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Tag Archives: Adirondacks
  • 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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  • 3 Questions with Jim Lieberum

    Posted by essla on April 21, 2018

    In each issue of The Pearl we pose three questions to an ESSLA partner in protecting the Schroon Lake watershed. This time it’s Jim Lieberum, District Manager for the…


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  • My Gut Reaction to Roundup

    Posted by essla on March 17, 2018

    By Rich Seegal, Ph.D. My gut level reaction is not solely due to being absolutely ticked off at Monsanto for their decades of Fake News stating that Roundup (RU) is…


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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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  • Down the Drain

    Posted by essla on January 21, 2018

    The Town of Horicon has shut down the watering tub for good The Watering Tub was a popular source of untreated spring water located near Route 8 in…


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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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  • Northern Schroon Boat Decon Station

    Posted by essla on September 16, 2017

    ESSLA, SLA and PLA came together to purchase a boat decontamination station positioned at the northern end of Schroon Lake to further protect our waters. The Horicon boat decon…


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