Santa Clara tables vote on marina plans
By Zachary Matson
Proposed marina expansions on Upper Saranac and Lower Saranac lakes have stirred up resistance from neighbors.
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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Angling for science
By Zachary Matson
See how Trout Power anglers collect "brookie" DNA around Sagamore Lake
Judge halts Lake George herbicide plan
By Zachary Matson
Order will block plan until suit brought by Lake George Association resolved
Judge hears arguments over injunction to block herbicide use on Lake George
By Zachary Matson
The state’s lawyers on Wednesday argued in Warren County court that the Lake George Park Commission should be allowed to move forward this month with a plan to use an herbicide to battle invasive Eurasian watermilfoil
As state transitions to carbon-free power, hydropower feels left behind
By Zachary Matson
New York hydropower producers are calling on the state to give their industry equal footing with solar and wind
Keene students help study Ausable River health
By Zachary Matson
Groups organize education program up and down the Ausable River
In appeal, former DEC commissioner argues lake study required before marina project can move forward
By Zachary Matson
New brief focuses on lack of study of Lower Saranac Lake despite language in State Land Master Plan
Conservation group, municipality sue to block Lake George herbicide use
By Zachary Matson
The filing argued the agencies failed to address valid scientific questions about how the herbicide would impact Lake George waters
Quebec’s battery
By Zachary Matson
Hydro-Quebec's power generation, Indigenous culture wired into tangled past
Power through the park
By Zachary Matson
$4 billion transmission line project to carry renewable hydro power from Quebec to NYC to pass through Lake Champlain