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If New York is to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 85% before 2050, as required by state law, it must reduce food loss and waste by almost as much. Methane from food rotting in landfills, gasses from waste incineration and carbon from trucks ... Read More

Nearly every wild mushroom is an immunomodulator, said Ed Braley, who was shepherding a group of visitors through the woods in Thurman, discussing, as he walked, the art and science of foraging.   “If your immune system’s not running at ... Read More

A hiker whose unleashed dog was bitten by a Timber Rattlesnake on Lake George’s Tongue Mountain Range, and whose story was spread by social media, has led New York State’s Department of Environmental Conservation to update its trailhead signage. ... Read More

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump lost voter share in Warren and Essex Counties between 2016 and 2020, despite vocal advocacy after the 2016 election from local U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-Schuylerville. The weight of U.S. Rep. Elise ... Read More

For years, the engine that powered the rope tow at the Ski Bowl in North Creek – the first rope tow in New York State – lay hidden in the woods a few hundred feet from the access road to the state-owned Gore Mountain Ski Center. It was a ... Read More

With increasing frequency, the extreme weather traced to climate change collides with antiquated, obsolete infrastructure. A 2008 report titled “Potential Impacts of Climate Change on U.S. Transportation” by the National Research Council (NRC) ... Read More

Sea Ray, once the contemporary boat most closely associated with Lake George, is back. F.R. Smith and Sons, the historic Bolton Landing marina, is now the line’s authorized regional dealer. For decades, the line was represented on Lake George by ... Read More

The Boy Scouts of America has been called the largest environmental organization in the country, and its handbook a conservation best seller. Both were launched 114 years ago on Lake George, at Silver Bay YMCA, the retreat and conference center on ... Read More

For the first time since 1883, when the first Sagamore hotel opened on Green Island, the resort will start lodging guests on the mainland. According to Tom Guay, the Sagamore’s general manager, three townhomes, housing eighteen two and ... Read More

Despite the fact that Joe Biden was Vice-President for eight years and President for four, he still campaigns as though he were a legislator, a class of politician that tends to confuse references to bill numbers with applause lines. On the campaign ... Read More