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Lakes to Locks Passage shines light on local ‘hidden gems’

Submitted by Emma Levine, WNYT Web Producer
Monday, May 14th, 2012, 1:35pm

More than 600 local travel suggestions have been submitted to the Lakes to Locks Passage website, www.lakestolocks.com.

The submissions are just in time for the summer travel season and the site is co-branded with National Geographic. It emphasizes travel and tourism opportunities that are submitted by local residents and locally-owned business owners.

The national advertising and marketing campaign is promoting the Lakes to Locks Passage that stretches from Albany to Quebec, along the interconnected waterway of the Hudson River, Champlain Canal, Lake George and Lake Champlain and includes Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Washington, Warren, Essex and Clinton counties. 

“This website shines a spotlight on the region’s hidden gems, those places that provide local character to a destination. It is exciting to see the local commitment to delivering a distinctive travel experience,” said Executive Director Janet Kennedy.

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Adirondack group gets new leader from Lake George

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012, 9:35am

LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. (AP) - Peter Bauer is returning to Adirondack Park advocacy after leading the Fund for Lake George for five years.         

Bauer has been hired as executive director of Protect the Adirondacks, which is trying to block the largest development project in the history of the 6-million-acre Adirondack Park. The environmental group is suing the Adirondack Park Agency over its approval of a permit for the Adirondack Club and Resort project in Tupper Lake.          

Before he joined the Fund for Lake George in 2007, Bauer headed the Residents Committee to Protect the Adirondacks for 13 years. That group merged with the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks in 2010, forming Protect the Adirondacks.

(Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)

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DEC announces new recreational fishing regulations

Submitted by Emma Levine, WNYT Web Producer
Monday, April 30th, 2012, 1:46pm
DEC announces new recreational fishing regulations

According to the Department of Environmental Conservation new recreational fishing regulations are now effective for summer flounder (fluke), scup (porgy) and black sea bass.

The new regulations are less restrictive than current rules and specify changes to minimum size limit, possession limit and open season for all three species.

"These regulation changes reflect improvements to populations of scup, black sea bass and summer flounder," said DEC Assistant Commissioner for Natural Resources, Kathy Moser in a statement. "The scup population is particularly robust at this time, and we encourage anglers to get out on the water and enjoy the increased opportunity for anglers to bring home freshly caught fish."

Below are new regulations from the DEC.

Summer Flounder: The new regulations include a 4-fish possession limit, a 19.5-inch minimum size limit and a May 1 through September 30 open season.

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Horse show to benefit SALT

Submitted by Andrew Murphy, Web Producer
Friday, April 27th, 2012, 2:38pm
Horse show to benefit SALT
SCHOHARIE - New York State Quarter Horse Association will be hosting Walk Trot Ride for a Cause Classes on May 11-12.
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Bear numbers on the rise in North Country

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012, 6:26pm

The bear population appears to be doing quite well in Washington County.

According to our news partners at The Post-Star, the numbers of bear sightings in the Cambridge and Greenwich areas are up.

In fact, the paper reports that one bear was spotted on the front porch of a home on Grove Street Saturday night.

Police are urging residents to take precautions.

Take down bird feeders, keep garbage in enclosed areas, put it out in the morning instead of the night before and don't feed your pets outdoors.

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State of the Air 2012

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012, 6:19pm

Good news today from the American Lung Association's annual State of the Air report.

18 of the 25 most polluted cities that have made the yearly list due to ozone are showing improvement this year.

They include Los Angeles, Pittsburgh and San Diego.

The nation's cleanest city to breathe in, according to this report, is Santa Fe, New Mexico.

To check out how your area fared, CLICK HERE.

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Scat offers clues to moose movement in NY

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Monday, April 23rd, 2012, 3:18pm

SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. (AP) - Scat-sniffing dogs are giving Adirondack researchers clues to upstate New York's moose population.
    
Researchers at the Wildlife Conservation Society in Saranac Lake hired Working Dogs for Conservation in Three Forks, Mont., to find moose droppings in the Adirondack starting in 2008. They sent the scat to a genetics lab along with tissue samples from neighboring states and Canada.
    
Scientist Heidi Kretser tells the Adirondack Daily Enterprise that there's a distinct genetic difference between samples from north and south of the St. Lawrence River. New York moose genetics were more similar to that of cousins from Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.
    
Kretser says scat studies could help the state Department of Environmental Conservation measure the moose population.
    

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