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brasher dune

The dunes of Brasher Forest

By Tom French

Digging back in time to an era of retreating glaciers

Tahawus rail line

Tahawus rail line up for auction

By Tim Rowland

Bids for 30 mile rail line in heart of Adirondacks so far include Open Space Institute, Revolution Rail

Debar Pond Lodge

Lawmakers introduce plan to save Debar Pond Lodge

By Tim Rowland

Proposed constitutional amendment would swap lodge for 400 acres

Ausable River group bolsters federal salmon study

By Mike Lynch

Ausable River Association is assisting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife's salmon studies on the Boquet River by applying environmental DNA methods to find young salmon. 

franconia notch state park

Has any park gotten it right? Can we?

By Gwendolyn Craig

As mountain communities grapple with how to best manage increase in visitors, Explorer looks to how other places are dealing By Gwendolyn Craig The Mountain Wanderer book and map store on the Kancamagus Highway in New Hampshire shuttered for three months last year during the height of the coronavirus pandemic. Businesses across the country did…

north creek rail bikes

Rail-bike company makes another bid for Tahawus line

By Tim Rowland

Future of unused rail corridor still undetermined

salmon study

Replicating nature 

By Mike Lynch

Can DNA research help bring back Champlain salmon?

Kaaterskill Falls Catskills

Catskills advisory group considers reservation system for some trailheads

By Times Union

In the longer-term, the group recommends various ways to dilute the number of visitors at hotspots

Tree 103

A fallen giant

By Jamie Organski

Old-growth stand 'Elder's Grove' near Paul Smith's College is nearing end of lifetime

Hague brook

Hague is ‘clearly a leader’ in road salt reduction

By Zachary Matson

Community sees results after years of salt-reduction tactics

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