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Road Salt Impacts Aquatic Life Year Round

Road crews across the United States use more than 24 million tons of road salt (sodium chloride) to melt ice and snow each year –

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An Unwanted Gift Brings Spiritual Awakening and Joy

As Patricia Nugent prepared to retire in 2009 from a long and rewarding career as a school district administrator, she had two exciting goals in

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1957: The I-87 Northway and the Adirondack Forest

What follows is The Northway and the Adirondack Forest: A Highway Location Study, published August 31, 1957 by the  New York State Department of Public

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Indigenous Justice in Early America & The Albany Treaty of 1722

In this episode of Ben Franklin’s World, early North America was a diverse place. It was a place that contained hundreds of distinct Indigenous nations

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DEC, State Parks Offer 30×30 Conservation Strategy for Public Review

New York Almanack delivers to you each day. We receive no public funds – we’re supported only by readers like you. You Can Make Recurring

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June 18, 1812: War of 1812 Begins When US Declares War On Great Britain

On June 18, 1812, Congress passed and President James Madison signed a declaration of war against Great Britain, marking the beginning of the War of

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The Battle of Diamond Island on Lake George

Today it’s a State-owned island – a day use area for picnics – but Diamond Island on Lake George witnessed a horrific bombardment by gun