KEENE VALLEY — The town of Keene's hiker shuttle will resume service for the season this Saturday. A separate hiker shuttle operated by Essex County Public Transportation and funded through the state's Environmental Protection Fund will also resume service next month, and the state Department ...

SARANAC LAKE — At a listening session on the state’s $4.2 billion Environmental Bond Act on Friday, Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos said the dangerous and destructive effects of climate change are already hitting the Adirondacks and the world. The ...

Adirondack forest rangers with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation responded to an ankle injury this past week in Lake Placid. - Ankle injury on Cobble - On Aug. 1 at 11:59 a.m., Ray Brook Dispatch received a call reporting a subject who had fallen on Cobble ...

DETROIT — The U.S. government’s most ambitious plan ever to slash planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from passenger vehicles faces skepticism both about how realistic it is and whether it goes far enough. The Environmental Protection Agency in April announced new strict emissions ...

It takes about an hour to drive to the Canadian border from the tiny town of Croghan, New York. The area is heavily forested, on the edge of the sprawling Adirondack Park, and in the event of a wildfire, local volunteers bear responsibility for controlling and containing the blaze — even if ...

SARANAC LAKE — The state Department of Environmental Conservation has acquired 5 acres of forest along the southeastern shore of Upper Saranac Lake and plans to keep the tract as undeveloped shoreline. The DEC purchased the property from the Keene-based Adirondack Land Trust in May for ...