DEC considers testing longer stays at Adirondack campground
The DEC is working on ways to thwart campers who skirt its 14-night reservation limit, and one experiment could start in the Adirondack Park.
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Indian Lake Stone Dam repairs to begin in October
The 126-year-old Indian Lake Stone Dam, one of the state’s “high hazard” dams, is slated for much-needed repairs this fall.
Help is on the way: Auxiliary Dwelling Units
By Tim Rowland
Annexes to existing homes, usually in the form of a small apartment fashioned out of a garage, basement, or an addition to the main home.
Police arrest two men for trailhead crimes
By Mike Lynch
The men were arrested Wednesday after allegedly breaking into vehicles at popular paddling and hiking trailheads in Franklin County.
Adirondackers are electrifying, and getting tax credits, rebates
More to come with Inflation Reduction Act incentives
Community airs rail trail access concerns
By Mike Lynch
Access, promotion, and crime were some of the themes at an Adirondack Rail Trail meeting Wednesday evening in Ray Brook.
Drone use in wilderness results in $200 fine
By Mike Lynch
The DEC said the drone operator admitted to two violations of DEC’s regulations.
Marking the Explorer’s first quarter-century
Looking back now through a quarter century of the Explorer—the thousands of articles, columns and investigations, the photos and maps, and detailed hikes, paddles and skis—a picture of this place emerges.
When the waterfall is the trail
By Tim Rowland
Deer Brook Falls in Keene worth a visit following summer rain
Keene hiker shuttle to start rolling this weekend
By Tim Rowland
Keene’s hiker shuttle from Marcy Field to the popular Garden trailhead will be back in action this weekend after missing much of the summer