
State-funded studies to offer blueprint to reduce flood risk
By Zachary Matson
Flood studies underway on Ausable, Boquet rivers will recommend ways to reduce flooding on Adirondack rivers
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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.
By Zachary Matson
Flood studies underway on Ausable, Boquet rivers will recommend ways to reduce flooding on Adirondack rivers
By Zachary Matson
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