Big Otter Lake
By Adirondack Explorer
July 1, 2011
Until this past winter, I’d never heard of the Independence River Wild Forest. By Stephen Williams
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By Adirondack Explorer
July 1, 2011
Until this past winter, I’d never heard of the Independence River Wild Forest. By Stephen Williams
By Adirondack Explorer
July 1, 2011
The forecast today is for upper eighties with high humidity, but at the moment it’s cool and breezy. I’m sitting on the front steps of the Explorer in Saranac Lake, waiting for my cycling partner, Tom Boothe. By Susan Bibeau.
By Adirondack Explorer
July 1, 2011
There are some things that you expect to find along the trail to Duck Hole in May: mud, black flies, and wildflowers and hobblebush in bloom. By Phil Brown
By Adirondack Explorer
June 17, 2011
By Phil Brown Several years ago, the Defenders of Wildlife abandoned a campaign to reintroduce gray wolves to the Adirondacks after a study suggested that the region’s original canid was the red wolf, not the gray. Now a new study of canid genetics—billed as the most thorough of its kind—suggests that…
By Adirondack Explorer
June 17, 2011
Restoring cougars would help forests One need look no further than the Department of Environmental Conservation’s 2010 Strategic Plan for Forest Management to find the rationale to restore cougars to the Adirondacks. The plan details the destructive impacts and biodiversity loss of New York’s forests from superabundant white-tailed deer, a herd now estimated at more…
By Adirondack Explorer
June 17, 2011
At first glance the proposal might seem irresistible: a development that would bring affluent residents and visitors, resurrect a cherished ski resort, create jobs, and revive an Adirondack region that desperately needs new vitality. But we long ago moved beyond the first glance at the Adirondack Club and Resort proposal in Tupper Lake. And, sadly,…
By Adirondack Explorer
June 17, 2011
By Tom Woodman Some cultures have rituals in which individuals venture out into the wilderness to test their character and attain higher levels of being. In the Adirondacks we have a version of this rite, but it’s not reserved for a special few. Anyone who ventures outdoors between Mother’s Day and Father’s Day takes part,…
By Adirondack Explorer
June 17, 2011
By Phil Brown There are some things that you expect to find along the trail to Duck Hole in May: mud, black flies, and wildflowers and hobblebush in bloom. And some that might surprise you, such as two middle-aged men schlepping canoes. They were Donald Perryman Jr. and Rick Cerminara, both…
By Adirondack Explorer
June 17, 2011
Like most people, I’ve stood beneath starry skies gazing in wonder at the heavens. There are objects and phenomena out there beyond our comprehension. Adirondack night skies host mesmerizing celestial light shows. I’ve seen such beauty: the moon rising through and backlighting layers of clouds, casting blue light into eerie forests; meteors and comets streaking…
By Adirondack Explorer
June 17, 2011
Lake Placid residents create Xoona website for outdoor athletes who like to compete without the hassle or expense of entering races. By Susan Bibeau It’s two o’clock on a Tuesday afternoon, and I really should be at the Explorer office designing the next issue. Instead, I’m taking a run on one of my favorite…