The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has named two coordinators to help manage and sustain the Adirondack and Catskill Forest Preserves.
The Adirondack Council has released a VISION 2050 plan offering recommendations on how to manage the 6 million acre park in New York including its ecology and the communities throughout it.
The New York State Mesonet, headquartered at the University at Albany, is partnering with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on efforts to improve winter storm observations and the sharing of that data.
The environmental group Scenic Hudson is applauding the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation for denying a permit for the Danskammer Energy Center in Orange County.