The first full year of the Adirondack Research Consortium’s operation as a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization has been a time of collaboration and of building partnerships. We identified some 200 academic and research institutions, government agencies, and organizations whose representatives, in rec...
It was with appreciation and humility that I recently agreed to take on the role of executive editor of the Adirondack Journal of Environmental Studies. So many people from so many walks of life in the Adirondack region owe a debt of gratitude to Professor Gary Chilson for founding AJES, staying tru...
Community, economy, and the environment are the “triple bottom line.” Today’s municipalities resemble socially responsible businesses and are concerned about all three. A group of eight local governments in five states spent the last three years “walking the walk” and seriously changing th...
To those who visited Upper Saranac Lake in the early part of the last century, water quality and miles of undeveloped shoreline must have seemed limitless and inexhaustible by humankind. Upper Saranac Lake was part of the early history of discovery of the Adirondacks as a recreational and va...
While the effects of climate change since the end of the last Ice Age are varied and imperfectly understood, one of the most fundamental changes in terms of the history of civilization is the variation in the amount of water available for human use. Indeed, the collapse of some civilizations appears...
The Lake George Park Commission recently undertook a large planning study to assist them in fulfilling their legislative mission of “providing reasonable public access to Lake George without congestion, overcrowding, or safety hazards.” The results reported here, directed at assessing Lake Georg...
Seasonal homes are becoming more common all across the United States, including the Adirondack Park. Their presence affects communities in many ways, environmental, social, and economic. This study examines a subset of the latter—the impact of seasonal homes on local municipal property taxes. Our ...
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