2021 EXPLORED: Road salt task force
By Zachary Matson
It took almost the entire year, but the state’s Road Salt Reduction Task Force is finally in place - even if it missed its first deadline along the way.
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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Road salt task force now has members
By Zachary Matson
Overdue panel charged with preventing further pollution
State awards millions to Adirondack projects
By Zachary Matson
ADK, Wild Center, Historic Saranac Lake among 488 grants given statewide
Hochul signs invasives transport law
By Zachary Matson
New law enables the establishment of more boat inspection stations in and around the park
Ghost panel misses first statutory deadline
By Zachary Matson
A mandated panel to study road salt contamination in the Adirondack Park still has not been formed.
Hydrilla and other invasives knocking on doors to the Adirondacks
By Zachary Matson
AWI stewards inspected over 84,000 boats in the Adirondacks this past summer, looking for invasive plants such as hydrilla
Lake Placid Land Conservancy in talks to merge with Adirondack Land Trust
By Zachary Matson
Two land conservation organizations in the Adirondacks initiated merger discussions, officials announced on Wednesday.
Another harmful algal bloom spotted on Lake George in October
By Zachary Matson
Latest sighting garnered little public attention despite heightened water quality concerns
Taking control of water quality: Lake George targeting wide-reaching septic inspection program
By Zachary Matson
Advocates with an Adirondack-wide interest in water issues hope a new Lake George septic program could inform programs around the region.
Overall, Adirondackers approve right to ‘clean air and water’
By Zachary Matson
While it passed statewide, voters in three Adirondack counties opposed the constitutional 'Green Amendment'