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Adirondack Council: Prohibit private weapons testing in Adirondacks 

By Gwendolyn Craig

The Adirondack Council is calling on the APA to hold a hearing and create a policy against private party military weapons testing in the park.

With an environmental bond act before voters, a look back to 1996

By Gwendolyn Craig

New York voters will decide on unprecedented state debt for environmental projects, something they have not been asked to do in 26 years.

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Digging for quarter-century records

By Gwendolyn Craig

The first in a two-part story on how public officials and the governor used funding from the last environmental bond act authorized in 1996.

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Adirondacker switches gears on aid to Ukraine

By Kris Parker

Fundraising efforts going to buy needed medical equipment, amid dwindling support

Timothy Barnett, first director of The Nature Conservancy, Adirondack Chapter, has died

By James Odato

Known for working with environmentalists, community leaders and land barons, Timothy Barnett conserved 500,000 acres in the Adirondacks.

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A walk through Ticonderoga’s past

By Contributing Writer

LaChute River trail provides scenic stroll

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Ask A Scientist:  DEC Air Pollution Meteorologist Bob Gaza 

By Megan Plete Postol

Meet one of the scientists charged with monitoring air quality for the Adirondacks and surrounding regions

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Historic fire tower finds new home in Speculator

By Jamie Organski

Makomis Fire Tower boasts easy access, exquisite Adirondack views

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Lake Placid cooperative housing project seeks members

By Tim Rowland

Nonprofits team up to facilitate affordable housing opportunity

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Military cannon test range proposed in Lewis

By Gwendolyn Craig

A national security consulting firm wants to fire military cannons and use an Essex County mountain as a backstop

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