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October 5, 2024
Commentary: “In Wildness is the Preservation of the World”
On September 3, 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the National Wilderness Act into law and with one stroke of his pen, protected more than 9 million acres of undeveloped federal lands. In a photograph taken that day, one can spot Stewart ...
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October 3, 2024
A Revolutionary War Roadside Attraction
In 2026, the US will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. That year, the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of American History will unveil a new display interpreting the 54 ft 1776 gunboat “Philadelphia,” built for ...
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October 2, 2024
NYS, LGA, Addressing Impacts of Road Salt on Water Supplies, Public Health
A staggering seven million tons of road salt have been deposited on Adirondack highways since 1980. If that practice is ever to be curbed, it will owe something to the Adirondack Road Salt Reduction Task Force, whose final report was released ...
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