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Bird on a branch

Blackpoll warbler: ‘nature’s hearing test’

By Birdwatch

Learn more about the hard-to-track blackpoll warbler and how to spot it in the Adirondacks

Sagamore Lake

Researchers launch study of hundreds of Adirondack lakes

By Zachary Matson

A consortium of scientists is gearing up to start field work this summer for a study of climate change in hundreds of Adirondack lakes

pilot knob seen from lake george

Lake George Land Conservancy launches campaign to conserve 1,200 acres

By Mike Lynch

Project includes preserving 517 acres on Pilot Knob and around 700 acres in Bolton

brook trout

Plan aims to preserve Adirondack brook trout fisheries

By Zachary Matson

Adirondack brook trout face numerous threats, but DEC's new management plan offers hope for preserving the species

Volunteers planting trees along Beaver Brook which feeds the Boquet River, on Ananta Farm in Westport.

Native trees take root in Boquet River restoration

By Adirondack Explorer

Volunteers plant 685 saplings along Beaver Brook in Westport 

A rendering shows the Paul Smith's Power and Light Building at 1-3 Main St. in the village of Saranac Lake as the Adirondack Park Agency's new headquarters. The agency would build a 19,000-square-foot addition behind it and a new parking lot.

State budget funds Saranac Lakes capacity study, boosts APA building fund

By Zachary Matson

The New York State budget feels more tenuous as federal funding cuts loom.

solar

Panel weighs in on balancing solar development with environmental protection in the Adirondacks

By Zachary Matson

How to balance farmland preservation with renewable energy goals in the Adirondack Park?

‘Envirothon’ gets students out of the classroom and into the woods

By Tim Rowland

Students draw on knowledge of Adirondack Park in annual science competition

AWI's Upper Saranac Lake Environmental Monitoring Platform collects data for long-term projects. Photo by Brendan Wiltse

Judge rejects suit to mandate Adirondack lake carrying capacity studies

By Zachary Matson

Court sides with DEC, APA that Adirondack State Land Master Plan does not require state to study carrying capacity of Saranac chain of lakes

A charging station in the village of Saranac Lake, which will was recently awarded a grant for $482,164 for 30 Level 2 charging ports. Photo by Mike Lynch

Saranac Lake to add 30 electric vehicle charging ports

By Mike Lynch

Once installed, Saranac Lake will have the most municipally-owned chargers in the Adirondack Park

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