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Artist John Van Alstine uses nature as inspiration

By Tracy Ormsbee

World-renowned stone sculptor John Van Alstine’s interpretation of nature’s interaction with the man-made world extends from his art to his home to his appreciation of the world around him.

Brief Bio: Barbara Green

By Adirondack Explorer

Why I love the Adirondacks: The people. We “get” each other, for the most part. We understand the spirit of creativity that is born of necessity.

A place for all

By Gwendolyn Craig

The Adirondack Diversity Initiative and its supporters hope to create a more welcoming environment in the state’s largest park and its rural communities.

‘Embarrassed’ diversity backers say racist graffiti shows need for Adirondack initiative

By Gwendolyn Craig

The inaugural director of the Adirondack Diversity Initiative confirmed she is moving from Saranac Lake due to safety concerns but will remain in her post.

A Summer to Survive

By Janet Reynolds

By Janet Reynolds Predicting the 2020 Adirondack Park tourism season’s crucial cash infusion is like trying to read a crystal ball. It’s a murky crystal ball, at that. The variables include the success of a state-mandated, four-phase reopening of the economy. If that goes well, there’s still the question of whether visitors will actually travel…

‘Finding a Woman’s Place’

By Leigh Hornbeck

Book explores bonds forged at an Adirondack feminist collective during the 70s and early 80s in rural Warren County

John Davis

Reading in Place: Books to help pass the time

By Melissa Hart

Author/editor John Davis, of The Rewilding Institute spends a lot of time reading, even when it’s not a pandemic. Davis, who lives in Westport, recently shared a list of books of regional interest and/or environmental bent that he’d suggest to neighbors sheltered at home and looking for new ways to pass the time during COVID-19…

In the Adirondacks and around the world, brothers reflect on COVID-19

By Gwendolyn Craig

Four brothers, originally from the Albany area, reflect on the coronavirus pandemic from their homes in the Adirondacks to Hong Kong.

Paul Schaefer

Earth Day at 50: A look back

By Melissa Hart

“You want to advance your cause in the Adirondacks? Then temper your idealism with realism.” That’s the advice Paul Schaefer gave a group of students on Earth Day a generation ago. Dave Gibson of Adirondack Wild looks back in this essay on Adirondack Almanack. At the time, Schaefer challenged the students to start at his…

Cuomo underlines coronavirus-related closures both upstate and down

By Gwendolyn Craig

Addressing his latest executive orders closing golf courses, some parks and boat launches, Cuomo said the state has to act as one during the pandemic.

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