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NCPR News Staff: Martha Foley

News and Public Affairs Director
Martha Foley joined the staff of WSLU as morning host in 1981, after a stint at The St. Lawrence Plaindealer. She helped found the news department in 1982, and has seen it grow, and shrink, and grow again. "I especially liked the 'grow again' part," she says, "it means working with really talented reporters, telling more and more stories from around the North Country."

Martha has won state and national awards for her reporting and editing. She has encouraged local news at public radio stations across the country as a member and director of Public Radio News Directors, Inc., an organization of over 100 local newsrooms. As a director of PRNDI for six years, she was responsible for The PRNDI Project, an annual training program for young reporters, and NewsWorks, training for station news departments.

Martha grew up on an Adirondack foothill in northeastern Saratoga County. She lives just south of Canton with her husband, boatbuilder Everett Smith, and her teenaged son, Emmett. Favorite pastimes: sitting, looking, and listening. E-mail

Stories filed by Martha Foley

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St. Lawrence County Democratic Chair to Run for Lt. Governor

by Martha Foley
Aug 31, 2001 — St. Lawrence County Democratic Committee Chairman Steven Burke says he'll run for Lieutenant Governor next year. Martha Foley reports.  Go to full article

Discovering the Adirondack Old Growth Forests

by Martha Foley
Aug 14, 2001 — The Adirondacks are home to some of the East's largest Old Growth Forests. Martha Foley talks with a naturalist who spent part of this summer finding the towering trees.  Go to full article

The Importance of Our Agricultural Heritage

by Martha Foley
Aug 10, 2001 — Martha Foley talks with Steve Engelhart, an architectural heritage expert, about barns and their importance to our landscape and culture.  Go to full article

Dry Spell Heats Up Fire Season

by Martha Foley
Aug 07, 2001 — The fire danger is high--the DEC has suspended all burning permits in several counties, and there have been fires in the Adirondacks. Martha Foley talks with a ranger about what's happening as the dry spell intensifies.  Go to full article

Sandra Weber, author of Mt Marcy: The High Peak of New York

by Martha Foley
Aug 06, 2001 — Martha Foley talks with author Sandra Weber about her book on Mount Marcy, New York's highest peak.  Go to full article

Dry Weather Gardening

by Martha Foley
Aug 03, 2001 — Horticulturalist Amy Ivy gives us tips to get through this summer's dry gardening conditions.  Go to full article

EPA Decides to Proceed with Upper Hudson PCB Dredging Plan

by Martha Foley
Aug 02, 2001 — Brian Mann talks with Martha Foley, giving an update on the EPA's decision to dredge PCBs from the Hudson River.  Go to full article

Robert Wells: the Politics of the "Bare Bones" Budget

by Martha Foley
Aug 01, 2001 — The New York State budget was due April first--this week legislators in Albany are working on a "bare bones" budget to tide the state over. But major spending issues are unresolved, and there'll be plenty of time for more contention. St. Lawrence University Government professor Robert Wells offers analysis of the politics behind the plan.  Go to full article

A Good Year for Army Worms

by Martha Foley
Jul 10, 2001 — Conditions are just right this summer for the common army worm. Martha Foley talks with Cooperative Extension agronomist Pete Barney.  Go to full article

Brian Mann: Rafting in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

by Martha Foley
Jul 06, 2001 — Martha Foley talks with Brian Mann, who just returned from a rafting trip in Alaska and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.  Go to full article

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