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By Mike Lynch

The Mountaineer gear shop in Keene Valley changed ownership toward the end of 2018.

By Mike Lynch

The northern Adirondacks has been cold and wet, with the region experiencing several snowfalls in late October. The snow isn't sticking to the ground in the lower elevations yet due to above-freezing ground temperatures, but it's been cold enough that ice has developed on some small ponds. 

By Mike Lynch

Phil Brown skis the Tupper Lake Triad on a snowy March day.

By Mike Lynch

Poet Roger Mitchell reads Candles, a poem from his latest book.

By Mike Lynch

Crown Point bridge, Four Brothers Islands, and Rouses Point are a few of the places where you can find them in large numbers. The dark birds have also been showing up in interior Adirondack lakes. I noticed one myself in September on Mirror Lake. Explorer Editor Brandon Loomis noticed several cormorants on Raquette Lake during the same time period.

By Mike Lynch

Former Explorer Editor Phil Brown shared some photos with us that he took last week from Newcomb and Long Lake. You can see them in the gallery above. Brown was out working on the new edition of his guidebook Adirondack Paddling, which will likely be available next year. 

By Mike Lynch

As the days are getting cooler and shorter, more and more monarch butterflies are starting their big migration to Mexico, where they will spend the winter before starting their migration northward in the spring.

By Mike Lynch

Located less than two miles upstream of Ausable Forks, the Jay town board voted in March of 2017 to remove the Rome Dam after an engineering study found that it posed a threat to residents downstream because of its potential to fail. The engineering study found that it was structurally unsound and would be especially vulnerable during a flood.