By Stephen Leon Soon after he began taking Lee Ann Sporn’s introductory biology course in the fall of 2018, Bryan confided to his professor that he frequently felt sick, as though he was fighting a mysterious disease that wouldn’t go away. A … [Read more...] about Ticks spread in the Adirondacks as funding to study them shrinks
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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 VIC plans new and improved trails to attract skiers
By Cathy Brown Tom Romeo drove an hour from Massena on a snowy Sunday to cross-country ski at the Paul Smith’s College Visitor Interpretive Center. An avid outdoorsman, he had spent the previous day breaking his own trail elsewhere. That, he said, … [Read more...] about Paul Smith’s VIC plans new and improved trails to attract skiers
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