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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>Do you have what it takes to be a Saranac Lake 6er?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 17, 2013) We&apos;ve all heard of the Adirondack 46ers. They&apos;re the club of hikers and climbers who have summited all 46 of the Adirondack&apos;s highest peaks. People who compete that grueling task are given an official number and official bragging rights. Now the village of Saranac Lake is hoping to launch its own version of that challenge with its new &quot;6er&quot; program.  The goal is to draw visitors to the ring of beautiful but less difficult mountains that surround the village. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/22001/20130517/do-you-have-what-it-takes-to-be-a-saranac-lake-6er">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Another big Adirondack real estate development?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 17, 2013) Adirondack Park Agency officials have been meeting with a company looking to develop a large resort around Loon Lake, in Franklin County. Loon Gulf Inc. owns 2,800 acres, including the former Loon Lake Golf Course, which closed 10 years ago. At this point, though, the company&apos;s representatives say they&apos;re just testing the waters at this point and have no immediate plans for the property. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/22002/20130517/another-big-adirondack-real-estate-development">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>This weekend in the Adirondacks</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 17, 2013) This is John Warren from the Adirondack Almanac with your look at outdoor recreation conditions around the Adirondacks for this Victoria Day weekend. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/22009/20130517/this-weekend-in-the-adirondacks">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>At John Brown Day, what does freedom mean? </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 13, 2013) This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. In a few months, it will be exactly fifty years since the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his &quot;I Have a Dream&quot; speech. And this past weekend, one organization in the North Country held its annual birthday party for John Brown, on the Adirondack farm he lived in for two years, and the place where his body is buried. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21970/20130513/at-john-brown-day-what-does-freedom-mean">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Adirondack Park Agency will hear from public on how to use new lands</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 13, 2013) The Adirondack Park Agency has drafted seven options for classifying 47,000 acres of state land in the central Adirondacks, including the first phase of former Finch, Pruyn and Co. timberlands acquired by the state. The options range from mostly wilderness, the most restrictive state land classification where motorized vehicles are prohibited, to wild forest, where more opportunities for public access and recreation are allowed. The APA board voted Friday to host a series of public hearings on the proposals. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21971/20130513/adirondack-park-agency-will-hear-from-public-on-how-to-use-new-lands">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Lots about seeds</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 13, 2013) Corn, cucumbers, parsley and parsnips...it all starts with seeds. But not all seeds are easy to nurse through the germination stage. In their weekly gardening conversation, Cornell Cooperative Extension horticulturist Amy Ivy talks with Martha Foley about some of the challenges that stall or prevent germination, and ways to give seeds the conditions they need to sprout. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21973/20130513/lots-about-seeds">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Heard Up North: Gentleman&apos;s runabout in the Thousand Islands</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 10, 2013) Spring means life on St. Lawrence River in the Thousand Islands is coming back to life. One of the region&apos;s anchor destinations, the Antique Boat Museum in Clayton, opens for the season this weekend.Fritz Hager is the museum&apos;s executive director. &quot;We&apos;ve got a lot going on here. We&apos;ve got a lot of boats under restoration here,&quot; says Hager, &quot;including our gigantic 110-foot houseboat, La Duchesse, which will be in restoration for a couple of years. So there&apos;s always a lot going on here boat-building wise. We also have boat rides, sailing classes, and other educational programs, and it all starts on Friday.&quot; [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21960/20130510/heard-up-north-gentleman-apos-s-runabout-in-the-thousand-islands">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>This weekend in the Adirondacks</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 10, 2013) Each Friday, the Adirondack Almanack takes a look at outdoor recreation conditions around the Adirondacks for this weekend. The warm and dry weather the region has been enjoying has given way to wetter and cooler conditions, and a forecast for unsettled weather through the weekend. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21965/20130510/this-weekend-in-the-adirondacks">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Why there&apos;s a burn ban for the next week</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 6, 2013) The snowy, cold early spring has quickly given way to wildfire season. The New York Department of Environmental Conservation cautions people against residential brush burning and other outdoor fires. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21926/20130506/why-there-apos-s-a-burn-ban-for-the-next-week">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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