What to do about harmful algal blooms?
By Ry Rivard
Lake George water studies have warned about septic tank sewage polluting the lake. The state has done little about it.
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Lake George groups join forces and merge to battle new threats
By Ry Rivard
Lake George, a beloved Adirondack destination, now has a unified voice among its protectors. After years of overlapping missions and messages, the Lake George Association and the Fund for Lake George will merge.
Lake George’s ‘Dog Beach’ turned into water quality filter
A popular, unsanctioned beach in the Village of Lake George is getting a water quality makeover to keep pollutants at bay.
Saranac Lake airport listed as hazardous site
By Ry Rivard
Like hundreds of other airports across the country, Adirondack Regional over the years sprayed firefighting foam that contains chemicals now known to cause cancer and other health problems.
A formal lake management plan for Lake Placid
A formalized plan is being developed for Lake Placid designed to mitigate a number of man-made and ecological concerns on the lake.
Water talk
Join Explorer reporter Ry Rivard and Dan Kelting, head of the Adirondack Watershed Institute of Paul Smith’s College, to talk about one of the major sources of water pollution in our region: the road salt showing up in water supplies across the Adirondacks. Ry Rivard has been reporting on this issue for the Explorer. Dan…
Earth Day thoughts on the work that remains to protect park waters
By Ry Rivard
Our tap water is so much safer, thanks to the Safe Drinking Water Act, another product of 1970s environmental consciousness, but regulators have done a poor job of keeping up with many emerging threats, including carcinogens, that remain in American drinking water.
Climate and Adirondack waters
By Ry Rivard
For a recent story on Lake Champlain, I came across another effect of climate change I hadn’t thought much about: water pollution. Over the years, we’ve begun to brace for obvious things that happen when it warms up -- changes like less snow, something that could have profound and devastating effects on the local ski industry.
A $3 billion push for New York waters and environment
By Ry Rivard
During his major “state of the state” speech last week, the governor called the bond measure, which voters would see on the ballot this November, “the nation's most aggressive program for significant habitat restoration and flood reduction."
Plastic pollutes the park
Microplastics are polluting Adirondack streams and lakes once thought unaffected by the emerging environmental threat, according to recent research.