2021 EXPLORED: Memorable photos
By Mike Lynch
View some of our favorite images from the past year.
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10 stories you couldn’t stop reading in 2021
By Melissa Hart
The 10 most-read stories of the year on the Explorer's website
New Lake Placid hotel, Warrensburg map amendment on APA docket
The owner of a former Quality Inn on the shores of Lake Placid is looking to build a new Cambria-brand hotel
Restoring salmon
By Mike Lynch
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Fish Biologist Kurt Heim talks about efforts to restore Atlantic salmon in the Lake Champlain watershed. Video by Mike Lynch. To learn more, check out this story by Mike Lynch about how scientists are taking a new approach in their Atlantic salmon stocking efforts in the Lake Champlain watershed. Here’s a series…
Exploring high use in the High Peaks
By Kris Parker
The number of users in the High Peaks has risen significantly over the last decade. In this video, Adirondack Explorer intern Kris Parker explores the issue.
Solutions reporting: Visitor management
The Adirondack Explorer set out during the 2021 hiking season to learn more about visitor management strategies being tried—and some that seem to be working—in other popular recreation areas.
A new route for snowmobiling between Tug Hill, town of Webb
New Brantingham Connector Trail completed, bypassing logging activity
Mike Lynch: Inspired by the Adirondacks
By Mike Lynch
Multimedia reporter describes why he loves working at the Adirondack Explorer.
Spinning compost into gold
By Tim Rowland
Jay flower farm installs community-scale composter
Mapping a vision
Adirondack Council plots journey to improved park management and communities