Increases:

¯ Military, which may include the Army base at Fort Drum

¯ Homeland Security, which includes staff at the U.S.-Canada border

¯ Veterans Affairs, which could increase VA medical offerings

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Cuts — Trump’s budget proposal would eliminate or severely reduce these federal programs:

¯ Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which helps many people heat their homes

¯ Essential Air Service, which funds rural passenger service including Cape Air at the Adirondack Regional Airport in Lake Clear

¯ Community Development Block Grants, which recently have helped Tupper Lake microenterprises, Saranac Lake storefront facade renovations, the Jay Community Center in AuSable Forks and housing rehabilitation for low- and moderate-income people

¯ AmeriCorps, which has done trail and invasive species work in the Adirondacks since 1998

¯ Public broadcasting funds for North Country Public Radio and Mountain Lake PBS — NCPR says this would remove 13 percent of its budget.

¯ The Environmental Protection Agency, including its Clean Power Plan, perhaps leading to increased acid rain and mercury poisoning Adirondack waters and forests

¯ National Institutes of Health, which pays for some research at Trudeau Institute in Saranac Lake

¯ Raise fees for National Flood Insurance Program