DEC: Fish ladder, dam upgrades coming to Imperial Dam
A fish ladder to help salmon journey up a controversial dam in Plattsburgh and farther along the Saranac River, will soon be underway
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A fish ladder to help salmon journey up a controversial dam in Plattsburgh and farther along the Saranac River, will soon be underway
By Cal Seeley
Organizers aim to bring back river feature to attract paddlers
By Mike Lynch
Can DNA research help bring back Champlain salmon?
By Mike Lynch
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is using a genetic tracing program to study salmon in the Lake Champlain watershed.
By Mike Lynch
Northern Forest Canoe Trail stewardship crew members spent part of their summer in the Adirondacks, improving access along the route.
By Mike Lynch
Here are some photos that I took in mid-April along the Saranac River. The photos were taken from a few miles downstream of the village of Saranac Lake to Union Falls Dam. This past winter the northern Adirondacks received a significant amount of snow, much of it in mid-March during a storm that dumped more…