Adirondack Explorer: Environment, Communities and Outdoor …
WEBAdirondack Explorer reports on the intersections between the natural world and the built environment, through the lens of the unique 6-million acre Adirondack Park in Northern New York State. Topics include: environment, communities, recreation.
OK Slip Falls - Adirondack Explorer
WEBNov 18, 2014 · The state bought OK Slip Falls from the Adirondack Nature Conservancy last year, but it didn’t open a trail until this past summer. The conservancy acquired the falls in 2007 when it bought all of Finch, Pruyn & Company’s 161,000 acres for $110 million. The OK Slip parcel is now part of the Hudson Gorge Wilderness Area.
Volunteers lean into work to save lean-tos
WEBMay 14, 2021 · Lean2Rescue, which works with the state to build, restore or relocate the shelters, this week launched a site that tells its story and provides an interactive map of 234 lean-tos. Find it at lean2rescue.org. Some 300 enthusiasts—roughly 40 of them active at any time—volunteer to replace rotting logs or roofs.
Adirondack Mountain Reserve permits: Your questions answered
WEBSep 22, 2021 · By Gwendolyn Craig. The state Department of Environmental Conservation and the Adirondack Mountain Reserve (AMR) have provided more information on a reservation system set to start on May 1. The permit website went live at hikeamr.org and hikers can now make an online profile to sign up for a time slot. The reservation is free.
Historic Adirondack Great Camps that you can visit
WEBAug 16, 2023 · White Pine Camp, Paul Smiths. Built in 1908 by prominent banker Archibald S. White on 35 acres overlooking Lake Osgood, White Pine Camp is known for a few unique factors. It was President Calvin Coolidge’s home for 11 weeks in the summer of 1926, and it features a blend of unique architectural elements …
The Hudson’s mellow side - Adirondack Explorer
WEBSep 1, 2013 · State acquisition of Essex Chain Lakes Tract from the Nature Conservancy opens up Blackwell Stillwater to flatwater paddlers. By Phil Brown. IN THE LAST ISSUE of the Explorer, I wrote about paddling a stretch of the upper Hudson River newly open to the public.As you may recall, we started in Newcomb and traveled about six miles downriver, taking out near an iron bridge just below the ...
Exploring the remote outpost of Beaver River - Adirondack Explorer
WEBJun 13, 2016 · Exploring the remote outpost of Beaver River. By Adirondack Explorer. June 13, 2016. By JOHN THOMPSON. My hiking pal Marc Howes reads maps the way other people read books. On a vicarious trip through the western Adirondacks he came upon a curious locale, and his map morphed into mystery. “There’s this Beaver River,” he said.
Black Fly Season - Adirondack Explorer
WEBJun 3, 2019 · Sometimes eggs that are laid later in the season can overwinter to hatch early the following spring. Adults that emerge in May live 10-35 days, Palmer says. Black flies need clean, well-oxygenated water to survive, so a large black fly population in any given waterway can also indicate the stream is ecologically healthy.
New ADK map updates High Peaks Wilderness - Adirondack Explorer
WEBApr 28, 2019 · The ADK map focuses on the High Peaks. Since ADK’s last edition, the High Peaks Wilderness has grown to 274,000 acres, absorbing the Dix Mountain Wilderness, Boreas Ponds, and other adjacent lands. The new map reflects those additions. One criticism is that it does not show the boundaries of the wilderness area, so …
Plattsburgh dam stands in the way of salmon progress
WEBNov 11, 2020 · But the structurally unsound and long-unused Imperial Dam stands in their way. The Plattsburgh-area dam stands between salmon stocked in Lake Champlain and salmon’s ancestral breeding ground in a 13-mile stretch of the Saranac. The dam is now stuck in a legal limbo that began more than 30 years ago.
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