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A group of young people from the Adirondacks is in northern Ontario this week for a Youth Climate Action Summit. The students are there as part of the Wild Center’s Youth Climate Program, and are attending workshops, presenting local community climate action plans, and connecting with other young environmentalists from around North America.

There are hundreds of dams around the Adirondack Park, many of them built a century ago by the logging industry. New reporting from the Adirondack Explorer finds that dozens of aging Adirondack dams are considered "high hazard," and that many of their owners have failed to comply with state regulatory standards. The Explorer's Zachary Matson explains how integral dams are to the Adirondack landscape, how complex the regulatory system is for dams, and what risk these aging dams pose to the local communities.

What started as a musical tribute to Norwood's centennial, has grown to a summer long musical tribute that includes top musicians from around the region and the world. We talk with Norwood Village Green Concert Series founder Joe Liotta about bringing live music to a small town park every summer for decades.

With just seven days left of the official 2023 legislative session, advocates for a measure that would reduce plastic packaging by half say their bill is gaining momentum. They're hoping it becomes law before lawmakers adjourn for the summer on June 8.