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Tag Archives: Adirondack Park
  • Off the Rails: Railcar Storage Controversy Update

    Posted by essla on May 18, 2018

    The Iowa Pacific Railroad appears to be running off the rails in the Adirondack Park. Iowa Pacific leases tracks between Corinth and North Creek from Warren County to…


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  • Lake Steward Funding for 2019 and Beyond

    Posted by essla on May 18, 2018

    The grant currently funding boat stewards at Horicon launch runs out this year. BY STEPHEN EHLERS For the past three years ESSLA has been the…


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  • Denying the Obvious

    Posted by essla on March 4, 2018

    By Gary L. Karl ESSLA does everything we can to keep invasive species (IS) out of the Schroon Lake watershed. We support boat inspections and washes to keep aquatic IS like…


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  • Wild Protective Services NYS Protects the Boreas Ponds Tract

    Posted by essla on February 27, 2018

    By Gary L. Karl Since 1895, the New York State Constitution has mandated that the State’s forest preserve in the Adirondacks “be forever kept as wild forest lands.” The “forever…


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  • Train Freeze:  Railcar Controversy Update

    Posted by essla on January 21, 2018

    The Iowa Pacific Railroad is running a tank bank in the Adirondack Park:  It stores, for a fee, out-of-service oil tanker railcars on idle Iowa Pacific tracks in the…


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  • Old Railroad Tankers Rolling Into Adirondacks

    Posted by essla on October 26, 2017

    Old tankers, some rusting and covered in graffiti, are being moved into the Adirondacks for storage by the parent company of Saratoga and North Creek Railway. “A new plan has…


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  • Tick Tock

    Posted by essla on September 16, 2017

    Tick Tock by Richard F. Seegal, Ph.D Yes, that’s the sound a clock makes. But “tick” also refers to the insect responsible for many persistent…


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  • Don’t Fawn Over Your Lawn

    Posted by essla on July 22, 2017

    By Richard F. Seegal, Ph.D. Schroon Lake has deer on the bordering roads, as well as lawns bordering the lake!   We cannot do much about this ruminant population, but we…


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  • Straight Poop on Septic Systems

    Posted by essla on July 22, 2017

    Board member and Aquatic Invasive Coordinator Ev McNeil represented ESSLA at the spring meeting of the New York State Federation of Lake Associations (NYSFOLA), where spokespersons for the DEC,…


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  • Schroon Lake Steering Committee Report to the Membership

    Posted by essla on June 17, 2017

    As many of you know the Steering Committee (SLSC) represents both our lake associations and the three towns.  We address issues that have an impact on our entire watershed…


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