Road salt research update: Which lakes are saltiest?
By Zachary Matson
Report updates data on road salt's effects on Adirondack lakes in Lake Champlain basin
Zachary Matson
Zachary Matson has been an environmental reporter for the Explorer since October 2021. He is focused on the many issues impacting water and the people, plants and wildlife that rely on it in the Adirondack Park. Zach worked at daily newspapers in Missouri, Arizona and New York for nearly a decade, most recently as the education reporter at the Daily Gazette in Schenectady. He lives in Saranac with his family.
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Hard-earned lessons to improve dam safety
By Zachary Matson
Sometimes it takes a disaster to get the policy gears in motion
In the Adirondacks, town dam owners watch and wait
By Zachary Matson
The towns of Dannemora, Bolton, Indian Lake and Chester each own a high hazard dam rated unsound by state inspectors.
Park agency approves Lake Luzerne’s plan to kill lake weeds with herbicide
By Zachary Matson
The Adirondack Park Agency approved a plan to use herbicide to battle invasive water weed on Lake Luzerne
What is ProcellaCOR herbicide and how does it target milfoil?
By Zachary Matson
What’s at play in the latest fight over using an herbicide in Adirondack waters
A look at the riskiest dams in the Adirondacks
By Zachary Matson
Ten high hazard dams are rated 'unsound,' meaning their safety cannot be assured
A dammed park: A look at the Adirondacks’ aging dams
By Zachary Matson
The first article in an Adirondack Explorer investigation into the conditions of hundreds of dams in the Adirondack Park.
DEC vs. Jason Roberts
By Zachary Matson
Nearly a decade after DEC commissioner ordered Rainbow Lake dam near Indian Lake removed or repaired, the structure was taken down last year.
Navigating Garnet Lake
By Zachary Matson
Lake association looks to raise repair funds
Indian Lake Stone Dam’s ‘slight leaks’
By Zachary Matson
Hudson River-Black River Regulating District moves toward long-needed repairs