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The Adirondack Explorer is a nonprofit magazine covering the Adirondack Park's environment, recreation and communities.

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Rustic Adirondackana

By Adirondack Explorer

Birchbark Bookshop in the Adirondack foothills is a rough-hewn slice of North Country history

A picture of ranger Bill Petty guiding the Rockefeller brothers on horseback in the Adirondack High Peaks.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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…

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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.

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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…

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