The Adirondack Explorer is a non-profit,
bimonthly magazine devoted to the East's great park and how
to use it wisely, enjoy it fully and protect it permanently.
JULY/AUGUST 2008 Contents
?Quiet please!
State officials form a task force to address the need for more motor-free waters in the Adirondack Park.
Lows Lake lawsuit
Environmental groups sue the state for failing to ban commercial floatplanes from Lows Lake.
Lofty ambitions
On their first Adirondack hike, a family feels the agony and the ecstasy of climbing 2,551-foot Pharaoh Mountain.
Kids on the trail
Author Ed Kanze introduces his two young children to natural delights on the way to Moose Pond.
Art for our sakes
Saranac Lake painter (and native) Tim Fortune sees the arts as economic development.
Green revolution
Champlain Valley couple raises crops the old-fashioned way on their organic farm.
?We turn 10
Adirondack Explorer Publisher Dick Beamish looks back on the newsmagazine’s first decade.
Loose on the Moose
Paddlers take a trip down the North Branch of the Moose near Old Forge to check out the state’s latest land purchase.
A small world
Nature photographers evoke the shimmering beauty and variety of Adirondack insects.
No match for a trout
Mike Jarboe fails to catch anything on his first fly-fishing adventure, but he’s hooked anyway.
Summer romance
A young girl falls in love with nature during her summer vacations on Osgood Pond.
Wawbeek is history
Despite appeals from preservationists, new owners tear down Wawbeek resort.
An anthology of the best nature writing and art from 75 issues of the Adirondack Explorer
