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By Ry Rivard
By 2015, the Fund for Lake George, a nonprofit watchdog for the lake that anchors one of the country’s desirable lakefront property markets, said salt was “the acid rain of our time.” Now, years later, the state may get serious about the problem.
Pandemic knocked an ambitious state budget, but some funding hung on
By Mike Lynch
One of the good things about backcountry skiing in the Adirondacks is that it’s usually easier to get away from crowds than during the busy hiking season.
By Melissa Hart
Looking back through the stories tagged “coronavirus” from March onward, it’s striking how broadly our lives have changed.
The most-read stories of 2020, plus the most-viewed video
By Mike Lynch
The U.S. Fish and Wildife Service announced December 15 that monarch butterflies deserve protection under the Endangered Species Act, but didn't propose to list them.
By Melissa Hart
The legacy of Tupper Lake department store owner Mose Ginsberg and more of the week's stories from the Adirondack Explorer and Almanack.
There’ll be no fireside cocoa at Camp Santanoni this winter, the latest Adirondack tradition to go dormant during the coronavirus pandemic.
Recent NYS DEC Forest Ranger actions: Town of AriettaHamilton CountyWilderness Rescue: On Dec. 12 at 11:25 a.m., DEC’s Ray Brook Dispatch was notified via radio by Forest Ranger Milano about a 60-year-old hunter from Long Lake who had fallen out of a tree stand. While on routine patrol in Sargent Ponds Wilderness Area, Ranger Milano noticed…
Chad Dawson spoke with Adirondack Explorer about his growing frustration on the APA board and why he resigned.