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<title>Why low Lake Ontario levels mean high St. Lawrence levels</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 17, 2013) We&apos;ve reported for months - years even - that the Great Lakes, from Superior to Ontario, are at historically low water levels.So we were surprised to get the news this week that regulators are lowering the gates at the Iroquois Dam near Ogdensburg because the St. Lawrence River is too high.It&apos;s quite a puzzle. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21999/20130517/why-low-lake-ontario-levels-mean-high-st-lawrence-levels">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>What North Country wineries are doing right</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 18, 2013) When you hear New York wines, you probably think about the Finger Lakes.  Wineries in that region have become world famous for their Rieslings and other white and red wines.There are four other official wine regions in New York - the Hudson Valley, the shore of Lake Erie, the Niagara Escarpment, and Long Island.There are also almost 30 wineries in the North Country, and wine aficionados are starting to take notice. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21459/20130218/what-north-country-wineries-are-doing-right">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Low water levels come in handy for Sandy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Oct 30, 2012) One potential consequence of Sandy that emergency personnel haven&apos;t been worried about is widespread flooding from the region&apos;s largest bodies of water. That&apos;s because Lake Champlain, Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River are all at low levels already. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20760/20121030/low-water-levels-come-in-handy-for-sandy">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Jefferson County officials oppose offshore wind in Lake Ontario</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 12, 2012) A group of Jefferson County legislators has for the second time in two years expressed opposition to offshore wind turbines in Lake Ontario. Almost two years ago, the New York Power Authority proposed an offshore wind turbine project, which Jefferson County rejected. Now the county may move to oppose federal overtures in that direction. Joanna Richards has more. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19659/20120412/jefferson-county-officials-oppose-offshore-wind-in-lake-ontario">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Offshore wind remains divisive</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 3, 2012) New York is one of five states joining the Obama Administration in an agreement designed to spur offshore wind development in the Great lakes. But as the Innovation Trail&apos;s Zack Seward reports, the issue of offshore wind farms is still a divisive one. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19608/20120403/offshore-wind-remains-divisive">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Recreating historic clothing, quilts by hand</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 16, 2012) Historical re-enactors will gather in Sackets Harbor this weekend as part of a War of 1812 bicentennial commemoration.   But the conversations will focus on period clothing and quilts, rather than muskets and cannons.   Todd Moe talks with Ted Schofield, a re-enactor from Chaumont, about his early 19th century reproduction sewing implements and a love of recreating historic clothing. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19506/20120316/recreating-historic-clothing-quilts-by-hand">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Owens wants to know cost of Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence water level plan</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 8, 2012) U.S. Representative Bill Owens says environmentalists shouldn’t be concerned about his stand on a new water level plan for Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River.  The International Joint Commission started controlling high and low water levels in the 1950s.  While that’s kept a stable water level, the agency now says it’s bad for the environment.  The new plan allows water levels to reach higher highs and lower lows.The IJC has yet to release all the plan details.  Congressman Owens recently wrote to the agency, urging closer attention to shoreline property damage along Lake Ontario.  He says that damage could exceed $3 million annually. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19451/20120308/owens-wants-to-know-cost-of-lake-ontario-st-lawrence-water-level-plan">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>IJC wants water levels to consider eco-system costs</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 21, 2012) When spring comes, water levels rise. The spring thaw naturally fills-up lakes and rivers. But you might not know it by looking at Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. For fifty years regulators have been tempering extreme high and low water levels. And shoreline property owners, shippers, and dam operators like it that way. They don’t like big fluctuations.  But now a new proposal by the International Joint Commission recommends a more natural approach. Julie Grant reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19349/20120221/ijc-wants-water-levels-to-consider-eco-system-costs">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>IJC releases water level plan</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jan 31, 2012) A new plan for controlling water levels in lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River is intended to restore diversity in shoreline plant and animal communities by permitting greater fluctuations.The International Joint Commission, representing both the  U.S. and Canada, released the regulatory plan yesterday. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19222/20120131/ijc-releases-water-level-plan">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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<title>Creating a passion for theater in Kingston</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Nov 23, 2011) Theatre Kingston has welcomed its new Artistic Producer on board this season.  Brett Christopher has been an active member of the Canadian theater community for more than a decade.   Most recently he was Artistic Associate at the Thousand Islands Playhouse.    Christopher is perhaps best known for his performance in I Am My Own Wife in 2009.     Founded in 1990, Theatre Kingston is Kingston, Ontario&apos;s professional theater company.  Todd Moe spoke with Christopher about his goals, which include collaboration and community connections to keep local theater vibrant. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18801/20111123/creating-a-passion-for-theater-in-kingston">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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