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Summit vista looking out from side of mountain rock surface toward alpine trees and Adirondack mountains in the distance.

Lake Placid hidden gem: Hiking Seymour Mountain

By Tim Rowland

Why this 2,457-Foot Adirondack peak is the perfect alternative to busy High Peaks

Wildfire in Chesterfield. DEC photo

Recent fires sparked by lightning, negligent campers

By Adirondack Explorer

Rangers put out campfire at Split Rock Falls, and a wildfire in Keeseville

A blonde woman with glasses in a white dress standing in front of an overgrown grass/weeds with an old house behind it.

New life for zombie houses: Essex County Land Bank fully up and running

By Brenne Sheehan

Organization grows from single condemned property to seven homes

Closed trail at junction point where hikers coming from Marcy Dam would normally continue toward Avalanche Lake.

Landslides close Avalanche Pass trail

By Brenne Sheehan

Several routes in the High Peaks around Mount Colden, Algonquin Peak and Mount Marcy have closed until further notice.

Migrant worker in yellow jacket carrying a bushel of apples in a back around his chest reaches up to pick apple from three

Communities networks emerge as ICE enforcement intensifies

By Tim Rowland

Local volunteers coordinate legal aid and emergency response amid heightened immigration enforcement

Meg LeFevre Bobbin tests out "The Rig," a mobility device created by the company Not A Wheelchair, to ride into Camp Santanoni in August 2024 in Newcomb. Bobbin made the excursion with her husband Buck

Motorized wheelchairs return to remote Adirondack historic site

By David Escobar

A DEC program that helps people with disabilities access one of the Adirondacks’ most remote historic sites is returning for a second year.

Dewey Mountain meets the mix in Saranac Lake

By Brenne Sheehan

A free, all-day electronic music show at Dewey Mountain in Saranac Lake offers DJ sets and a range of all-age activities on Aug. 2 from 1-9 p.m.

DEC encountered the moose in the middle of the trail on July 10. Photo courtesy of DEC

Goodman Mountain moose might be sick, says DEC

By Mike Lynch

Biologists suspect neurological illness behind unusual behavior after the bull moose was spotted lying directly in the trail

The trail to Scarface Mountain is closed to the summit due to a unsafe bridge. Photo by Mike Lynch

Scarface Mountain Trail in Ray Brook to reopen this fall after bridge replacement

By Mike Lynch

Work to restore access to a popular hiking trail to start in August.

Loon, hermit thrush, red-eyed vireo

The bird songs of summer

By Contributing Writer

Adirondack birders weigh in which species provides the ultimate soundtrack to summer

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