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The Adirondack Explorer is a nonprofit magazine covering the Adirondack Park's environment, recreation and communities.
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Attorney says a public interest is at stake in dispute over paddling on Shingle Shanty Brook. By Kenneth Aaron If a court rejects New York State’s effort to intervene in the trespassing case against Adirondack Explorer Editor Phil Brown, the state will go to bat for paddlers on its own, a lawyer representing the state…
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Landslide triggered by spring rains threatens homes and rekindles debate over upland development. By Brian Mann O n a rain-soaked May morning, Port Henry Mayor Ernest Guerin met with Governor Andrew Cuomo next to a washed-out road in his village. Guerin came to ask for state and federal help for…
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Treadway Mountain is only 2,240 feet tall, but its rocky summit offers magnificent views of the Pharaoh Lake Wilderness, the Green Mountains of Vermont, the High Peaks, and other mountains too numerous to mention.
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If you’ve ever taken young children for a hike, you know how it can go. In the morning, you sound the rallying cry. Let’s go! By Edward Kanze
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It’s the dream of many an American, from freckled grade-school girls with missing front teeth to smartly attired executives in the Financial District who pounce on deals like pickerel on perch. By Jack Ballard
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In answer to lawsuit, editor contends the public has the right to paddle on private waterways connecting public lands. By Kenneth Aaron In answer to a trespassing lawsuit, the editor of the Adirondack Explorer contends he had the right to paddle remote private waterways that link two pieces of state-owned Forest Preserve, and his lawyer…
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Scientists see wild corridors as essential for the long-term health of wildlife and plants. By Erika Schielke Once extirpated from the region, moose began trickling back to the Adirondacks in the 1980s and now number around eight hundred. It’s thought that they migrated here from Vermont or Ontario. “They did come in from somewhere. Where…
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Though turned back short of summit, snowshoers find trek in Siamese Ponds Wilderness is the height of adventure. By Susan Bibeau I’m embarrassed to admit this, but I lived in the Adirondacks for close to fifteen years without owning a pair of snowshoes. My husband and I have been such avid skiers that I never…
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By Tom Woodman Some years ago a friend in an argumentative mood was questioning the need for new lands in the Adirondack Forest Preserve. Wasn’t it already so big that no one could conceivably experience it all? “Take a map and point your finger in the middle of the biggest wilderness,” he said. “Will you…
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Adirondack farmers cultivate a market for home-grown produce, cheese, and meat. By Adam Federman I grew up in Saranac Lake and have to admit that until recently I could name only one farm in our 5.8-million-acre Adirondack Park: Tucker’s, famous for its potatoes. The Adirondacks is known for many things, but farming is not…