Adirondack Park

WAMC's Joe Donahue and Pat Bradley and NCPR's Emily Russell explore demographic and livelihood challenges facing Adirondackers - including an aging population and a workforce struggling to find affordable housing.

WAMC's Joe Donahue and Pat Bradley and NCPR's Cara Chapman explore the challenges and opportunities facing the Adirondack Park from cross-border trade and tourism with Canada, as tariffs and a trade war have caused tensions on both sides.

Joe Donahue is joined by WAMC's Pat Bradley and NCPR's Cara Chapman and Emily Russell to set the scene for this WAMC on The Road broadcast from The High Peaks Resort in Lake Placid, New York. They also preview the Adirondack Roundtable panel conversations that will air on both WAMC and NCPR later in the show.

On Monday, April 7, a 57-year-old hiker went missing in New York’s Seward Range in the Adirondacks. Todd, who asked that we only use his first name, had hiked 23 peaks between January 18 and the end of winter — inclement weather was not a new challenge to him.

The Adirondack Park Agency has given the go-ahead for two new areas to use an herbicide that is becoming more common in the region.

Edward Kanze's new book is called “The Nature of the Place: On the Flora and Fauna of the Adirondacks,” a love letter to his home. The Adirondack Park, where he gathers materials from his columns and elsewhere has revised them and tries to give us all a look of the flora and fauna of his home.

The Adirondack Park Agency Board has adopted a resolution that will allow upgrades at Mount Van Hoevenberg and heard a presentation on a jobs initiative for Fort Drum soldiers.

Peter Bauer has spent the past 35 years working to conserve the Adirondack Park and the natural environment. He has led the FUND for Lake George as well as the Residents’ Committee to Protect the Adirondacks.

The Adirondack Park Agency is planning three public hearings on amendments to the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan.

The Adirondack Council has issued its latest “State of the Park” report reviewing government actions and the status of the 6 million acres of protected lands in New York.