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Grand Isle, VT – The Lake Champlain Basin Program seeks proposals for projects that improve water quality and ecosystems in the Lake Champlain watershed. The Program anticipates awarding more than $1,400,000 in grants for projects to be implemented in 2022.

These Local Grants will be awarded in the following categories:

1. Clean water – small implementation grants (up to $20,000 per award),
2. Clean water large implementation grants* ($25,000 to $125,000 per award)
3. Clean water– planning grants* (up to $50,000 per award)
4. Healthy ecosystems – habitat and native species conservation (up to $25,000 per award)
5. Healthy ecosystems – aquatic invasive species spread prevention and management (up to $15,000 per award)

Eligible organizations include colleges, universities, nonprofit organizations, municipalities and non-federal/non-state government agencies. Read more »

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Town of Wilmington
Essex County
Wilderness Rescue: On Aug. 18 at 7:26 p.m., Essex County 911 transferred a call to DEC’s Ray Brook Dispatch from a woman reporting her 58-year-old husband had fallen, striking his head on the Flume Trail in the Wilmington Wild Forest. Forest Ranger O’Connor responded with Wilmington EMS. The hiker from Ohio was carried out to an ATV with the assistance of EMS and New York State Police and driven to the trailhead. At 8:42, the hiker was transferred to a waiting ambulance for further medical treatment.

Town of North Elba
Essex County
Wilderness Rescue: On Aug. 20 at 6:30 p.m., DEC’s Ray Brook Dispatch received a request for assistance with a 24-year-old hiker from New Paltz experiencing signs of dehydration on Haystack Mountain in the McKenzie Wilderness Area. Prior to responding, Forest Ranger Praczkajlo conducted a phone interview and directed the hiker to self-hydrate and continue walking toward the trailhead. The Ranger met up with the hiker on the trail and assisted him back to the trailhead where he declined further medical attention. Ranger Praczkajlo was clear of the scene at 7:30 p.m.

Town of North Elba
Essex County
Wilderness Rescue: On Aug. 21 at 11:30 a.m., DEC’s Ray Brook Dispatch received a request for assistance with a 30-year-old hiker from Holbrook with an unstable knee injury on the Cascade Mountain Trail. At 12:15 p.m., Forest Rangers Evans and Lewis reached the hiker’s location and determined the injury was stable and proceeded to assist the hiker back to the trailhead. Once back at the trailhead, the subject declined further medical care. Rangers were clear of the scene at 1:20 p.m.

Town of Newcomb
Essex County
Wilderness Rescue: On Aug. 21 at 4:50 p.m., Essex County 911 transferred a call to DEC’s Ray Brook Dispatch reporting a hiker on Allen Mountain in the High Peaks Wilderness had pulled a muscle in his right leg and was exhibiting signs and symptoms of exhaustion. Forest Rangers Arnold and Scott responded to the trailhead with a six-wheel ATV. At 8:45 p.m., the Rangers located the 47-year-old man from Wynantskill and his hiking party. The Rangers wrapped the hiker’s upper right thigh and provided him with electrolytes and water. After a brief rest, the hiker was able to walk 1.5 miles to a waiting ATV and was transported out by Ranger Scott. The remaining members of the hiking party were escorted out of the woods by Ranger Arnold. The injured hiker was transported back to his vehicle and declined further medical attention. All Rangers were clear of the scene at 11:30 p.m.

Town of Santa Clara
Franklin County
Wilderness rescue: On Aug. 22 at 2:23 p.m., Franklin County 911 transferred a call to DEC’s Ray Brook Dispatch reporting a 71-year-old woman from Rochester had sustained an unstable hip injury after a fall. Five Forest Rangers, two Assistant Forest Rangers, and Tupper Lake EMS responded. Rescuers located the woman in a remote location on the North Shore of Little Square Pond in the Saranac Lake Wild Forest. The hiker was stabilized and packaged for transport back to the Fish Creek campground boat launch via a Forest Ranger boat. At 6:20 p.m., the woman was transferred to Tupper Lake Rescue and transported to a local hospital. Rescuers were clear of the scene at 7:00 p.m.

AFRs Bowler and Farry and EMS personnel on shore of Little Square Pond

Be sure to properly prepare and plan before entering the backcountry. Visit DEC’s Hike Smart NY, Adirondack Backcountry Information, and Catskill Backcountry Information webpages for more information.

If a person needs a Forest Ranger, whether it’s for a search and rescue, to report a wildfire, or to report illegal activity on state lands and easements, they should call 833-NYS-RANGERS. If a person needs urgent assistance, they can call 911. To contact a Forest Ranger for information about a specific location, the DEC website has phone numbers for every Ranger listed by region.

DEC is encouraging swimming pool owners to participate in the annual Asian Longhorned Beetle Swimming Pool Survey. During late summer, Asian longhorned beetles (ALB) emerge as adults and are active outside of their host tree. The goal of the survey is to locate infestations of these invasive pests before they cause serious damage to the State’s forests and street trees.

From now until swimming pools are closed for the season, DEC is asking pool owners to periodically check their filters for insects that resemble ALB, and report suspects either by emailing photos or mailing insects to DEC’s Forest Health Diagnostics Lab at 108 Game Farm Road, Delmar, NY 12054, Attn: Liam Somers.

People without swimming pools can help the effort by reporting signs of ALB in their communities. The invasive pest ALB:

• is about 1.5 inches long, black with white spots, and have black and white antennae;
• leave perfectly round exit holes about the size of a dime in branches and trunks of host trees;
• and create sawdust-like material called frass that collects on branches and around the base of trees.

ALB are wood-boring beetles native to Asia that were accidentally introduced to the United States through wood-packing materials. These pests attack a variety of hardwoods, including maples, birches, and willows, among others, and have caused the death of hundreds of thousands of trees across the country. The State Department of Agriculture and Markets has worked diligently to manage ALB infestations in New York, successfully eradicating them from Brooklyn, Staten Island, Manhattan, Islip, and Queens. The beetle is still actively managed in central Long Island, and there are active infestations in Massachusetts, Ohio, and South Carolina.

For more information on the ALB Swimming Pool Survey and ALB, including biology and identification tools, visit DEC’s website.

Image: View a poster of Asian longhorned beetle identification tips, including common look-alike species, on DEC’s website.

PLATTSBURGH, NY – The Strand Center for the Arts is excited to host “Oil and Water,” a photographic exhibition featuring work by painters, Dennon Walantus and Matt McGarr, in the Main Gallery. This upcoming exhibit will open in The Strand Center Main Gallery on Friday, September 3, 2021. A free reception will be held from 5:00-8:00 pm that night.

The exhibition, Oil and Water, features the painted works of Dennon Walantus and Matt McGarr, two artists who paint in oils and acrylics respectively. Although their mediums may not mix, their paintings of local landscapes and architecture complement and contrast. Their work brings a new lens to local places that may often get overlooked, but they see places worthy of attention. Color and light are strong elements in both of their work, so these places often are just the vehicle to host these elements for their paintings.

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“Several local restaurants are shutting their doors due to an apparent staffing shortage. Ristorante Casa Capitano, in Rouses Point, is closed until Sept. 1. The Scale, a restaurant in Williston, is closing until the end of that month and popular Burlington eatery Butch + Babe’s has closed indefinitely. “It’s been a tough road for sure, and staffing, it was continuing to be a challenge. So it just felt like it was the right time,” says Kortnee Bush, owner of Butch + Babe’s.” 

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