What you can do to help pollinators in the Adirondacks
By Holly Riddle
May 22, 2024
Learn the impactful ways you can aid Adirondack pollinators through simple yard work and gardening practices.
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AdkAction’s first executive director departs Jan. 31
January 13, 2022
Brittany Christenson plans to continue to serve on state road salt reduction task force
Helping pollinators
By Holly Riddle
May 22, 2021
AdkAction’s Pollinator Project tackles growing crisis through plant sales, community gardens and more
State scales back on salt study
By Ry Rivard
March 2, 2021
State lawmakers are apparently bowing to concerns that the study could expose the state to liability from residents with unsafe water.
AdkAction program boosts access to locally grown produce
By Melissa Hart
September 17, 2019
AdkAction has become an approved vendor through the Double Up Food Bucks program. A national initiative administered in New York State by the Buffalo-based Field and Fork Network, the program helps kick in an extra incentive for people receiving food assistance, by giving them a financial boost when they buy local.
The park’s watchdogs: A guide to Adirondack environmental groups
June 28, 2019
A new group--Adirondack Wilderness Advocates--is seeking nonprofit status, raising the question of what niche it and several other Adirondack groups fill.
Paddlers envision ‘hydraulic jump’ on Saranac River
By Phil Brown
June 25, 2019
The advocacy group AdkAction and two local paddlers, Tyler Merriam and Scott McKim, have asked the state for $404,000 in Downtown Revitalization Initiative funds.
‘Ethical gardening’ makes space for pollinators in Adirondacks
By Sara Ruberg
June 7, 2019
A majority of global crops, like fruits and vegetables, rely on pollinators. They are in steep decline due to various factors including habitat loss and climate change.
AdkAction to host pollinator symposium
May 28, 2019
Since 2016 the group has worked to spread the message that saving pollinators such as butterflies and bees is important for farms, food security and biodiversity in the Adirondacks.