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A peak at Peaked Mountain

By Adirondack Explorer

Though turned back short of summit, snowshoers find trek in Siamese Ponds Wilderness is the height of adventure. By Susan Bibeau I’m embarrassed to admit this, but I lived in the Adirondacks for close to fifteen years without owning a pair of snowshoes. My husband and I have been such avid skiers that I never…

Ferns

PARK PERSPECTIVES: A place untrammeled

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By Tom Woodman Some years ago a friend in an argumentative mood was questioning the need for new lands in the Adirondack Forest Preserve. Wasn’t it already so big that no one could conceivably experience it all? “Take a map and point your finger in the middle of the biggest wilderness,” he said. “Will you…

Rob Hastings, left, uses greenhouses and “hoop houses” to extend the growing season at Rivermede Farm in Keene Valley.

Think global, eat local

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Adirondack farmers cultivate a market for home-grown produce, cheese, and meat. By Adam Federman   I grew up in Saranac Lake and have to admit that until recently I could name only one farm in our 5.8-million-acre Adirondack Park: Tucker’s, famous for its potatoes. The Adirondacks is known for many things, but farming is not…

AG backs paddlers’ rights

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Eric Schneiderman moves to intervene on behalf of the state in lawsuit against Explorer editor. By Kenneth Aaron Another party wants to join the fray over public access to an idyllic stretch of Adirondack waterway: New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman. Schneiderman’s office has asked to intervene, on behalf of the state, in…

Researcher Kate Langwig measures the humidity near a bat in an old mine in Hague in January.Researcher Kate Langwig measures the humidity near a bat in an old mine in Hague in January. Photo by Carl Heilman II

Bats’ survival at stake

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Scientists find few signs of hope as white-nose syndrome continues to ravage hibernating species in the Adirondacks, the rest of the state, and much of the East. By Winnie Yu In the five years since scientists first diagnosed white-nose syndrome, the population of bats in the Adirondack Park has plunged so dramatically that their very…

For every man, an island

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Author and his crew find fantasies can come true on Forked Lake. By Jack Ballard It’s the dream of many an American, from freckled grade-school girls with missing front teeth to smartly attired executives in the Financial District who pounce on deals like pickerel on perch. Ah, to traipse the shoreline of one’s own private…

Adirondack Club and Resort hearing, March 2011.

Big plans, big doubts

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    While Tupper Lake looks to the Adirondack Club and Resort for economic salvation, real-estate agents question whether the developers’ ambitious business model is plausible. By Brian Mann For seven years, Michael Foxman, lead developer of the proposed Adirondack Club and Resort in Tupper Lake, has argued that his massive $500 million project will…

Small pain, big gain

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Hikers take in the view from the top of Noonmark. Photo by Barry Lobdell Circled by High Peaks, accessible Noonmark offers big views By TOM WOODMAN A hike up Noonmark Mountain offers the experiences of a Great Range expedition in a compact, half-day excursion. You ascend through the mixed hardwood forest of the lower elevations,…

BluSeed grows into arts force

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Sculptor Carol Vossler turns an a abandoned warehouse into a community treasure. By KENNETH AARON Inside the warehouse-turned-apartments-turned-warehouse (again)-turned-art gallery known as BluSeed Studios one Saturday, five people were painstakingly inserting tiny bits of lead type into metal trays. They were attending a two-day workshop on making broadsides, posters that combine art and words. Eventually,…

Time to hit the slopes

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Whiteface Mountain lures bikers By ALAN WECHSLER In winter, this place would be crawling with skiers. But on a weekday morning in August, I’m nearly alone, or so it seems. I’ve come to Whiteface Mountain to ride my bike down slopes that I have skied for years. Although I can see few other riders, the…

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