By BEN WESTCOTT Hikers exploring the High Peaks and Giant Mountain Wilderness areas this summer met trained professionals offering advice at some trailheads. These professionals, known as front-country stewards, worked at the St. Hubert’s … [Read more...] about Front-country stewards prepare hikers at busy trails
Adirondack Watershed Institute
Boat inspectors ramp up battle against invasive species
By SARA RUBERG Nate Brault was impelled to protect the Adirondacks from aquatic invasive species, for his family’s sake. His junior year of high school, Brault joined the Paul Smith’s College Adirondack Watershed Institute stewardship program. … [Read more...] about Boat inspectors ramp up battle against invasive species
Paul Smith’s hires Wildlife Conservation Society staffers
Paul Smith's College has hired two conservation experts from the Wildlife Conservation Society, which is closing its Adirondack program. Zoe Smith, formerly the AWS program's director, is now deputy director at the college's … [Read more...] about Paul Smith’s hires Wildlife Conservation Society staffers
Hold the salt: Experts say all have role in lake pollution
By Brandon Loomis State snowplow drivers aren’t the only ones loading Adirondack waterways with salt, researchers and advocates said at a gathering of lake associations Wednesday. State highways get the most road salt per mile and are therefore … [Read more...] about Hold the salt: Experts say all have role in lake pollution
Professor cites salt accumulating in Adirondack waters
By Michael Virtanen LAKE GEORGE _ Public works trucks now dump almost 193,000 tons of salt on highways and local roads annually in the Adirondacks, which eventually join runoff into the region’s waterways, according to the Paul Smith’s College … [Read more...] about Professor cites salt accumulating in Adirondack waters
