What are PFAS and are they in Adirondack waters?
By Zachary Matson
March 27, 2023
Regulators at the state and federal levels are attempting to crack down on "forever chemicals" in public water supplies.
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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.
By Zachary Matson
March 27, 2023
Regulators at the state and federal levels are attempting to crack down on "forever chemicals" in public water supplies.
By Zachary Matson
March 21, 2023
In response to growing signs of a sustainable wild population, Lake Champlain fisheries managers continue to cut trout stocking.
By Zachary Matson
March 8, 2023
Look in the evergreens for signs of Adirondack arachnids in winter
By Zachary Matson
March 4, 2023
A new plan outlines New York's strategy to limit phosphorus pollution in Lake Champlain, a nutrient New York and Vermont struggle to control.
By Zachary Matson
March 2, 2023
A state appellate court invalidated a permit for a marina on Lower Saranac Lake, ruling the Adirondack Park Agency wrongly followed wetlands rules.
By Zachary Matson
February 28, 2023
Scientists planning a far-reaching survey of climate change want to take the temperature of Adirondack lakes -- continuously and at different depths.
By Zachary Matson
February 25, 2023
The program collects key data on 58 Adirondack lakes
By Zachary Matson
February 21, 2023
A panel studying road salt pollution in the Adirondack Park is nearing completion of its long-awaited first report.
By Zachary Matson
January 28, 2023
We talk with climate scientist Curt Stager about a recent paper he published
By Zachary Matson
January 13, 2023
Rep. Elise Stefanik scores money earmarked for North Country projects in federal spending bill she stridently opposed.