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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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Fair Food Card Project Partnering to Help Adirondack Women, Infants, Children (WIC) in 2026

Families across the Adirondacks are gaining new, reliable access to fresh, locally produced food through AdkAction’s Fair Food Card, now coordinated in partnership with Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) offices throughout the region. WIC is a federal nutrition service that supports low-income families with pregnant individuals and young children age

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Tracking Road Salt to Protect Adirondack Streams

Each winter, road salt helps keep Adirondack roads safe. When the snow melts, that salt can wash into nearby streams and groundwater, where it can persist for decades and harm aquatic life and drinking water supplies. For years, AdkAction has worked with municipalities across the Adirondacks to reduce road salt

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The Ever-Evolving Fair Food Card Project

During the Covid-19 pandemic, AdkAction offered Emergency Food Packages, which provided free boxes of locally produced food delivered directly to homes across the Adirondacks. But we knew hunger didn’t end there. As the immediate crisis shifted, so did we. By 2021, the initiative had become the Fair Food project, distributing

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