Curt Stager, a climate scientist at Paul Smith's College and Brendan Wiltse, water quality director at the Adirondack Watershed Institute, discuss the effects of climate change on the Adirondacks. Video by Cayte Bosler … [Read more...] about Adirondack lakes: Insights into a changing climate
How to spot hemlock woolly adelgid
Jason Denham, forester with the state Department of Environmental Conservation, explains tips and tools for spotting invasive hemlock woolly adelgid. Here, Denham examines hemlock trees infected by the invasive insect near the Buck Mountain … [Read more...] about How to spot hemlock woolly adelgid
Continuing the battle against hemlock woolly adelgid
On Oct. 27, 2022 the New York State Hemlock Initiative released predator beetles called laricobius nigrinus, which eat the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid, at Paradise Bay on Lake George. It is one of three biocontrols the state is using to … [Read more...] about Continuing the battle against hemlock woolly adelgid
Climate Q&A
A new paper from Paul Smith’s College researchers raises the specter of an Adirondack Park without the winter weather that has long shaped the region’s culture and economy. More info and a link to the study here. Adirondack Explorer … [Read more...] about Climate Q&A
Secret Scavengers
Coyotes and bears are among the animals that visit a moose carcass on Shingle Shanty Preserve and Research Station in the western Adirondacks. Watch this video to see nature in action. … [Read more...] about Secret Scavengers
DEC wildlife biologist addresses wolf
Dan Rosenblatt, wildlife diversity section head at the state Department of Environmental Conservation, addresses his department's decision to identify an 85-pound canid a wolf. The animal was shot and killed in Central New York by a hunter in … [Read more...] about DEC wildlife biologist addresses wolf