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

Summit Stewards Teach Hikers Alpine Conservancy

by Brian Mann

Jul 24, 2001 — Brian Mann sends this report from the top of Alonguin Mountain in the Adirondack High Peaks. There, the "Summit Stewards" are teaching backpackers how to travel lightly.  Go to full article

Future Bleak for North Country Paper Industry

by Brian Mann

Jul 24, 2001 — Brian Mann looks at the decline of the north country's paper industry. With three factories closing in the last year and a major strike underway in Glenns Falls, the future doesn't look bright.  Go to full article

EPA Puts Off Dredging Decision

by Brian Mann

Jul 20, 2001 — The EPA has put off its decision on dredging the Hudson River. The EPA blames a mountain of public comment for the delay. Brian Mann reports.  Go to full article

Nw York State Purchases Saranac Land

by Brian Mann

Jul 19, 2001 — The state of New York has bought one-thousand acres of land near Saranac Lake. The land deal will preserve miles of undeveloped shoreline. It will also protect an important canoe carry used by boaters. Brian Mann reports.  Go to full article

Tax Cut Impact on North Country Counties will be Small

by Brian Mann

Jul 18, 2001 — The federal tax cut passed this year by Congress includes a refund that will soon pump billions of dollars back in the American economy. A breakdown of the refund shows that a tiny fraction of the money will flow to counties here in the North Country. Brian Mann has details.  Go to full article

New Chemical To Fight Eurasian Watermilfoil

by Brian Mann

Jul 17, 2001 — A new chemical weapon is deployed in Lake George in the war on invasive plant species. Brian Mann reports.  Go to full article

Prison Worker Caches Weapons, Explosives

by Brian Mann

Jul 16, 2001 — A prison worker in Moira was arrested late last week when police seized a large number of guns, a pipe bomb, and several pounds of explosives from his home. Brian Mann reports.  Go to full article

State to Support Tupper Lake Museum

by Brian Mann

Jul 16, 2001 — For three years, a group in the Adirondacks has been raising money to build a new museum. The facility--based in Tupper Lake--would teach visitors about the Park's natural history and environment. This weekend, Governor George Pataki announced that the state will support the project with a major grant. Brian Mann reports.  Go to full article

Beaver River: Living Beyond the Road's End, Part 2

by Brian Mann

Jul 12, 2001 — Brian Mann travels to Beaver River on the Stillwater Reservoir. With no road access, the community is one of the most remote in the Adirondacks--the pleasures and hardships of living beyond the road's end.  Go to full article

Beaver River: Living Beyond the Road's End, Part 1

by Brian Mann

Jul 11, 2001 — Brian Mann travels to Beaver River on the Stillwater Reservoir. With no road access, the community is one of the most remote in the Adirondacks--the pleasures and hardships of living beyond the road's end.  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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