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Adirondack highway crews tackle road salt reduction
AdkAction leads networked approach to spreading best practices By Zachary Matson Road managers from around the Adirondacks are mixing brines, piecing together improved equipment and trying to track every pound of salt they drop on roads – even as they hope for more...
When removing snow in parking garages, prioritize a plan
Photo Source SIMA TOTAL LANDSCAPE CARE, March 7, 2023 By Lindsey Getz With some late winter storms still popping up in parts of the country, March really has come in like a lion. That was certainly evident in the Milwaukee area where some very heavy snow likely...
Officials boast salt science, plow blades as cost, environmental savers
Photo: Town of Edinburg MEO Rodney Finch, of Edinburg, uses the live edge plow recently purchased in their office driveway for demonstration in Edinburg on Tuesday, January 31, 2023. GLOVERSVILLE LEADER HERALD, February 10, 2023 By Shenandoah Briere, Photo by Erica...
Clean Water Act turns 50
ADIRONDACK ALMANACK, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2022by Zachary MatsonFifty years ago this week, federal lawmakers overrode a presidential veto to enact the Clean Water Act, a landmark law for the nation’s water quality.The iconic image of the Cuyahoga River on fire in Ohio...
Road Salt Reduction Task Force: Report is coming; culture change needed.
A report from the 7th Annual Salt Summit. Foothills business daily BY STEVE THURSTON OCTOBER 14, 2022, 9:36 AM Three members of the state’s Adirondack Road Salt Reduction Task Force said their overdue findings are coming soon, that the report will have a lot of ideas...
Clean Water, Safe Roads Partnership” Launched to Reduce Road Salt Contamination in the Lake Champlain Basin
by Community News Reports Adirondack communities within the Lake Champlain Basin are invited to join a new Clean Water, Safe Roads Partnership to reduce road salt use by adopting improved winter road maintenance techniques. The Clean Water, Safe Roads Partnership will...
Hague is ‘clearly a leader’ in road salt reduction
Hague plow operators Tim Fiallo, left, and Ernie Trudeau stand in front of one of their plow trucks. Photo by Zachary Matson After years of brine, indicators are seen in water quality By Zachary Matson (see full article here) The small crew at the Hague Highway...
Gov. Hochul Fills Road Salt Task Force Seats
Authors: AARON CERBONE AND LAUREN YATES: Adirondack Daily Enterprise With first deadline missed, members plan to catch up on reducing road salt. Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed members to the Adirondack Road Salt Task Force on Thursday, more than two weeks after the...
Trends For Snow Contractors To Watch
Article By ANNE COSGROVE, (Photo: Adobe Stock Christian Delbert) Virtually every industry has been changed by the pandemic. From minor inconveniences due to a change in protocol to major disruptions in livelihoods, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed industries and...
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