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Native presence in the Adirondacks: Debunking historical myths

By Adirondack Explorer

The Mohawk tribe, of the Iroquois Confederacy, left clues to their history in the Adirondacks.

July 2023 rains damaged Adirondack roadways such as State Route 28N in Long Lake.

Road work ahead after storms

By Jak Krouse

This report was updated to include information about how to help, pending storms and flash flood watches and DEC road and campsite closures.

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Canada warbler: ‘Butterfly of the bird world’

By Birdwatch

Twenty-eight nesting warbler species is another reason that birders flock to northern New York.

Adirondacks assessing flood damage after heavy rains cause flash floods, road closures

By Chloe Bennett

This story was updated to include more counties in the governor’s State of Emergency and Disaster Emergency, and again to provide information on Long Lake’s situation, the Lachute River discharge, the Peru bridge improvement project and DOT and DEC information.

The Champlain Bridge provides a point of reference on the trip up Lake Champlain by kayak.

Snapshots of Champlain

By Adirondack Explorer

A kayak, a car and two weeks on the water

Adirondacks to Algonquin map

Connecting protected places

By Mike Lynch

A 64-year-old Quebec science writer plans to hike 400 miles on the Algonquin to Adirondack (A2A) corridor for about five weeks, starting in mid-August.

baseball player

A ‘jack’ of all trades: Scientist applies mathematical approach to calculating home run stats

By Tim Rowland

Which baseball player had the best home run season? The answer, calculated by a scientist, might surprise you

Long Lakers band together to become ‘bear aware’

By Mike Lynch

Group strives to educate the public, prevent killings

man in front of a scenic adirondack landscape

When STRs became a household name, the Adirondack housing landscape was forever changed

By Tim Rowland

Debate around short-term rentals (STRs) has divided communities around the Adirondacks.

man standing on a lake shore

CATS adds Long Pond to Champlain Valley trail network

By Tim Rowland

Willsboro trail was years in the making

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