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Phil Brown edited the Adirondack Explorer from 1999 until his retirement in 2018. He continues to explore the park and to write for the publication and website.
By Phil Brown
The members of the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks and the Residents’ Committee to Protect the Adirondacks voted overwhelmingly last weekend to merge into a new organization called Protect the Adirondacks. The association’s members voted 83-0 and the RCPA’s members voted 111-2 in favor of the consolidation. Protect the Adirondacks will use the…
By Phil Brown
Group says DEC decision imperils Forest Preserve
By Phil Brown
The former director of the RCPA moving to Washington, D.C.
By Phil Brown
Birdlife and scenery abound on trip from Jones Pond to the Osgood River.
By Phil Brown
Lows Ridge may rise only four hundred fifty feet above the landscape, but it offers an awesome view of the Bog River country, with the High Peaks in the distance. Most people climb the ridge after paddling up the Bog and across Hitchins Pond, but it also can be reached overland via an old woods…
By Phil Brown
More Wilderness in the offing.
By Phil Brown
My post about using squaw in place names generated a good deal of discussion in Views from the Top and Adirondack Forum, two of the more active Adirondack message boards. Check out the links if you’re interested.
By Phil Brown
A classic mountaineering route.
By Phil Brown
Some toponyms are out of place.
By Phil Brown
Former DEC official weighs in.