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Executive Director Sawyer Bailey Testifies Before NYS Senate & Assembly 

On January 24, AdkAction Executive Director Sawyer Bailey testified at the NY State Legislature Joint Budget Hearing on Transportation. She shared some of the negative impacts overuse of road salt has had on people in the Adirondacks, including salt contamination of drinking water. She urged the State to adopt salt reduction practices that are already being used successfully by municipal road crews in our Clean Water Safe Roads partnership.

Read Sawyer Bailey’s full testimony here

Watch Sawyer’s in-person remarks below:

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Commuting by Bus in the Adirondacks

By Sawyer Bailey, AdkAction Executive Director I’ve ridden a songthaew in the Xiangkhouang Province of Laos, a bullet train across Japan, and most frequently, the CDTA bus into Albany, but until today I’d never boarded a bus in the Adirondacks. After several years hearing from our food security project participants

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

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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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