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Secrets of the Dead: Japanese Super Sub Tomorrow Night on Mountain Lake PBS

production — Tue, 04 May 2010 15:39:42 +0000

The Japanese I-400 Class Submarine was an underwater aircraft carrier — a top-secret weapon so potent that it very nearly changed the course of the war. JAPANESE SUPER SUB answers many questions that still surround this unusual weapon: How did the Japanese create this technological marvel? How dangerous was it? Could it really have changed the outcome of the war?

Produced and directed by Eric Stange – the writer/supervising producer on Forgotten War: The Struggle for North America

Plattsburgh soil gets a scrubbing

production — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:16:43 +0000

This is one of the local stories that doesn’t get much attention. Years of toxic dumping next to downtown left a plume of waste trickling into the sand and gravel along our beautiful Saranac River. DEC and the town have slowly been cleaning the site and it will soon be a full-fledged park. Sad to think that much of that waste is probably sitting in the mud of the lake.

Saranac River clean-up to begin this spring

Environmental Issues – February 24, 2010

www.pressrepublican reports that efforts to remove contaminated sediment along a section of the Saranac River near Plattsburgh will begin this spring.

The Department of Environmental Conservation is overseeing plans to remove an estimated 39,200 cubic tons of sediments and riverbank contaminated with coal tar from a manufactured-gas plant that operated for decades at the Saranac Street location.

“A considerable volume of coal tar leaked into the sandy soil and eventually found its way into the Saranac River over a 60-year period,” DEC Project Manager Lech Dolata said. “We’ve looked at several plans and have come up with an option we feel benefits everyone.”

Engineers have spent the past few years cleaning contaminated soil from the property adjacent to the work site and had to occasionally adjust activities when concerns of foul odors or other health issues arose from area residents or nearby Stafford Middle School. That project, which ended last autumnl, helped remove 151,970 tons of tar-contaminated soils, materials that would have eventually made their way into the Saranac and Lake Champlain.

The upcoming river phase of the project is expected to take three years, with activities in the river itself limited to May through September to reduce the project’s impact on the spring and fall spawning runs for the fish populations.

“The option we’ve selected requires excavation under dry conditions to prevent the re-distribution of contaminants down river.” That means workers will place dams above and below the work site to stop the river flow while contaminated sediment between the dams is removed.

via sandandgravel.com

A little late, but a nice glimpse at how we made last year’s documentary

production — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 02:03:17 +0000

Producer/Videographer/Editor Damian Panetta shooting Forgotten War in Canada.

This nice article described a little about our production of Forgotten War. The photographer was an intern how worked with us for several months.

Spike TV explores Lake Champlain and it’s legends…

production — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:03:02 +0000

See Paul Larson’s interview with Gordie Little to explore a few other legends of the North Country.

Nature in the North Country Photo Contest

production — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:25:57 +0000

March 18, 2010 is nature night on Mountain Lake PBS with the broadcast of Secrets of the Northern Forest and Rattlers, Peepers and Snappers starting at 9:00 p.m. We are celebrating the beauty of the North Country with a photo and video contest!

Post your nature photos and short videos to the Nature in the North Country group on Facebook or Flickr, and you could win lunch with Mark Fraser, North Country naturalist! Second prize is four tickets to the ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center in Burlington, Vermont.

Photos and videos need to be of nature in the Adirondacks, northern Vermont and Quebec only. The material posted must be your own with no copyright restrictions. Deadline for submission is March 19, 2010. The winner will be announced April 1.

Group links for posting photos and video:

Facebook Nature in the North Country group link: http://www.facebook.com/mlpbs

Flickr group link: http://www.flickr.com/groups/winterfun/

Mountain Lake Awarded for Education Innovation

production — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:09:28 +0000

Mountain Lake PBS was recently recognized for education innovation by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and we are feeling very honored and excited. The MySource Education Innovation Award is given to public media stations like Mountain Lake that are developing ” new approaches for delivering educational content and services that advance learning – on-air, online, in the classroom and at home – for teachers, parents and students. In order to recognize and showcase these efforts, CPB created the My Source Education Innovation Awards.”

“I am pleased to invite Mountain Lake PBS to be among those stations recognized in 2010 with the My Source Education Innovation Award for your innovative approach to education through “Dead Reckoning – Champlain in America Multi-Media Project,” stated Patricia Harrison, president and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. And we are gladly accepting.

Take a look at the Dead Reckoning~Champlain in America website with lesson plans, maps, a trailer for the documentary and more to see what innovation in education is all about.

Small Town, Big Dreams gets another national airing!

production — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:39:39 +0000

After a great couple weeks of broadcast around the US on dozens of PBS affiliates, Small Town, Big Dreams: The Lake Placid Olympic Story is getting a national run on PBS World, the sub-channel of more than 50 PBS affiliates. It will air this Saturday night, March 27 at 7 PM eastern for anyone with a PBS affiliate that carries PBS World as a sub-channel. A list of PBS world affiliates is available here.

At this time, USA Today, AP, and the Christian Science Monitor are also researching stories on the film.

Bragging rights…

production — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:22:17 +0000

Sort of a blatant “toot” of our own horn, but I couldn’t resist…

We just posted to the Mountain Lake PBS YouTube page two clips showing off our beautiful graphics and effects work on Forgotten War.

The short one is embedded here, the five minute one is here.

Also, we have some new history minutes produced with Lakes to Locks Passage and partially funded by Stewarts’ Shops. Check out “Movie Making on the Saranac” and three other new ones on the YouTube page, too.

Great simple concept… executed brilliantly

production — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:59:17 +0000

Check out these beautiful vignettes produced by David Lynch and his son. Plenty of real heart and soul with lots of time to really listen to what people are saying. Hat’s off!

A weekend of great programming – Don’t miss it!

production — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:24:14 +0000

A new Collector’s Edition DVD of Castle in Every Heart: The Arto Monaco Story is offered tomorrow night (Dec 4th) at 8:00 PM on a special broadcast featuring Producer Derek Muirden and regional guests recalling the Land of Makebelieve. The Program re-airs Saturday (Dec 5th) at 9:00 PM, Sunday (Dec 6th) at 4:00 PM and Wed (Dec 9th) at 10:00 PM.

North Country Holiday Spectacular – Mountain Lake PBS’s annual holiday show premieres Saturday (Dec 5th) at 7:00 PM and re-airs Sunday (Dec 6th) at 5:30 PM, Sunday Dec 20th at 5:00 PM, Thursday (Christmas Eve) at 9:00 PM and Christmas day at 2:00 PM.

Dead Reckoning – our long awaited, animated documentary on Samuel de Champlain will have it’s broadcast premiere on Sunday, December 6th at 7:30, Friday December 11th at 9:30 and Thursday, December 17 at 9:00 PM.

Finally, for those who didn’t see it earlier this month, Forgotten War: The Struggle for North America will air again on Tuesday 12/29 at 10:00 PM.