There were very few pops of bright color on Blue Mountain Lake last week now that we are past peak leaf season. Zach Matson and I were out there last Wednesday listening to the Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program’s speakers on invasive species. We are working on stories in our next issue of the magazine about some of the different forest pests and what is being done about them.

In case you missed it, Mike Lynch had a story up online today about beech leaf disease, another kind of threat to trees that was spotted this summer in the southwestern Adirondacks. Read that story here.

In other news: APA

The Adirondack Park Agency has more projects out for public comment. Keep your eyes on the comment and public hearing page here.

John Brown Farm recognized

John Brown Farm State Historic Site received national recognition this month. The Lake Placid location is now a part of the National Underground Railroad “Network to Freedom,” historical places across the United States and listed by the National Park Service. You can read more on that here.

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