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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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An environmental duel: Lake George to face herbicide treatment amidst debate about safety, use

By Zachary Matson

The Lake George Park Commission continues to press forward on its controversial plan to use an herbicide to fight invasive milfoil.

Jeff Inglee gazes at two juvenile Horn Lake strain brook trout

New York aims to save Adirondack brook trout with pioneering management plan

By Zachary Matson

New York's ponded brook trout populations get a lifeline with innovative management efforts focusing on sustainability and angler access.

‘The Adirondacks are becoming more appealing’ in a warmer world

By Zachary Matson

The Adirondack Explorer sat down with a top climate educator in the federal government to discuss the Adirondack Park in a warming world.

low road salt sign on a highway

State offers new road salt reduction funding 

By Zachary Matson

Communities will have a new opportunity to get state money for equipment and plans to reduce road salt use.

A screenshot of design plans from the marina application showing structures to be removed (in red), a new covered dock (in blue) and the outline of other new docks.

Fish Creek Ponds marina project gets green light

By Zachary Matson

Project opponents remain concerned about impacts to Upper Saranac Lake and surrounding waterbodies 

Lake Champlain power cables set to be installed this summer

By Zachary Matson

Fort Ticonderoga Ferry fights against disruption to operation

The sign outside the Adirondack Park Agency headquarters in Ray Brook

Court: APA acted rationally in Lake George herbicide approval 

By Zachary Matson

Decision upholds park agency's permitting process for ProcellaCOR

Ausable River Association plans new headquarters, name change

By Zachary Matson

Ausable Preserve aims to be a hub for environmental education, conservation

view from terzian woodlot trail of lake george

Lake George residents upset over uninspected boat launches

By Zachary Matson

Volunteers document out-of-state boat launches raising concerns about invasive species spread at Million Dollar Beach ramp

upper saranac marina

Upper Saranac Lake marina expansion: Feedback sought on completed plan

By Zachary Matson

Proposal has stirred controversy as marina developers eye second expansion in Saranac Lakes Chain

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