State pauses brook trout stocking to study acid rain recovery
June 22, 2020
With water quality improving, suspending stocking is good news for the current fish that live in these ponds.
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June 22, 2020
With water quality improving, suspending stocking is good news for the current fish that live in these ponds.
By Mike Lynch
May 16, 2020
"Until I see how this shakes out, I don’t want to be part of bringing a bunch of people into Saranac Lake, New York, and into Lake Placid, New York.”
By Ry Rivard
March 25, 2020
If a parking lot is packed, go somewhere else, and, if anglers are sharing a boat, they should stay 6 feet away from each other.
By Ben Westcott
October 10, 2019
The plan will be largely informed by a series of 16 public meetings that were held across New York State in 2017, in which trout anglers discussed stream management policy with DEC representatives.
By Ben Westcott
September 9, 2019
Landowners noticed how a large pool on their property known as the Culvert Pool—a spot where the Big Brown Brook enters the Ausable River—was getting shallower as a result of sediment buildup at the pool’s bottom.
August 15, 2019
With DEET on our clothes and nets over our heads, we would have forgotten about the mosquitoes if not for our dog's suffering.
May 12, 2019
An angler’s greatest asset is patience, or so we have been told. But this is a lie. Show me a patient fisherman and I will show you a fisherman who by definition isn’t catching any fish.
March 14, 2019
Loss of ice is one factor in the water temperatures in the lake, where the surface on average has warmed by 6.8 degrees Fahrenheit in August since 1964, according to the Lake Champlain Basin Program.
October 23, 2018
The Adirondack Land Trust purchased the 2,122-acre Little Charley Pond tract for $2 million in 2007, executive director Mike Carr said. Now a buyer wishing to remain anonymous has purchased the trust's property for $1.9 million and granted a conservation easement ensuring that no more than one new camp will be built there.
By Mike Lynch
April 30, 2015
DEC stocks tens of thousands of exotic fish in Adirondack waters each year, a practice that some observers believe diminishes populations of native brook trout. By Mike Lynch When people think of invasive species in the Adirondack Park, they think of Eurasian watermilfoil, zebra mussels, Asian clams, or any number of other exotic plants and animals that have made the headlines. People don’t…