Myth: We are aging at a rate that will soon make us the 2nd oldest region is the US. That we are aging rapidly is the result of the out-migration of families resulting from a [...]
This month the Center for Biological Diversity notified the US Fish & Wildlife Service of its intent to sue for protection for the Bicknell's thrush (Catharus bicknelli) under the federal Endangered Species Act. The Bicknell's [...]
Gotta love it. Each year The Chronicle, published in Glens Falls, puts out an April Fools edition and each year many readers are caught unaware. This year PROTECT gets page 1 treatment in a made-up [...]
The Governor and state Legislators wrapped up the 2013-14 state budget this week. Environmental spending was increased after years of a steady downward slide. Allocations for land acquisition for the state lands and state parks [...]
The Center for Biological Diversity filed a "formal notice of intent" to sue the US Fish & Wildlife Service for failing to make a decision on its 2010 petition to protect the Bicknell's thrush [...]
With a late spring snowfall, at least by the standards of the past few years, and with the nation riveted, after the march on Washington in February, on the showdown over President Obama's looming decision [...]
The US Census came out with its 2012 population estimates last week. Note that these are only estimates and  that these figures are not considered as credible as the decennial Census conducted at the end [...]
Protect the Adirondacks is very concerned about efforts underway by the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to open new areas of the "forever wild" Forest Preserve to use by All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs). In our [...]
Myth: The Adirondack Park population is substantially older than the average for New York State and for other regions in the United States. That we are older is the result of a poor economy which, [...]
The decision is in on the trespassing lawsuit against Phil Brown, editor of the Adirondack Explorer, over his trip from the William C. Whitney Area to Lake Lila via Mud Pond and Mud Pond Outlet, [...]