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06 / 18 / 2009
Environmentalists say 17-room camp on Debar Pond should be destroyed or moved out of Forest Preserve.
Debar Pond is a natural gem in the northern Adirondacks, a mile-long glacial lake nestled between Baldface and Debar mountains, with views of the Loon Lake Mountains to the south. Though somewhat dwarfed by its rugged surroundings, the pond is large and cold enough to support salmon. And it lies wholly within the forever-wild Forest Preserve.

But Debar Pond is not wholly wild. On the northeast shore are a seventeen-room peeled-cedar camp and outbuildings clustered under a grove of mature white pines.  READ MORE 
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06 / 18 / 2009
Climbing the Wall: How two novices scaled the Park's biggest cliff
I'm lying in bed at 4:45 a.m. The alarm hasn't gone off yet, but I won't be going back to sleep. I'm climbing Wallface today.

For this I blame my friend Mike. We did a couple of small rock climbs last year, top-roped stuff, and right away he starts dreaming about Wallface, the seven-hundred-foot cliff that overlooks Indian Pass.
It may be the biggest wilderness cliff in the Northeast and we may be a couple of middle-age wannabe climbers, but, hey, we've got gumption.

Thankfully, we also have Don Mellor.  READ MORE
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06 / 18 / 2009
Submerse yourself in the sights and sounds of frogs
In spring, birds flood the Adirondacks with music, and those who tune in report that the chorus thrills the soul. Yet listen closely in May and June, and you'll detect a far older symphony. This one is of such ancient vintage that it, or something like it, shook the Jurassic air when swamps and marshes were prowled by dinosaurs. It is the noisy, sometimes musical, sometimes raucous display of passion staged every spring by frogs. READ MORE
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06 / 18 / 2009
Circled by High Peaks, accessible Noonmark offers big views
A hike up Noonmark Mountain offers the experiences of a Great Range expedition in a compact, half-day excursion. You ascend through the mixed hardwood forest of the lower elevations, then the conifer woods, and on to an open rocky summit. The trail progresses inevitably from moderate pitch to steep scramble, just like the routes to the big guys, only the stages are measured in fractions of miles.  READ MORE
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07 / 03 / 2009
Test show more salt in Colby, other lakes

Although there is debate about the causes of the elevated salt levels in Lake Colby, tests by both the village and the Adirondack Watershed Institute at Paul Smith's College show chloride levels to be higher in Saranac Lake-area lakes than other Adirondack lakes, highest in Lake Colby and starkly higher in a brook near the village's uncovered sand pile. Read more.

From: Adirondack Daily Enterprise

07 / 03 / 2009
Whiteface Community United Methodist Church building marks 175 years

A hero of the War of 1812 led the effort to build Wilmington United Methodist Church. Read more.

From: Press Republican

07 / 03 / 2009
Scenic train route in peril

A New York train-passengers group fears it might be the end of the line for Amtrak's Manhattan-Montreal train, one of the most scenic rail trips in the world and a key source of tourists for Montreal. Read more.

From: Montreal Gazette

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