Rustic Adirondackana
By Adirondack Explorer
Birchbark Bookshop in the Adirondack foothills is a rough-hewn slice of North Country history
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Regulators and Rebels pt 3: Adirondack National Park?
By Adirondack Explorer
Adirondack Park as a national park? The idea proposed by a Rockefeller in the late 1960s achieved consensus: Everyone hated it.
Regulators and Rebels pt 2: Clarence Petty’s surveys
By Adirondack Explorer
Clarence Petty and Neil Stout’s Adirondacks survey work laid the foundation for the State Land Master Plan.
Regulators and Rebels: Tempers flared at Adirondack Park Agency’s birth
By Adirondack Explorer
This is the first story in an nine-part series about the roots of the Adirondack Park Agency, which marks its 50th anniversary in June.
Woman on horseback gets lost on Warrensburg trail
By Adirondack Explorer
Recent NYS DEC Forest Ranger actions: Town of WarrensburgWarren CountyWilderness Rescue: On Mar. 21 at 7:42 p.m., DEC’s Ray Brook Dispatch received a call from Warren County 911 reporting a woman lost with her two horses on private property in the town of Warrensburg. The 22-year-old subject from Queensbury became lost when she left the trail…
Plenty still to decide after High Peaks advisory report
By Adirondack Explorer
Although the High Peaks Advisory Group found points of consensus and made progress on managing use, there's much left to decided.
A magical, healing place
By Adirondack Explorer
As the oldest women’s retreat in the country, Wiawaka is filled with history. It's also known for supporting women in all stages of life.
Injured hiker on Marcy gets separated from group
By Adirondack Explorer
Recent NYS DEC Forest Ranger actions: Town of North ElbaEssex CountyWilderness Rescue: On Mar. 13 at 6:41 p.m., DEC’s Ray Brook Dispatch received a call from a 27-year-old subject from Rochester suffering from a sore knee while hiking to Mount Marcy in the High Peaks Wilderness. The hiker did not have a headlamp or flashlight and…
Front country is key to protecting High Peaks
By Adirondack Explorer
Shuttles, hiker education and other front-country management tools will help protect the High Peaks backcountry and hiking experiences.
Rangers perform Lake Champlain ice rescue
By Adirondack Explorer
Recent NYS DEC Forest Ranger actions: Town of PlattsburghClinton CountyWilderness Rescue: On Mar. 1 at 3 p.m., Forest Ranger assistance was requested by DEC Environmental Conservation Police Officer (ECO) LaCroix and the Cumberland Head Fire Department for two anglers stranded on a floating ice sheet on Lake Champlain. Fire department personnel accessed the men from Plattsburgh…