Blackwell Stillwater:The Hudson’s Mellow Side
State acquisition of Essex Chain Lakes Tract from the Nature Conservancy opens up Blackwell Stillwater to flatwater paddlers.
By Phil Brown
Adirondack Explorer
Adirondack Explorer
State acquisition of Essex Chain Lakes Tract from the Nature Conservancy opens up Blackwell Stillwater to flatwater paddlers.
By Phil Brown
Canoeists explore stretch of upper Hudson recently acquired by the state. By Phil Brown
Two paddlers explore one of the Adirondacks’ largest motor-free lakes, discovering tranquility, beautiful scenery, and a few loons.
By Ethan Rouen…..
Though short, shallow, and lazy, the Kunjamuk River doesn’t lack for grace or beauty.Text and photos by Mark Bowie.
We had been hiking for more than an hour on the Skyline Trail—thrashing is more like it—when a bug flew into my eye and got under my eyelid. By Phil Brown
There are some things that you expect to find along the trail to Duck Hole in May: mud, black flies, and wildflowers and hobblebush in bloom. By Phil Brown
Treadway Mountain is only 2,240 feet tall, but its rocky summit offers magnificent views of the Pharaoh Lake Wilderness, the Green Mountains of Vermont, the High Peaks, and other mountains too numerous to mention.
It’s the dream of many an American, from freckled grade-school girls with missing front teeth to smartly attired executives in the Financial District who pounce on deals like pickerel on perch. By Jack Ballard
For the first time ever this year, whitewater paddlers have enjoyed the right to plunge through the Ausable Chasm in the northeastern Adirondacks, testing their skills against waterfalls and rapids that had been off-limits. By Brian Mann
We had not got far on Lake Kushaqua when Jaime told me what happened the last time she went canoeing with Sue… By Phil Brown
A few quick strokes with the paddle draw me out from the Port Kent beach, my kayak threading through the tar-black pilings of the ferry dock. By Brian Mann
It was the summer of 2009, and pundits and politicians alike were advocating No Child Left Inside. Who could argue? By Alexandra Siy
After 200 year wait, work planned to free Saranac salmon For more than two centuries, dams have blocked salmon from…
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DEC vs. Jason Roberts Nearly a decade after DEC commissioner ordered Rainbow Lake dam…
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