Writer Dave Gibson writes that the Zip-flyer, a thrill ride recently approved by the Town of Queensbury for French Mountain, will adversely impact scenic values and hiking opportunities on the summit. 

A staff report notes that the Adirondack Mountain Club will be hosting a citizen science monitoring training at its Lake George Office on the hemlock woolly adelgid, an invasive forest pest, that is causing widespread mortality of hemlock trees in NY and the eastern U.S.

Reporter Adam St. Pierre reports that the animosity between Tri-Town Packing of Winthrop, one of very few slaughterhouses and meat packing plants in the North Country, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service continues to cause concern for local meat farmers, restaurants and consumers.