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Adirondack Conservation News: 5 Things You Need To Know

January 7, 2023 by Justin Levine Leave a Comment

Moriah Shock Correctional FacilityADK leaders urge state to reuse Moriah Shock Correctional Facility set to close December 31st

The Adirondack Council, along with several local and state elected officials and other environmental groups, called for the state to keep maintaining the former prison complex in Moriah. The state had slated to stop upkeep on the facility, which closed in 2021. While particular uses for the facility are up for debate, a wide coalition believes the facility can be used for training, housing, and other uses rather than reverting to constitutionally protected lands that would need a constitutional amendment to develop into something new. [Read more…] about Adirondack Conservation News: 5 Things You Need To Know

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondack Council, Adirondack Watershed Institute, Adirondacks, Climate Change, Moriah

Saranac Lake Scientist Headed to Antarctica

October 30, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Lija Treibergs in Antartica courtesy Anna BergstromLija Treibergs, research associate for the Paul Smith’s College Adirondack Watershed Institute (AWI), is headed to Antarctica for three months starting in late November to support the McMurdo Dry Valleys Long Term Ecological Research project. [Read more…] about Saranac Lake Scientist Headed to Antarctica

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature Tagged With: Adirondack Watershed Institute, Adirondacks, Science

Adk Watershed Institute Wins Road Salt, Green Infrastructure Grants

August 6, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Adirondack Watershed InstitutePaul Smith’s College Adirondack Watershed Institute (AWI) has announced it was recently awarded two research grants from the Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP).

The first grant will help scientists and policy makers understand the extent of road salt pollution in Lake Champlain. The second grant will support AWI scientists to assess the effectiveness of recent stormwater upgrades in Lake Placid to improve water quality in Mirror Lake. [Read more…] about Adk Watershed Institute Wins Road Salt, Green Infrastructure Grants

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature Tagged With: Adirondack Watershed Institute, Ausable River Association, Grants, Lake Champlain, Lake Champlain Basin Program, Paul Smith's College, water quality

Celebrate Adirondack Water Week, August 5-14

July 30, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

water courtesy Adironack Watershed InstituteThe Adirondack Watershed Institute has announced a number of events across the Adirondacks celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, as part of the 3rd annual Adirondack Water Week.

Dozens of events will be offered across the Adirondacks to help the public learn about protecting clean water. [Read more…] about Celebrate Adirondack Water Week, August 5-14

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Events, Nature Tagged With: Adirondack Watershed Institute

Seasonal Staff Sought to Protect Adirondack Lakes

May 7, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Watershed Stewards courtesy AWIPaul Smith’s College Adirondack Watershed Institute (AWI) is hiring watercraft inspectors and decontamination technicians to work at boat launches and other key locations across the Adirondacks to stop the spread of aquatic invasive species in the region’s waterways. [Read more…] about Seasonal Staff Sought to Protect Adirondack Lakes

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature Tagged With: Adirondack Watershed Institute, boating, Invasive Species, Paul Smith's College

Adk Watershed Institute Certified A Research Lab, Open House Set

April 7, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Adirondack Watershed Institute staff runs analyses in its newly state certified Environmental Research LaboratoryThe Paul Smith’s College Adirondack Watershed Institute (AWI) has announced that the New York State Department of Health awarded it certification through the Environmental Laboratory Approval Program (ELAP).

The AWI Environmental Research Lab is specifically designed for the analysis of surface and ground water in the Adirondack region. The laboratory saw major upgrades in 2010 when Paul Smith’s College built the Countess Alicia Spaulding-Paolozzi Environmental Science and Education Center. Since that time, the lab has made contributions to the protection of clean water in the region including a greater understanding of the impact of road salt within the environment. [Read more…] about Adk Watershed Institute Certified A Research Lab, Open House Set

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature Tagged With: Adirondack Watershed Institute, Adirondacks, Paul Smith's College, Science, water quality

Salt Survey Being Conducted By Ausable River Association

March 6, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Mirror Lake courtesy Ausable River AssociationThe Ausable River Association’s (AsRA) has released a salt use survey for residents, businesses, and independent contractors in Lake Placid, with emphasis on Mirror Lake. Developed in partnership with the Adirondack Watershed Institute, the survey is essential to determining the amount of salt entering Mirror Lake and the Chubb River. [Read more…] about Salt Survey Being Conducted By Ausable River Association

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature Tagged With: Adirondack Watershed Institute, Ausable River Association, Chubb River, Essex County, Lake Placid, Mirror Lake, nature, pollution, road salt, Transportation, water quality

Champlain Basin Program Hiring 15 Boat Launch Stewards

February 24, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

LCBP Boat Launch Stewards celebrate a good day of pulling invasive water chestnutThe Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP) is seeking applicants to fill 15 seasonal boat launch steward positions this summer along New York and Vermont Lake Champlain shoreline communities.

Boat launch stewards share the Clean, Drain and Dry message with boaters at more than a dozen public access sites on Lake Champlain. Stewards will work the launches from Memorial Day to late summer or early fall. [Read more…] about Champlain Basin Program Hiring 15 Boat Launch Stewards

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondack Watershed Institute, Lake Champlain Basin Program

Salt Survey Planned For Lake Placid, Chubb River Watershed

December 22, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Mirror Lake provided by AsRAThe Ausable River Association (AsRA) will distribute a salt use survey this winter to residents, businesses, and independent contractors in Lake Placid, Essex County, NY.

Developed with the Adirondack Watershed Institute, the survey hopes to determine the amount of salt entering Mirror Lake and the Chubb River. [Read more…] about Salt Survey Planned For Lake Placid, Chubb River Watershed

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature Tagged With: Adirondack Watershed Institute, Ausable River Association, Chubb River, Lake Placid, nature, pollution, road salt, water quality

Mirror Lake Water Quality Report Released

December 19, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Mirror Lake (courtesy Ausable River Association)This week, the Ausable River Association released their fifth annual report on Mirror Lake at Lake Placid in the Adirondacks in partnership with Paul Smith’s College Adirondack Watershed Institute.

The technical brief focuses on data collected throughout the 2020 field season and documents the effects of road salt runoff entering the lake. The lake completed turnover in spring and fall of 2020 after a mild 2019-2020 winter season. This was the first time spring turnover occurred since 2016. [Read more…] about Mirror Lake Water Quality Report Released

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature Tagged With: Adirondack Park, Adirondack Watershed Institute, Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks, Ausable River Association, Lake Placid, Mirror Lake, water quality

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