Reporter Pat Bradley reports that the statewide discussion about Proposition 5, the Adirondack Land Swap, is heating up as Election Day looms. 

Reporter Brian Nearing reports that starting next week, specially equipped boats and aircraft will start building a detailed survey that will cover the 32-mile long Lake George from its bottom to the tops of its surrounding Adirondack mountains to create a network of computer sensors that will provide an instantaneous flow of data on the lake’s environmental health providing a much better understanding of how the lake is being contaminated and impacted by storm runoff, nutrients, road salts, and invasives."

Reporter Scott Waldman reports that Proposition 4, which is on Tuesday’s ballots statewide, will end a dispute that has endured for generations between the state and private landowners over ownership of Adirondacks property. The ballot referendum has been approved by two separate legislatures and is now up to voters. Proposition 4 will transfer the questioned land to the landowners and in turn, they’ll have to pay some fees in to a fund that will be used to purchase nearby land that will become part of a forest preserve.

Writer Mary Blanchard of Raquette Lake writes that she encourages everyone to vote yes on Proposition 4 which will resolve property title issues that have existed since the mid 1800s.

Writer, Clark J. Seaman, Long Lake Town Supervisor, writes propositions 4 and 5 are critically important to the Adirondacks and encourages every voter to be informed of the details pertaining to these amendments and then vote yes for both.