What you can do to help pollinators in the Adirondacks
By Holly Riddle
Learn the impactful ways you can aid Adirondack pollinators through simple yard work and gardening practices.
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AdkAction names Sawyer Cresap new executive director
Capital Region native has organized Adirondack initiatives
AdkAction’s first executive director departs Jan. 31
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Helping pollinators
By Holly Riddle
AdkAction’s Pollinator Project tackles growing crisis through plant sales, community gardens and more
State scales back on salt study
By Ry Rivard
State lawmakers are apparently bowing to concerns that the study could expose the state to liability from residents with unsafe water.
AdkAction program boosts access to locally grown produce
By Melissa Hart
AdkAction has become an approved vendor through the Double Up Food Bucks program. A national initiative administered in New York State by the Buffalo-based Field and Fork Network, the program helps kick in an extra incentive for people receiving food assistance, by giving them a financial boost when they buy local.
The park’s watchdogs: A guide to Adirondack environmental groups
A new group--Adirondack Wilderness Advocates--is seeking nonprofit status, raising the question of what niche it and several other Adirondack groups fill.
Paddlers envision ‘hydraulic jump’ on Saranac River
By Phil Brown
The advocacy group AdkAction and two local paddlers, Tyler Merriam and Scott McKim, have asked the state for $404,000 in Downtown Revitalization Initiative funds.
‘Ethical gardening’ makes space for pollinators in Adirondacks
By Sara Ruberg
A majority of global crops, like fruits and vegetables, rely on pollinators. They are in steep decline due to various factors including habitat loss and climate change.