
Salt success: How Lake Placid rallied to save Mirror Lake
Community's efforts to reduce salt use, divert runoff has helped bring a key Adirondack lake back from the brink
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New technology includes outfitting snow removal trucks with cameras and sensors to track salt use and optimize operations
Community's efforts to reduce salt use, divert runoff has helped bring a key Adirondack lake back from the brink
Key takeaways from Lake George Association's road salt reduction gathering, held this year in Lake Placid
By Mike Lynch
Adirondack Park's pristine waters hide contaminant dangers in fish
Initiative targets key pollution sources in Lake Champlain Watershed, including agriculture and wastewater, to prevent harmful algal blooms
Youth-led nonprofit ramps up Adirondack programming around road salt's impacts on water supplies
By Times Union
St. Regis tribe, company decline to share the terms of deal ending years-long toxic pollution case
Tarry substance leaks from overturned tanker on Adirondacks artery
Report updates data on road salt's effects on Adirondack lakes in Lake Champlain basin
Artists collaborate on an exhibit that calls attention to water pollution in the Lake Champlain basin