Environment
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Health Department predicts heavy tick season
People can take precautions to prevent Lyme disease infection, including wearing proper clothing, using insect repellent with DEET and checking for ticks on the body whenever in an area where ticks may inhabit.
- Basin Program extends registration for teacher workshops The Champlain Basin Education Initiative is hosting an 11-day course for educators, including a five-day session focused on field-based exploration of the Lake Champlain Basin.
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Loon race set for Newcomb
Sponsors sought for rubber birds. The May 26 event benefits educational programs at the Adirondack Interpretive Center.
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Flooding study may occur in Malone
Federal officials, including Congressman Bill Owens, are aware of the chronic problems along the Salmon River in Malone and might look closer in a few weeks to find a solution.
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New leader chosen for Adirondack group opposing Tupper Lake development
Peter Bauer hired as executive director of Protect the Adirondacks.
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Volunteers needed for parks cleanup
Saturday, May 5, designated as first-ever I Love My Park Day in New York state.
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Vt. flooding disperses invasive plant, fish species
Floodwaters and repair work created "ideal" conditions for the spread of the non-native knotweed along stream and river banks.
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Too many Canada geese?
The DEC offers solutions.
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Volunteers needed to help plant trees
Sunday's event will help stabilize stream and river banks damaged by last year's flooding in the towns of Jay and Keene and the hamlet of AuSable Forks.
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Climate change discussion fills the house
Adirondack Green Circle program brings community action to address global warming.
- More Environment Headlines
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Conservation is music to his ears
How to Turn Waste Into Energy
Going Green With Plug In Electric Cars at the Auto Show
Chilean purifier brings clean water to the poor
Compostable utensils: Not quite what they claim to be
Ford going green with U.S.-grown crops
Reducing your home's carbon footprint
Green steals spotlight at Japan auto show
Green's the theme at Wall Street protest HQ
Solar Window Shutters
Architecture of the Future: Breathing Buildings
Indonesian village banks trash to earn cash
Southern lights provide heavenly view from space
Solyndra asks to auction off factory
Merkel "sold" on ecocars, at auto show.
Arctic sea ice melting faster than predicted say scientists
Southern German village is country's greenest
Blazing a greener path
LEAF program trains tomorrow's environmentalists
Electro and indie go green at MELT
