News stories tagged with "collins"

(02/10/10) Thousands of bird watchers will take part in the annual Great Backyard Bird Count this weekend. Volunteers will count birds in their own backyards, local parks and wildlife refuges. The "citizen scientist" project helps track late-winter bird populations across North America. It also helps monitor how birds are responding to environmental change. Todd Moe spoke with birder Joan Collins, who is a member of Northern New York Audubon. She says it's been a quiet winter at the local bird feeder.

(10/01/09) Business leaders from across the state met yesterday in Rochester to talk about New York's troubled Empire Zone program. Martha Foley has more.

(09/25/07) The Residents Committee to Protect the Adirondacks has emerged as one of the most influential (and often one of the most controversial) pro-environment groups in the North Country. The RCPA has taken a lead role opposing the proposed resort development in Tupper Lake and also raised early alarms about the spread of second homes in the Adirondacks. But the Residents Committee is going through a period of upheaval. Long-time executive director Peter Bauer resigned this month to take a new job in Lake George. John Collins is the former head of the Adirondack Museum and a former chairman of the Adirondack Park Agency. He was chosen last week to take over as the RCPA's chairman. Collins told Brian Mann that his group hopes to maintain its high profile.