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Hikers on mountaintop

Cascade hikers lose party member while tripping, on mushrooms

By Adirondack Explorer

Plus other forest ranger actions from the past week

mother and baby reindeer

Reindeer and renovations at Santa’s Workshop

By Tim Rowland

Former Navy SEAL takes on challenge of updating aging Adirondack theme park

Visitor center, OSI gift mark a new day for Newcomb

By Tim Rowland

Open Space Institute will give to the town the “historic core” of the lands it purchased 25 years ago from National Lead.

Essex gains a musical haven, complete with vintage guitars

By Tim Rowland

Pawn 22 is a musical sanctuary hiding in plain sight

man climbing in narrow rock wall

Climbing via ferrata: Ausable Chasm provides safe options for beginners

By Phil Brown

Popular tourism attraction is ahead of the curve in adopting European-engineered rock climbing techniques

Man with white beard and sunglasses in front of the Trails End Bar

Tupper Lake’s transformation

By James Odato

New Big Tupper owner set to acquire longtime tavern, amid other projects in motion in the village

Man in the snowy woods in winter gear

Adirondack leaders blaze trails for new generations

By David Escobar

Meet 4 people working to diversify the outdoors experience

A string instrument sitting inside the open door of a cabin

A ‘classic’ summer camp experience

By Arietta Hallock

Adirondack music camps celebrate legacy and progress

Minerva Lake surveyed for ProcellaCOR use

Minerva Lake may need ‘spot’ use of ProcellaCOR 

By Zachary Matson

APA staff suggest taking over certain herbicide approvals, bringing fewer to the board

Bird on a branch

Blackpoll warbler: ‘nature’s hearing test’

By Birdwatch

Learn more about the hard-to-track blackpoll warbler and how to spot it in the Adirondacks

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