WATCH: DEC treats about 2,500 Lake George-area hemlock trees for invasive bug
By Gwendolyn Craig
The DEC treated about 2,500 hemlock trees around 138 acres near Lake George in Washington County for the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid.
Gwendolyn Craig
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SUNY ESF foundation sells Masten House for $1 million
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The Masten House has been sold for $1 million and will be a private residence, ruling out any plans for a High Peaks visitors center.
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By Gwendolyn Craig
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Predator beetles released on Lake George to eat hemlock-killing bug
By Gwendolyn Craig
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Video: Moose Montage
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Keeping the invasive bugs at bay
By Gwendolyn Craig
A bug the size of a ground pepper flake is killing these hemlocks—a species accounting for nearly 80% of the trees in the lake’s watershed.
Proposal would remove historic Adirondack camp, create public day-use area
By Gwendolyn Craig
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