- NEW STATE LAW TARGETS INVASIVE SPECIES – Post-Star ( Glens Falls, NY) Website
Reporter Jon Alexander reports that a new law will outlaw the possession, transport or sale of ecology-altering invasive plants and animals throughout New York. The DEC and Agriculture Departments must now draft lists of banned species.
- ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE TOPS 11 PERCENT – NCPR.org ( Canton, NY) Website
A staff report notes that the unemployment rate for St. Lawrence County in the Adirondacks is 11%.
- LAKE GROUP PICKS LEADER – Times Union ( Albany, NY) Website
Reporter Brian Nearing reports that Eric Siy, founder and president of Benefishery, will be taking over as executive director of the Fund for Lake George.
- AIM IS OBSTRUCTION, NOT COURT VICTORY – Adirondack Daily Enterprise ( Saranac Lake, NY) Website
Writer Michael Foxman, lead developer of Preserve Associates, says the preservationists don’t expect to win in court — they want to win the war of attrition.
- NEW FUND FOR LAKE GEORGE LEADER NAMED – Post-Star ( Glens Falls, NY) Website
A staff report notes that Eric Siy will be taking over as executive director of the Fund for Lake George in September.
- EX-DEC CHIEF ADVOCATED RECYCLING – Times Union ( Albany, NY) Website
Reporter Brian Nearing reports on the life of former DEC Commissioner Henry "Hank" Williams, who died Tuesday at St. Peter’s Hospital.
- NORTH COUNTRY JOBLESS NUMBERS STAY HIGH IN JUNE DESPITE TOURISM SEASON – Watertown Daily Times ( Watertown, NY) Website
Reporter Ted Booker reports that the North Country unemployment levels stayed high in June even with the start of the summer season.