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Zachary Matson

Zachary Matson has been an environmental reporter for the Explorer since October 2021. He is focused on the many issues impacting water and the people, plants and wildlife that rely on it in the Adirondack Park. Zach worked at daily newspapers in Missouri, Arizona and New York for nearly a decade, most recently as the education reporter at the Daily Gazette in Schenectady. He lives in Saranac with his family.

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Conklingville Dam

Contract extension buys more time for Conklingville Dam deal

By Zachary Matson

Hydro operator and state agency agree to continue talks over payment dispute at Conklingville Dam.

2022 Explored: Carrying Capacity

By Zachary Matson

Judges weigh argument that state must study lake capacity before approving projects A new legal theory reached the state’s appellate courts in 2022 and could lead to judicial guidance on the state’s responsibility to study Adirondack lakes in more detail before approving development.  The idea centers on language in the Adirondack State Land Master Plan…

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2022 Explored: Champlain power line

By Zachary Matson

Champlain Hudson Power Express project broke ground this year

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2022 Explored: Invasive Species

By Zachary Matson

Invasive species on both land and water continue to threaten the health of Adirondack ecosystems. 

road salt

Road salt task force report expected in 2023

By Zachary Matson

State agencies continue review of fall draft

lower saranac lake marina

Appellate judges hear argument on Lower Saranac Lake marina 

By Zachary Matson

Judges pressed a lawyer for the Adirondack Park Agency on a lack of research on lakes' carrying capacity.

Cornell researcher Stephen Jane working in the Adirondacks

Research shows Adirondack lakes are losing oxygen

By Zachary Matson

Fish habitat at risk

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In the field, on the water, at the lab

By Zachary Matson

In the 1980s, field crews surveyed nearly 1,500 Adirondack lakes

Conklingville Dam

Talks collapse over Conklingville Dam dispute

By Zachary Matson

The state agency the control Conklingville Dam plans to limit flows

Zoe Smith, Adirondack Watershed Institute

Zoë Smith promoted to director of Adirondack Watershed Institute

By Zachary Matson

Changes come as Paul Smith's College goes through leadership shifts

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