On Wednesday, August 28, the Adirondack Explorer presented Climate Action: What We Can do to Protect the Future with Bill McKibben. The sold out event, which featured discussions with McKibben and The Wild Center's Stephanie Ratcliffe, can be watched … [Read more...] about Watch Author Bill McKibben’s climate change talk at The Wild Center
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McKibben: Climate action requires a movement
The Adirondack Explorer asked Vermont author, environmentalist and former Adirondacker Bill McKibben to discuss the climate-crisis arguments in his new book, “Falter,” and how the issue affects the Adirondacks. Following is a transcript of the … [Read more...] about McKibben: Climate action requires a movement
Teachers learn climate lessons at Wild Center insitute
By SARA RUBERG Rick Garrett wants his students to take action for the environment. That’s why he was the first to sign up out of the 32 teachers attending the Wild Center’s first residential teacher training on climate science, this week at the … [Read more...] about Teachers learn climate lessons at Wild Center insitute
Warming threatens to upend ecology on Adirondack lakes
By BRANDON LOOMIS You don’t have to tell the guys at Crown Point that Adirondack lakes are changing. It’s apparent in the lack of ice-fishing shanties out on Lake Champlain, where once they formed seasonal villages filled with people angling … [Read more...] about Warming threatens to upend ecology on Adirondack lakes
Trump environmental record worries Adirondack advocates
By BRANDON LOOMIS Two years into Donald Trump’s presidency, Adirondack Park environmental advocates fear his administration has reversed critical protections and momentum for healing the park’s ecosystem. Foremost in their minds is the acid … [Read more...] about Trump environmental record worries Adirondack advocates
As ticks and disease spread north, monitoring is threatened
By ANTHONY F. HALL Lyme disease has migrated progressively northward over the last 25 years, spreading into the Lake George region, the Adirondacks and the St. Lawrence River Valley. In Warren County, for instance, more than half the ticks … [Read more...] about As ticks and disease spread north, monitoring is threatened