NCPR News Staff: Brian Mann
News Reporter and Adirondack Bureau Chief

Sagamore Retreats: Crossing the Generational Divide

by Brian Mann

Aug 17, 2001 — This summer, the Sagamore great camp, near Raquette Lake, held a series of five retreats for grandparents and grandkids. Brian Mann visited Sagamore last summer and sent this audio postcard.  Go to full article

NY Prison Population Shrinks for First Year Since 1972

by Brian Mann

Aug 17, 2001 — The Federal Bureau of Prisons says New York's inmate population fell nearly four percent last year. Vermont's prison population went the other direction, rising more than ten percent. Brian Mann reports.  Go to full article

Highway Dollars Bypass Rural Areas

by Brian Mann

Aug 16, 2001 — A new study has found that rural roads draw far fewer federal dollars than roads and highways in cities. Small town roads are also more deadly. Brian Mann has details.  Go to full article

Dry Spell and Adirondack Fires Continue

by Brian Mann

Aug 14, 2001 — Volunteer crews and state forest rangers continue to battle fires in the Adirondacks. Dry conditions continue. Brian Mann reports.  Go to full article

Pulp and Paper Turnaround May Come Too Late for North Country Mills

by Brian Mann

Aug 13, 2001 — Pulp and paper industry decline: North Country's troubles part of a painful national trend. As Brian Mann reports, a turnaround is expected, but it may not come soon enough to save companies in this region.  Go to full article

Close Encounters of the Furred Kind, Part 2

by Brian Mann

Aug 10, 2001 — This summer, dozens of hikers in the Adirondacks have had close encounters with black bears. The animals are looking for picnic baskets, not prey, but state forest rangers worry that inexperienced campers could get hurt. In this second of a two-part series, Brian Mann joined a hunt organized to identify and tag the most aggressive bears.  Go to full article

Close Encounter of the Furred Kind

by Brian Mann

Aug 09, 2001 — Brian Mann has a close encounter with bears that have been making the Adirondack wilderness experience more dramatic than many campers want.  Go to full article

Six Adirondack Fires Since August 1

by Brian Mann

Aug 07, 2001 — Dry windy weather and the carelessness of a half-dozen campers have brought a flurry of forest fires in the Adirondacks. Six blazes have been reported since August first. Brian Mann reports.  Go to full article

Special Report: Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

by Brian Mann

Aug 06, 2001 — Oil drilling in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge is at the top of the agenda in Congress and at the White House. Brian Mann recently returned from a trip there, where he met with locals and activists, and send a report.  Go to full article

Quebec Brook: Canoeing in the Northern Adirondacks

by Brian Mann

Jul 31, 2001 — A good place to get away from summer crowds--Brian Mann paddled solo up Quebec Brook, halfway between Paul Smiths and St. Regis Falls, and sent back this audio postcard.  Go to full article

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Brian Mann. Nancie Battaglia photo

Brian Mann grew up in Alaska, where he fell in love with public radio. In 1999, Brian moved to the Adirondacks and helped launch NCPR's news bureau at Paul Smiths College. "I love the chemistry of water and mountains," Brian says. "But I'm also pretty crazy about village life in the north country. It's the kind of place where you know your neighbors." Brian lives in Saranac Lake with wife Susan and son Nicholas. He's a frequent contributor to NPR and also writes regularly for regional magazines, including Adirondack Life and the Adirondack Explorer.

Recent Brian Mann stories carried by NPR:

DOJ: Prison Inmate Population Shows Modest Decline

April 16, 2013 | NCPR · After decades of increasing inmate populations in the U.S., researchers are seeing a slow but steady decline in the number of men and women behind bars. Big states like California, New York and Texas are leading the way in developing alternatives to incarceration — in an effort to trim prison budgets.

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Budget Cuts Could Compromise Safety At Overcrowded Prisons

February 28, 2013 | NPR · Corrections officers in the federal prison system are bracing for possible staffing cuts and furloughs triggered by the sequester. The cuts come at a time when studies show that inmate crowding and staff shortages in federal prisons are already posing challenges for guards trying to maintain order behind bars.

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The Drug Laws That Changed How We Punish

February 14, 2013 | NCPR · Forty years ago, New York enacted tough laws in response to a wave of drug-related crime. They became known as the Rockefeller drug laws, and they set the standard for states looking to get tough on crime. But a new debate is under way over the effectiveness of such strict sentencing laws.

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Decades On, Stiff Drug Sentence Leaves A Life 'Dismantled'

February 14, 2013 | NCPR · George Prendes was 23 when he was sentenced under New York's Rockefeller drug laws — tough mandatory sentencing guidelines for nonviolent drug crimes. The 15 years Prendes served for a drug transaction still reverberate for him and his family.

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Will N.Y. Gunowners Register Newly Regulated Firearms?

January 30, 2013 | NCPR · New York has adopted the toughest gun control laws in the country — banning assault rifles and large clips. But now state officials have to figure out how to make the new rules work — and they have to convince gun owners to comply.

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New York Quickly Passes Gun Control Measure

January 16, 2013 | NCPR · The state legislature in New York has voted to approve a sweeping gun control measure. It bans assault weapons and makes it harder for seriously mentally ill people to legally obtain firearms.

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Rural Crews Help City Comrades Tackle N.Y. Disaster

November 4, 2012 | NPR · As New York City's first responders begin to show fatigue, and in many cases deal with losses of their own homes, replacement crews of firefighters are getting ready to roll into Manhattan and Long Island. Among them are a group of firefighters from a small rural fire station in the mountains of upstate New York.

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Fracking Activists Try To Sway N.Y. Gov. Cuomo

August 29, 2012 | NCPR · New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is expected to decide soon whether to allow natural gas companies to use the controversial drilling technique known as hydro-fracking. New Yorkers are sharply divided on the issue. Industry groups and activists are campaigning hard to shape how the decision will be received.

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Farmers Cheer Administration's About-Face On Limiting Teen and Kids' Farm Work

April 30, 2012 | NPR · The Obama administration backed off a proposal to restrict kids under 16 from working on farms after a major push by conservatives and farm state Democrats. But farmers themselves weren't too happy about the restrictions, either.

 

With Romney In Lead, GOP Primaries Quiet

April 24, 2012 | NPR · Tuesday is primary day in five states. But with the nomination all but sewn up for Mitt Romney, finding people actually interested in voting can be tough.

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