St. Regis Mohawk Tribe leads effort to curb road salt pollution
New technology includes outfitting snow removal trucks with cameras and sensors to track salt use and optimize operations
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St. Armand to buy Paul Smith’s College land that holds town’s water supply
Long history of divided ownership over Bloomingdale water supply could wrap for $300,000
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Salt success: How Lake Placid rallied to save Mirror Lake
Community's efforts to reduce salt use, divert runoff has helped bring a key Adirondack lake back from the brink
Results are in for milfoil-killing herbicide used in Adirondack lakes
Lakes using the herbicide ProcellaCOR find it effective at killing invasive milfoil and more continue to eye its use
Who’s using the most water in the Adirondack Park?
The Adirondack Park's permitted water users pump around 12 billion gallons of water a year.
Key wetlands protected near Lake George
By Mike Lynch
Lake George Land Conservancy buys key wetlands property on Huddle Bay on Lake George in the town of Bolton.
Feds: Vermont failing its duty to protect Lake Champlain
The federal Environmental Protection Agency is pushing Vermont to do more to control runoff from dairy farms impacting Lake Champlain
Inside Elizabethtown’s 60-year journey to a public sewer system
By Tim Rowland
Has the time finally come for this small Adirondack community to build wastewater infrastructure?
Reading the river: Field surveys on the Ausable
In his hands-on exploration of the Ausable River, Gary Henry uncovers strategies for effective stream restoration amid changing environments
Mirror Lake progress highlighted at annual salt summit
Key takeaways from Lake George Association's road salt reduction gathering, held this year in Lake Placid