement in 2018. He continues to explore the park and to write for the publication and website.
By Phil Brown
November 1, 2013
Panelists answer questions and elaborate on ways to improve water safeguards in the Adirondacks.
By Phil Brown
November 1, 2013
The New York State assemblyman says changes to APA law or regulations need local government support.
By Phil Brown
November 1, 2013
The nationally recognized planning expert outlines the principles of “conservation development.”
By Phil Brown
November 1, 2013
Michale Glennon on ecological surveys; Dave Cox on upland development; Dave Gibson on Adirondack examples; Carleton Montgomery on the New Jersey Pinelands regulations.
By Phil Brown
November 1, 2013
Panelists field questions and elaborate on their experiences with conservation development.
By Phil Brown
November 1, 2013
Former agency leaders look to the future.
By Phil Brown
November 1, 2013
Adirondack Council Executive Director Willie Janeway argues that economic development and environmental preservation work together.
By Phil Brown
October 22, 2013
Explorer Editor Phil Brown takes a head-cam video while riding through class III rapids in a ducky, or inflatable kayak.
By Phil Brown
September 24, 2013
This is a day for strange wildlife stories. First I read in the Adirondack Daily Enterprise that hiker on the Northville-Placid Trail stabbed a bear that had been following her. The bear took off; she’s all right. Read the story here. Then I read on the Times Union’s website that a bull moose had wandered…
By Phil Brown
September 16, 2013
One of the most well-known (and often photographed) waterfalls in the Adirondacks has to be Roaring Brook Falls, which can be seen from Route 73 plunging down the shoulder of Giant Mountain. Since taking up rock climbing several years ago, I have been drawn to the prospect of climbing the three-hundred-foot falls. This isn’t a…