Scott van Laer’s career moves full circle
Forest ranger Scott van Laer is retiring and taking a new role as director of the Paul Smith’s College Visitor Interpretive Center.
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Everton Falls is a recreational oasis
By Tom French
With history, a Nature Conservancy preserve, paddling, hiking and bushwhacking, Everton Falls is a great escape in the northern Adirondacks.
Injured hiker on Marcy gets separated from group
Recent NYS DEC Forest Ranger actions: Town of North ElbaEssex CountyWilderness Rescue: On Mar. 13 at 6:41 p.m., DEC’s Ray Brook Dispatch received a call from a 27-year-old subject from Rochester suffering from a sore knee while hiking to Mount Marcy in the High Peaks Wilderness. The hiker did not have a headlamp or flashlight and…
DEC looking to build parking lot off Adirondack Loj Road
By Mike Lynch
Proposed contract says the DEC will construct a new parking lot at the northeast corner of South Meadow and Adirondack Loj Road or provide an acceptable alternative parking option that is agreed upon by both parties.
What to do about harmful algal blooms?
By Ry Rivard
Lake George water studies have warned about septic tank sewage polluting the lake. The state has done little about it.
‘Alpine Mary’ Lamb: A summit steward and 46’er many times over
When she’s not volunteering as a summit steward, Mary Lamb is doing trail work with the ADK46ers or answering questions, reading hiker accounts and looking at the photos of aspiring 46ers as an official correspondent for the program.
David Starbuck: Excavator of lost arcs
'Indiana' Starbuck unearthed park’s hidden tales. The Adirondack native taught thousands of diggers through 70 archaeological field schools.
Help partners search for hemlock-killing bug
A partnership of organizations is asking for the public's help to search the Lake George area for hemlock woolly adelgid, an invasive bug that kills one of the area's most prolific and iconic trees.
Rangers perform Lake Champlain ice rescue
Recent NYS DEC Forest Ranger actions: Town of PlattsburghClinton CountyWilderness Rescue: On Mar. 1 at 3 p.m., Forest Ranger assistance was requested by DEC Environmental Conservation Police Officer (ECO) LaCroix and the Cumberland Head Fire Department for two anglers stranded on a floating ice sheet on Lake Champlain. Fire department personnel accessed the men from Plattsburgh…
Lake George groups join forces and merge to battle new threats
By Ry Rivard
Lake George, a beloved Adirondack destination, now has a unified voice among its protectors. After years of overlapping missions and messages, the Lake George Association and the Fund for Lake George will merge.