DEC Region 5 has a new acting director
Joseph Zalewski is the new acting director of the state Department of Environmental Conservation's Region 5.
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Petronis named DEC deputy commissioner of natural resources
Katie Petronis, formerly of the Open Space Institute, has been tapped for a top level position at the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
State Senate confirms governor’s APA board picks
The Adirondack Park Agency board has finally been filled. The state Senate approved Gov. Andrew Cuomo's seven nominees on Wednesday.
Cuomo nominates seven to Adirondack Park board
The APA board's composition has been a point of contention, with three vacant positions and four board members serving on expired terms at the governor's pleasure.
Records show Lake George parasail company was fined $4,000 after 2019 accident
The Lake George Park Commission fined a parasailing company earlier this year for violations related to a near-drowning of a customer last summer and breaching a 2016 order of consent.
Lake George parasail permits get safety updates after near-drowning
There are some safety changes to parasailing on Lake George this summer.
APA projects and map amendments up for public comment
Several projects before the Adirondack Park Agency are up for public comment this month.
‘Restore Mother Nature Bond Act’ leaps first hurdle, but more lie ahead as economy wilts
A clause in the legislation allows Robert Mujica, the state budget director, to kill the bond act before it heads to a public vote if the current economic tailspin means conditions aren't right this fall.
After a decade that reshaped the park, DEC regional director Bob Stegemann retires
By Tim Rowland
By Tim Rowland The timing of his tenure as Region 5 director for the Department of Environmental Conservation is not lost on Robert Stegemann. “I came in with Hurricane Irene and I’m going out with the coronavirus,” he said. But in between it was quite a run, a decade that is likely to be noted…
Forest ranger tests positive for COVID-19
An Adirondack Park forest ranger has tested positive for the coronavirus. Gov. Andrew Cuomo looks at hospital partnerships between upstate and downstate.