Once I had the pleasure of meeting Al Breisch, then New York State DEC’s de facto Herpetologist-in-Chief, at a lecture he gave for the Wild Center before it had even been built. Breisch impressed me. He was precise and as armed with accurate … [Read more...] about The Snake and the Salamander: Reptiles and Amphibians from Maine to Virginia
Big, Wild, and Connected: Scouting an Eastern Wildway from the Everglades to Quebec
The mission of John Davis is not entirely dissimilar to that of the biblical Noah. Davis is out to protect a broad platform of species in an unconventional way that faces both long odds and more than a few arched eyebrows. The central idea is … [Read more...] about Big, Wild, and Connected: Scouting an Eastern Wildway from the Everglades to Quebec
Western Trails
With this year’s publication of Western Trails, the Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK) completed the most recent overhaul of its Forest Preserve Series of hiking guidebooks—and the club is already hard at work on the next edition of the series. ADK’s … [Read more...] about Western Trails
Scientist Discusses Global Pollinator Crisis
BY LARRY MASTER Wednesday evening the Wild Center with AdkAction hosted a presentation by Dr. Christina Grozinger, distinguished professor of entomology and director of the Center for Pollinator Research at Penn State University. The research … [Read more...] about Scientist Discusses Global Pollinator Crisis
Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation Opens New Location
BY AUTUMN ROCK You enter the room to hear the soft calls of the common loon filling the air around you. Mounted on the walls are photos and paintings of the loon, and soon you are greeted by a warm, smiling, face, that of Executive Director Nina … [Read more...] about Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation Opens New Location
Bogs and Fens
Bogs and fens are wetlands. At least they are if you can call a wet place with nothing but peat, or sphagnum moss, underfoot “land.” Such features, not quite land and not quite water, dot the Adirondack landscape. Whenever and wherever we hike, we … [Read more...] about Bogs and Fens