Reporter Lohr McKinstry reports that former Assembly Member Teresa Sayward looks back on her accomplishments in the Legislature, mentioning the two constitutional amendments she got passed: One on Hamilton County’s Township 40 and one for NYCO Minerals. 

Reporter Chris Knight reports that the APA voted to allow a general permit to allow for management of aquatic invasive species using benthic mats and hand harvesting, streamlining the review process. 

Reporter Jon Alexander reports that APA scientists are claiming that mats smothering Asian clams are damaging Lake George because they are killing native species. 

Reporter Chris Knight reports that according to APA Executive Director Terry Martino, the first parcels of the former Finch Paper land bought by the state could be classified by the fall — and green groups want them designated as wilderness.