VERMONTVILLE — A Clinton County man has been charged with numerous counts related to the killing of a moose in the town of Franklin near Vermontville. On Dec. 4, state Department of Environmental Conservation officers charged Zachary Vaughn, 26, of Saranac following a month-long DEC ...
PLATTSBURGH — As the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump moved to the House Judiciary Committee, students and some community members sat down for “Impeachment 101: How it Works and its Impact on American Politics” last Thursday evening, Dec. 5. The SUNY Plattsburgh ...
LAKE PLACID — Road salt runoff into Mirror Lake is derailing its natural mixing process and posing a threat to its lake trout population, a new study released this week shows. The peer-reviewed study, co-authored by AuSable River Association Science and Stewardship Director Brendan Wiltse ...
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Friday the graduation of 30 Environmental Conservation Police Officers and 14 Forest Rangers from the state Department of Environmental Conservation’s 22nd Basic School for Uniformed Officers. The 44 new officers received their diplomas in a formal ceremony at the ...
PAUL SMITHS — Research by Paul Smith’s College professor Lee Ann Sporn and her students shows disease-carrying ticks are continuing to become more common throughout the North Country. At the same time, her research is threatened by a lack of funding from the state and federal ...
WILMINGTON — A beloved ski lodge at Whiteface Mountain is gone. The Mid-Station Lodge was destroyed by fire Saturday night. No one was injured. The blaze was reported by staff at the Mid-Station at 8:52 p.m. Saturday, according to Wilmington Volunteer Fire Department Chief Louis ...
SARANAC LAKE — It’s cross-country ski season, and you know what that means. It’s time to go shopping. It’s easy to get cooped up inside when the winter cold settles in, so having a hobby like cross-country skiing to get out and enjoy the crisp winter air is a great thing. But ...
SARANAC LAKE — Despite Baker Mountain being so closely associated with Saranac Lake, it’s actually outside the village in St. Armand, and that town’s supervisor said parking in that area has been a problem for a long time. “It’s been an ongoing issue for many years, and we need ...
LAKE GEORGE — It has been a conversation put aside for the past two decades, but the Lake George Park Commission could resurface an important invasive species management question. Could herbicide treatment of Eurasian watermilfoil work in Lake George? Executive Director David Wick ...
State campgrounds in the Adirondack Park saw fewer overnight visitors this year, but more camping nights overall. New data released by the state Department of Environmental Conservation show 2,776 fewer visitors chose to stay overnight this year at the 44 Adirondack campgrounds managed ...
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Defense Fund, the Adirondack Council and the Sierra Club want to join New York, New York City and New Jersey in suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over air pollution from other states. The groups filed a motion with the U.S. Court of Appeals ...
ALBANY — State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos announced the opening of the 2020 application period for the Campground Ambassador program Monday. As part of the state’s Adventure NY initiative to connect more New Yorkers with the outdoors, campground ...
ALBANY — Parks & Trails New York (PTNY) Saturday joined Assemblymember Patricia Fahy to praise Governor Andrew Cuomo for signing legislation, directing the state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation to develop a coordinated plan for linking existing trails with potential ...
It was a cold, rainy mid-November night 50 years ago, and state Forest Ranger George Stec was talking to three young men who stopped by his house to report seeing a wolf around Queensbury’s Butler Pond when the phone rang. It was around 8:30 p.m. “It was the Sheriff’s Department ...
Warren County supervisors took the first step toward turning the county rail line into a recreational trail by voting Monday to start an “abandonment” process for the line. In the wake of the only suitor for a lease on the line backing out of negotiations last month, the county ...
Adam White said his hands would have been shaking a little more had he known the deer he was aiming at was a 14-point buck. White was sitting in a deer blind last Tuesday afternoon in the Massena area. It was windy, which makes it easier for mature bucks to scent nearby humans. But ...
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand opposes the Growing American Innovation Now Act, a bill that would loosen air pollution regulations for coal plants. Supporters of this bill say it will allow power companies to better protect the environment, as companies are currently “disincentivized” ...
KEENE VALLEY — The town of Keene is hosting a community forum on hiker parking Wednesday night. The meeting, set for 7 p.m. at the Keene Valley firehouse, will focus on the current state of hiker parking and planning for the next hiking season. Town Supervisor Joe Pete Wilson Jr. said he ...
WILMINGTON — Today marks the start of the ski season at Whiteface Mountain. The first chair lift disembarks at 8:30 a.m., according to a news release from the state Olympic Regional Development Authority, which manages the mountain alongside several other sports venues, including the Gore ...
After 10 years, the issue of whether a paddler can pass through a stretch of private waterway is over after he and a state agency declined to appeal a previous ruling on the matter. For the past decade, Phil Brown of Saranac Lake, former Adirondack Explorer editor, and the Brandreth Park ...