By Ben Westcott On Friday, Sept. 20, adults are being called on to join schoolchildren who have been skipping class on Fridays to protest a lack of action to stop climate change. In the Adirondacks, there are two locations where climate strikes … [Read more...] about Global Climate Strikes planned for the Adirondacks
Climate Change
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
Winter’s decline expected to alter Adirondacks
By BRANDON LOOMIS The Adirondack winter is far from endangered, but it is in decline. Winter is shortening and getting less predictable, with yearlong consequences that will intensify as the century moves along, according to the authors of the … [Read more...] about Winter’s decline expected to alter Adirondacks
