Piseco Lake (Photo by Jamie Parslow) Paul Smith’s College Adirondack Watershed Institute and the Hamilton County Soil and Water Conservation District have collaborated on a comprehensive study detailing long term trends of the water quality in Hamilton County lakes. The … [Read more...] about A 25-year Perspective on the State of Adirondack Lakes
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Work Begins on Essex Test Drilling (The Sun)
"Town officials came to a fork in the road last week and took it. The town is now officially moving forward on two options designed to find a new drinking water source for the 178 users of the water district. The first is to drill a series of test wells at Begg’s Point, the … [Read more...] about Work Begins on Essex Test Drilling (The Sun)
Improving Soil and Water Conservation
Concerned citizens in the Champlain Valley and elsewhere have made the connection that our activities on this planet are woven into the web of life. Our actions can have serious repercussions both long-term and short-term if we're not kind to each other. Some of the worst … [Read more...] about Improving Soil and Water Conservation
Grange Special Event: Creating a Rain Garden
Tuesday, May 6 at 7pm Creating a Rain Garden At Whallonsburg Grange Hall $5 donation suggested. A rain garden is like a bowl or basin in your yard that captures rainwater and allows it to soak into the soil instead of draining into local watersheds. As an added bonus, … [Read more...] about Grange Special Event: Creating a Rain Garden
Friends of Northern Lake Champlain
Lake Champlain is a great resource for our area, and we cannot afford to let its condition degrade. The lake is a source of drinking water for hundreds of thousands of people in New York and Vermont, and is also a great source of tourism and economic value. Pollution from runoff … [Read more...] about Friends of Northern Lake Champlain