The Huletts Current

A rabid goat has been confirmed north of Huletts Landing in Essex County. In addition to this, there have been 4 rabies positive raccoon’s, multiple skunks, and 1 fox in Washington County within the past year. Rabies is spread through the saliva or brain tissue of an infected animal. In many instances, it comes through [...]

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Flooding Spawns Aggressive Mosquitoes The Burlington Free Press has an article on a new round of late mosquitoes. Town of Whitehall Considering a 10% Tax Increase The Post Star reports that the town of Whitehall already wants to override the new tax cap. Milfoil Found in Lake Champlain South Bay The Adirondack Almanack has a [...]

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Two loons photographed off of Huletts. Picture submitted by Kathy Francis.

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Representations of different local animals and their pelts were shown during the Friends of Historic Huletts Landing children’s program today. The Friends of Historic Huletts Landing (FHHL) sponsored a children’s program by the Pember museum in the gallery and library this morning. The children were shown many different species of local wildlife. The children loved [...]

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While work continues in Lake George Village to smother Asian clams with benthic barriers, a parallel effort to survey other suitable Asian clam habitat for their presence was organized by the Lake George Asian Clam Rapid Response Task Force (LGACRRTF). Survey efforts show over 60 clean sites with no Asian clams and two small infestations [...]

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On Saturday of July 16, the Wildlife Conservation Society will be conducting an annual loon census with the help of local Adirondack residents and visitor volunteers. This data provides a quick glimpse of the status of the breeding loon population in and around the Adirondack Park and across New York State. The results help guide [...]

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The Emerald Ash Borer has a greenish metallic coat. Photo credit for above picture: David Cappaert, Michigan State University Bugwood.org First discovered in New York in 2009, the Emerald Ash Borer threatens the more than 900 million ash trees in Upstate New York and the timber and lumber business that they support. Eighteen counties have [...]

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Volunteers Sought to Monitor Spawning Migrations WNYT.com tells you how to become involved monitoring smelt populations. Albany TV Station Shows Huletts The Adirondack Outdoors blog, tells us that an Albany television station ran some pictures of Huletts. New Rules to Help Adirondack Lakes Denton Publications reports on new federal rules to limit mercury emissions. Where [...]

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Plan to Rid Lake George of Clams The Times Union tells us that the campaign to kill the Asian clams growing in Lake George will begin next month. Underwater Power Line Project Gains Support The plan is to have this project go right through Whitehall. Read the Post Star. Learn About the Adirondack Gray Squirrel [...]

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Students at Whitehall High School and Ticonderoga Middle School are raising salmon, through a new environmental education program presented by the Lake George Association (LGA) called “Salmon in the Classroom”. Kristen Rohne, the LGA’s watershed educator, visited the schools to help set up a 25 gallon tank, chiller and pump, along with testing materials and [...]

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Think Tank: NY Pension Costs Could Explode The NY Post presents an analysis of where pension costs are going. Top Aide to Gov: Saratoga closure ‘definite possibility’ The Capitol Confidential Blog speaks about Saratoga’s possible demise. NJ Gov Talks Tough to Paterson “I have a bridge to sell you”, takes on a new meaning for [...]

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Deer hunting season started Saturday.

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