The Adirondack Research Consortium is a membership organization dedicated to the support and dissemination of research on the Adirondacks. In this article, the history and future opportunities of the Adirondack Research Consortium are discussed. The author discusses upcoming events and new initiativ...
Ever since Rachel Carson's eyeopening and chilling vision of a spring without birdsong, Americans have devoted a tremendous effort, at great expense, to save the environment. As each new threat or problem emerged, we tried to correct it. There are now literally tens of thousands of laws and hundreds...
The Adirondack Park and North Country are being threatened by an increasing number of invasive species. Managing invasive species is similar to managing non-point source pollution in that it requires efforts at the local as well as State level. The Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program has trained ...
Nine years ago a set of proposals and strategies for development of a long-range policy and research agenda for the Adirondack Park was published in AJES (Fall 1997; Spring 1998). As the Adirondack Research Consortium embarks on the next chapter of its evolution as an incorporated nonprofit 501(c)3 ...
The Hoosier Magnetics plant is located in a residential neighborhood of Ogdensburg, just north of the Adirondack Park. The plant processes raw materials, with local deposition of atmospheric particulates. Noise pollution is also generated. Soil remediation, facility upgrades, and a community awarene...
The influence of watershed land-use on water quality in the St. Regis River, a north-flowing river in northern New York State, was measured in October 2003 and April 2004, from the river's headwaters in the Adirondack Park to its outflow at the St. Lawrence River, to determine a reliable indicator o...
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