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DEC, APA ask public what to do at Debar Mountain Complex

By Gwendolyn Craig

The public will have more time to comment on the state’s proposal to tear down an historic Adirondack camp and put up a day-use area.

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Chad Dawson announces he will resign from APA board

By Gwendolyn Craig

Chad Dawson announced his resignation to the Adirondack Park Agency on Thursday, highlighting a DEC administration that does what it wants.

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Comments question campfires, new parking proposals for Essex Chain Lakes

By Gwendolyn Craig

The APA will weigh in on campfires and expanded parking in the Essex Chain Lakes during its meeting on Thursday.

Public, preservationists voice support for Debar Lodge

By Gwendolyn Craig

The proposal to remove an Adirondack camp is a state Constitutional conundrum that has opened the floodgates of public comment.

WATCH: DEC treats about 2,500 Lake George-area hemlock trees for invasive bug

By Gwendolyn Craig

The DEC treated about 2,500 hemlock trees around 138 acres near Lake George in Washington County for the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid.

Open Space Institute acquires Lake Luzerne property ripe for green and recreational opportunities

By Gwendolyn Craig

Newly protected property in Warren County will help fight climate change and help link Saratoga Springs to the Adirondacks.

Fort Drum eyes six potential training sites, some in Adirondack Park

By Gwendolyn Craig

Fort Drum has formed a stakeholder group to look at six possible locations, some in the Adirondacks, for air- and land-based training.

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Are fish ladders the answer?

By Ry Rivard

When it was last relicensed, the owners of Treadwell Mills dam on the Saranac River put in a fish ladder so salmon could get through. The ladder, which looks like a wet wheelchair ramp for fish to swim up, has never been used, though, because salmon still can’t get past Imperial Mills. The Lake Champlain…

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Proposal would remove historic Adirondack camp, create public day-use area

By Gwendolyn Craig

Adirondack camp's future, cell tower, timber harvesting and more, are up for public comment to the Adirondack Park Agency.

Lake George’s ‘Dog Beach’ turned into water quality filter

By Gwendolyn Craig

A popular, unsanctioned beach in the Village of Lake George is getting a water quality makeover to keep pollutants at bay.

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