I had hoped to get back to Canada sometime in the last year. I wanted to bring my family to Montreal and to some natural...
Adirondack Explorer
Newsletters
Recreating outdoors is not without risks, which requires people to pay attention to details whether they are packing for a trip or navigating their way...
I'm excited to welcome a new freelance journalist to the Explorer team. Mike De Socio, formerly of the Albany Business Review, has jumped in on some business...
It is budget season in Albany, as my colleague Gwendolyn Craig has been reporting, and that means debates about money for programs in the Adirondacks. She’ll...
Our March/April issue is wrapping up here, and one story we'll have more about is tree-cutting on forest preserve. The issue stems from a court...
Maybe it's possible to shame the weather into cooperating. Here's how I started an installment of this newsletter that we sent out five weeks ago:...
This spring, when New York State was in a lockdown due to the pandemic, it was unclear what that meant for the Adirondacks. Would the...
I’m finishing up a story for the next issue of the magazine, so a lot of my time has been going into that. But, I’ve...
Last week, we heard plenty of budget testimony from state agencies and groups, who were responding to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 2022 budget proposal. I wrote...
When Winter Carnival rolled around last year, my mom, sister, niece and nephew came to visit in Saranac Lake. We joined hundreds -- thousands? --...
Ski conditions are excellent in the Adirondacks right now, whether you're hitting the backcountry, groomed trails, or Alpine resorts. December was a slow month for...
Popular This Week
Opposition mounts against proposed RV park in Mayfield Neighbors, entrepreneur clash over 300-lot project on Great Sacandaga Lake
OSI makes $1.5M bid for Tahawus rail line Offer reignites debate over future of 30-mile rail line
From Haystack to Nye, 100 years later Bob Marshall’s pamphlet of the peaks nears centennial
In North River, a dust-up arises amid mining… Barton Mines seeks permit through 2096 to operate aside wilderness 
Has any park gotten it right? Can we? Franconia Notch State Park. Photo by Gwendolyn Craig As mountain…
Tupper Lake’s star-gazing attraction aims to expand Adirondack Sky Center makes plans to become major viewing destination
SPONSORED CONTENT
VISION 2050 – Fulfilling the Promise of the Adirondack Park
The Adirondack Council today unveiled a new long-range vision for the Adirondack Park in a publication entitled Adirondack VISION 2050, offering recommendations for how to preserve the park’s ecology, sustain its small villages and hamlets, and improve park management by the middle of this century........Read more.
