Legislative roundup: Constitutional amendment, birds and bees protections see passage
Adirondack Park lawmakers disappointed with this year’s session
hemlock woolly adelgid
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New director on the ‘never-ending’ fight against invasive species in the Adirondack Park
Brian Greene discusses the challenges facing Adirondack Park as it loses its natural defenses against invasive species, emphasizing the role of herbicides in future conservation efforts
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Meet the beetles
Researchers release bugs in strategy to save Adirondack hemlocks
Continuing the battle against hemlock woolly adelgid
The New York State Hemlock Initiative released predator beetles, which eat invasive hemlock woolly adelgid, at Paradise Bay on Lake George.
The fight to save hemlocks
The New York State Hemlock Initiative released predator beetles to eat the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid on Lake George
Invasive insects spreading in Adirondack Park
Invasive species known for killing ash and hemlock trees have spread beyond where they were originally discovered in the southern Adirondack Park.
2021 EXPLORED: Invasive species
The endless fight against invasive species continued apace in 2021
NY unleashes predator bugs to eat hemlock pests
The state is using all of its tools in the toolbox—or in this case, a cooler—to treat the trees on Lake George
A bug-sized fight for hemlock trees
The silver flies' mission: To mate, lay their eggs and let their hatched babies devour the eggs of their prey, hemlock woolly adelgid.
Help partners search for hemlock-killing bug
A partnership of organizations is asking for the public's help to search the Lake George area for hemlock woolly adelgid, an invasive bug that kills one of the area's most prolific and iconic trees.