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Summer outreach tour: coming to a Stewart’s Shop near you!

June 10, 20226

We are launching an “Adirondack Listening Tour” at Stewart’s Shops across the Adirondacks beginning June 22 and we hope you’ll join us.

The forever wild fight

April 5, 20212

A nine-part series that tells the story of the at-times contentious campaign to create the Adirondack Park Agency

Rewilding our waters: Despite successes, obstacles remain

December 1, 20200

What effect have dams had on two of the parks’ important rivers, the Boquet and the Saranac? As beautiful as these rivers are and as...

Exploring the Sable Highlands

August 7, 20200

More than a decade ago, New York State planned trails and other improvements for the conservation easement it bought on the Sable Highlands. Not much...

Salt through the hourglass: Legal deadlines put contamination relief out of reach

August 1, 20202

When homeowners have found salt in their tap water, any delay—even hoping to get the government’s help instead of going to court—can be fatal to...

Salt in the wounds: The uphill struggle against road pollution

April 30, 202021

An Adirondack Explorer investigation found that across upstate New York, road salt has seeped into drinking water supplies, poisoned wells, endangered public health and threatened...

A lake in crisis

January 15, 20205

Bacteria in Champlain—cupped by New York, Vermont and Quebec—are feeding on polluted runoff from around the lake, especially Vermont’s dairyland, and thriving in water that...

‘Long-time coming:’ DEC puts call out… Bids sought on determining 'carrying capacity' on select forest preserve…
Advocates urge action for Adirondack Rail Trail ARTA plans to hire executive director; OSI applies for grant…
A good luck hike Pair of trails offer nice escape
Salt reduction panel previews final report Draft recommendations include improved tracking, new water quality standards, pilot…
The most magnificent waterfalls in the park St. Lawrence County's Tooley Pond Road offers slam-dunk of falls…
Producing for paddlers and people Essex Industries turns out lightweight canoes, prideful workers