Jeffers Petroglyphs seeks volunteers to help remove invasive species

Jeffers Petroglyphs seeks volunteers to help remove invasive species

JEFFERS — Jeffers Petroglyphs seeks volunteers for its annual summer Invasive Species Removal event from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 28 An internationally significant Native American sacred site, Jeffers Petroglyphs is the location of the largest group of Indigenous petroglyphs (or rock carvings) in the Midwestern U.S. Situated in the Dakota people’s homeland, it is sacred to multiple Native American nations, including the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Iowa and…

Invasive species prevention: An Adirondack paddler’s guide to clean, drain, and dry protocols

A Pennsylvanian’s education on how paddlers can do their part to keep Adirondack lakes like Lake George as clean as possible By Brenne Sheehan In my 12+ years of paddling whitewater in Central Pennsylvania, I have never, really, deep cleaned my kayak after trips. That is, of course, with the exception of the occasional mucky disaster, where I’d risk the chance of random larvae spawning on the inside of my kayak in the middle of the Susquehanna.W…