Crown Point plan could draw new visitors
By Tim Rowland
Crown Point serves a broad variety of interests, but is generally considered to have even more unrealized potential.
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E-bikes charge into the Adirondacks
By Phil Brown
In 2017, some 34 million e-bikes were sold around the world, mostly in Asia and Europe.
An urban wildfire, a recovery and a rescue
Forest Ranger John Franceschina responded to two small wildfires caused by phragmites burning in Flushing Meadows Park. The wildfires totaled 1.1 acres and were suppressed by the New York City Fire Department. These were the first reported wildfires in the state, marking the beginning of the 2019 spring fire season.
Hammond Pond plan includes interstate trail
The Hammond Pond Unit Management Plan calls for miles of new trails, including a link in the North Country National Scenic Trail, proposed to traverse seven states from North Dakota to Vermont.
Champlain’s ice-up a rare gift
Loss of ice is one factor in the water temperatures in the lake, where the surface on average has warmed by 6.8 degrees Fahrenheit in August since 1964, according to the Lake Champlain Basin Program.
Trump environmental record worries Adirondack advocates
Conservationists complain of a federal government now more welcoming of pollutants, including carbon dioxide, as the Adirondack region’s forests and snowy winters are changing with a warmer climate.
Snowmobile power struggle revs up
Snowmobilers spend money in communities, but their machines also cause noise and fumes that wilderness seekers shun.
As ticks and disease spread north, monitoring is threatened
For the past five years, biologist Lee Ann Sporn and a team of Paul Smith’s College students and Adirondack Watershed Institute stewards have monitored the rapid spread of tick-borne diseases—especially those rarely found this far north or at these elevations—throughout the region.
Asbestos contamination closes Adirondack mineral plant
By James Odato
The closure brings the latest round of job uncertainties for a mine that New York voters in 2013 agreed to support by amending the state constitution to allow an Adirondack land swap that has yet to happen.
DEC spots 175 moose in aerial survey
By Mike Lynch
State wildlife staff completed their annual winter aerial surveys for the animal in January.