DEC leaves public in the dark on High Peaks meetings
The High Peaks Strategic Planning Advisory Group has met eight times since June, but DEC has not posted meeting summaries.
Stories
Rescues include overturned kayak; injury on Coney
Recent NYS DEC Forest Ranger actions: Town of North ElbaEssex CountyWilderness Rescue: On Oct. 5 at 7:45 p.m., Essex County 911 transferred a call to DEC’s Ray Brook Dispatch reporting two hikers lost off the Street and Nye Mountains Trail in the High Peaks Wilderness Area. Forest Ranger Lewis responded and located the hikers from Rochester…
Trailhead transit
Will a burgeoning hiker shuttle industry grow into regular service? When outdoor adventure-seekers prepare for multi-day outings, measuring out food, sorting gear and packing bags, they also have to weigh their transportation options. Unless they plan to travel round-trip and end up back where they started, travelers need to determine how they’ll get back to…
Scenes from Columbus Day weekend
By Melissa Hart
Fall pics taken from around the park Here’s a snapshot of what the holiday weekend was like for hiking, from various spots outside the busy High Peaks Wilderness. Clockwise from top: the view from Baker Mountain in Saranac Lake (by Debra Thuet); from Goodnow Mountain’s fire tower in Newcomb (by Michael Hernandez); looking at Lake…
Invasive bug found on protected Lake George island
The Adirondack Park Agency wants to update a permit for treating invasive species in light of a growing bug infestation on Lake George.
Great Sacandaga markers pay tribute to what was lost
Fifteen new blue and yellow historical markers will soon serve as reminders of the places lost to the Great Sacandaga Lake when the reservoir was created in 1930.
Tech glitches and coronavirus leads APA to consider virtual meeting revamps
APA presentations carried on with the public listening to references of pages and slides invisible to them. Board members asked for changes.
Busy times in the High Peaks and more of the week’s top stories
By Melissa Hart
Greetings!I'm writing in my new role as digital editor of the Adirondack Explorer and Adirondack Almanack.
APA approves National Grid infrastructure upgrades
National Grid is on its way to replacing nearly 200 transmission poles from the 1930s in the Adirondack Park, and will build two new ones specifically for osprey nesting.
Artist John Van Alstine uses nature as inspiration
World-renowned stone sculptor John Van Alstine’s interpretation of nature’s interaction with the man-made world extends from his art to his home to his appreciation of the world around him.