DEC to host meeting on plan to close Broadalbin beach
The state’s plan to close the only public beach at the southern end of the Great Sacandaga Lake outraged dozens of commenters.
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Brookfield, state continue to square off over water-use payments
By Times Union
Federal agency sides with hydropower plant operators on Great Sacandaga Lake
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Aurora displays light up the night
By Times Union
The northern lights were visible in parts of the Adirondacks last week, especially around Great Sacandaga Lake
Contract extension buys more time for Conklingville Dam deal
Hydro operator and state agency agree to continue talks over payment dispute at Conklingville Dam.
APA approves RV campground on Great Sacandaga Lake
The APA approved plans for an RV campground on Great Sacandaga Lake in the Town of Mayfield, though it brought up jurisdictional questions.
Talks collapse over Conklingville Dam dispute
The state agency the control Conklingville Dam plans to limit flows
Two proposed RV parks near Great Sacandaga Lake concern neighbors
Two RV park proposals for the south end of Great Sacandaga Lake are getting plenty of feedback from neighbors.
State awards $200K to planned Sacandaga RV park
Mayfield project still needs approval from town planning board, various state agencies
OSI protects 4,000 acres in southern Adirondacks
By Phil Brown
The Open Space Institute has acquired more than four thousand acres in the southeastern Adirondacks in a deal that will help protect the watershed for the city of Amsterdam. Known as the Hans Creek property, the parcel contains land within the watershed of Amsterdam’s Steele and Ireland Vly reservoirs, including frontage on the Steele Reservoir.…
Lucky Photographer Sees Another Adirondack Moose
By Phil Brown
The historian Philip Terrie has written a book on Adirondack mammals, but he has never seen a moose in the Adirondacks. He is not alone. Although as many as a thousand moose (no one knows for sure) live in the Adirondack Park, you have to be lucky to see one. Jeff Nadler, a nature photographer…