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By Phil Brown
This is a day for strange wildlife stories. First I read in the Adirondack Daily Enterprise that hiker on the Northville-Placid Trail stabbed a bear that had been following her. The bear took off; she’s all right. Read the story here. Then I read on the Times Union’s website that a bull moose had wandered…
By Phil Brown
One of the most well-known (and often photographed) waterfalls in the Adirondacks has to be Roaring Brook Falls, which can be seen from Route 73 plunging down the shoulder of Giant Mountain. Since taking up rock climbing several years ago, I have been drawn to the prospect of climbing the three-hundred-foot falls. This isn’t a…
The Adirondack Explorer staff recently hiked the Saranac Lake 6 and prepared this four-page guide containing trail descriptions, maps, and photographs.
Hikers exploring former Finch, Pruyn lands can also visit a backcountry pond and wild shoreline on the Hudson. By Phil Brown......
Family’s three-day adventure includes swimming off sandy beaches, jumping off cliffs, fishing for monster bass, dodging a giant turtle, and nursing a bullfrog hangover. By Lisa Densmore
In considering how to classify some of the lands recently acquired by New York State, the Adirondack Park Agency is making a mistake in not properly taking into account already-existing state land around the acquisition. Instead, the APA chose to view the proposed Paul Schaeffer Wild Rivers Wilderness piecemeal. Wilderness is a resource that needs…
In the July/August edition Bill Ingersoll advocates closing the road to Boreas Ponds [“It’s Debatable”]. If he wishes the area to be “Wilderness,” which is defined as “untrammeled by man” and “with the imprint of man’s work substantially unnoticeable,” the first thing he should champion is dynamiting out the dam at the southern end of…
The Adirondack Park Agency should classify the Essex Chain Lakes in the newly acquired Finch, Pruyn lands as a Canoe Area (Alternative 3A among the APA options). This would achieve the goals of strong resource protection and promotion of sustainable recreational activities. There is no question that the area proposed for “Canoe” easily fits the…
The Adirondacks does not need a train to transport overnight tourists from Utica and New York City (sadly, it would be a bust). Nor would the region benefit from destroying its rail system so that tourists could pedal instead of paddle to the Five Ponds Wilderness. What the Adirondacks does desperately need is a sizable…
I’m concerned about Hamilton County Planning Director Ann Melious’s thoughts about bringing development to her county [Talk of the Towns, May/June 2013]. Just what is the appeal of the Adirondacks? Why do people want to venture up here in the first place? People from around the world come to the Adirondacks because of the Park’s…