Replicating nature
By Mike Lynch
Can DNA research help bring back Champlain salmon?
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Understanding algal blooms
By Mike DeSocio
As harmful algal blooms appear in more Adirondack locations, scientists and researchers work to figure out reasons why
Kayaking couple attempting to circumnavigate Champlain
By Mike Lynch
A couple from Whallonsburg are in the midst of a paddling journey around the nation's sixth biggest lake.
NYS Dept of Health relaxes rules for consuming wild-caught fish from various Adirondack waters
NYS Department of Health relaxes rules for consuming wild-caught fish from certain Adirondack waters
State of the Lake: Sparkling sands and (usually) clear water on Champlain
This year’s report finds a lake that routinely produces safe drinking water, swimming and fishing, but that also has problems that are likely to worsen as the world continues warming.
Champlain’s wild card
By Ry Rivard
Wild-born lake trout, long a rare catch, thrive in changed waters.
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…
Historic dam in danger
By Tim Rowland
This 150-acre lake is a popular venue for anglers, boaters, hikers and birdwatchers. It was created nearly two centuries ago when the industrialists dammed up Putts Creek at the head of a precipitous chasm whose falls from the mountains into the Champlain Valley produced an awesome amount of industrial muscle.
A lake in crisis
By Ry Rivard
Bacteria in Champlain—cupped by New York, Vermont and Quebec—are feeding on polluted runoff from around the lake, especially Vermont’s dairyland, and thriving in water that is warming along with the rest of the globe.
What is a harmful algal bloom?
The only way to prevent a bloom is by targeting and stopping the source of excessive nutrients.