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DOT Announces Pilot Programs to Reduce Salt on Mirror Lake and Lake George

The Department of Transportation Acting Commissioner Paul A. Karas announced a program to reduce the application of road salt around Mirror Lake and Lake George to help mitigate environmental impacts from salt, while still maintaining motorists’ safety. The pilot will take place during the 2018-2019 snow season along a 16 mile stretch of NY-86 from Old Military Rd., through North Elba, Wilmington and Lake Placid, and a 17 mile stretch of Rt. 9N from the Village of Lake George through the Town of Bolton.

 

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Library Buzz Program – Libraries Announced

Twenty Adirondack Libraries Selected for AdkAction’s Library Buzz Program  AdkAction is announcing two pollinator-focused programs in 2023.  In late 2022, AdkAction invited libraries across the Adirondacks to apply to AdkAction Library Buzz Program–a program that offers free Pollinator Resource Kits to local libraries to help them empower both area residents and

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6th Annual Native Plant Sale

AdkAction’s Adirondack Pollinator Project is delighted to offer its 6th Annual Pollinator-Friendly Native Plant Sale. Whether you plant a few plants or many, you will help rebuild the monarch butterfly population, attract hummingbirds, and strengthen native bee and moth populations. This year we have chosen 14 varieties of native flowering plants to

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