Draft recommendations include improved tracking, new water quality standards, pilot studies By Zachary Matson A state panel focused on road salt use in the Adirondack Park plans to recommend adopting chloride water standards, requiring … [Read more...] about Salt reduction panel previews final report
Environment
Family spearheads Fulton Chain cleanup
Second annual Maintain the Chain event invites all to pitch in during Adirondack Water Week By Jamie Organski What began as a family tradition of sprucing up the area around their Fourth Lake camp has evolved into a widespread clean up … [Read more...] about Family spearheads Fulton Chain cleanup
DEC: Fish ladder, dam upgrades coming to Imperial Dam
By Gwendolyn Craig A fish ladder to help salmon journey up a controversial dam in Plattsburgh and farther along the Saranac River will soon be underway, the state Department of Environmental Conservation announced last week. The $12 million … [Read more...] about DEC: Fish ladder, dam upgrades coming to Imperial Dam
Wild Center highlights Adirondackers working to curb climate change
New exhibit offers hope in a changing world By Chloe Bennett This summer is set to be the hottest on record in the Adirondacks as the effects of climate change escalate locally and globally. The warming temperatures touch all corners of the … [Read more...] about Wild Center highlights Adirondackers working to curb climate change
Future-proofing our landscape
Tips for planting trees that will thrive in the midst of climate changes By Megan Plete Postol The changing climate has shifted weather patterns in small ways. Those minor changes, over time, have begun to affect the landscape of the … [Read more...] about Future-proofing our landscape
Schumer, scientists want EPA to reopen air-quality stations
Plan to suspend North Country monitoring challenged By Gwendolyn Craig U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and area scientists have joined Adirondack environmental groups’ calls to reopen three regional air-quality monitoring stations … [Read more...] about Schumer, scientists want EPA to reopen air-quality stations