Quebec’s battery
By Zachary Matson
Hydro-Quebec's power generation, Indigenous culture wired into tangled past
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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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
ASK A SCIENTIST: Adirondack lakes survey
By Zachary Matson
Syracuse University Professor Charles Driscoll looks back on landmark study, ahead to renewed efforts to fund another
Herbicide wins last approval for use in Lake George
By Zachary Matson
Application set for June, despite opposition from two commissioners and public
Understanding wintry mix
By Zachary Matson
Researchers head north for insight into near-freezing weather, mixed precipitation events
State approves multi-billion dollar deal to support Lake Champlain power line
By Zachary Matson
Transmission line project will deliver Canadian hydropower to NYC
Calls for salt-free roads
By Zachary Matson
Property owners call for change at road salt task force meeting in Lake Placid
State water managers take steps to ward off round goby
By Zachary Matson
Champlain canal system locks to remain open for now
Following the funding for water projects
By Zachary Matson
In the Adirondacks, most sewer and water districts are small operations, serving at most a few thousand people. But the water projects cost millions.
State transparency watchdog: Salt task force constitutes ‘public body’
By Zachary Matson
DOT officials disagree with Committee on Open Government