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

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Native presence in the Adirondacks: Debunking historical myths

By Adirondack Explorer

The Mohawk tribe, of the Iroquois Confederacy, left clues to their history in the Adirondacks.

The Champlain Bridge provides a point of reference on the trip up Lake Champlain by kayak.

Snapshots of Champlain

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A kayak, a car and two weeks on the water

Adirondack train service halted

Brakes put on Amtrak Adirondack line

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Amtrak once again suspended its “Adirondack” service between New York and Montreal

A yellow tent sits near icy water bodies in Antarctica.

Field work in Antarctica

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Watch a slideshow and hear Adirondack Watershed Institute researcher Lija Treibergs describe a typical day in her Antarctica field work.

Sweet success in Lyon Mountain

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A Lyon Mountain operation is now producing birch syrup, and walnut and beech and butternut and, perhaps someday soon, linden (aka basswood) syrups.

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Explorer work recognized by New York Press Association

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Reporters net 1st, 2nd place awards for investigative reporting

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Garden journals

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Adirondacks resident Dana Fast, 91, talks about 40 years of keeping a garden journal chronicling changes in the growing season. Video by Chloe Bennett. See related story by Chloe: https://www.adirondackexplorer.org/stories/adirondacks-weather-journals

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Why we work here

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Adirondack Explorer staffers share what they love about living and working in the Adirondacks.

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