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Editorials
Ramp up climate response
By Tom Woodman With this issue, Explorer writer Mike Lynch completes a yearlong series on the impact of climate change on the Adirondacksโits wildlife and ecosystems as well as its human communities. One of the lessons we can draw from his work … [Read more...] about Ramp up climate response
End piecemeal management
By Tom Woodman The Adirondack Park is a vast area, and proper stewardship of its sensitive and interconnected regionsโfrom High Peaks to wild rivers to boreal wetlandsโrequires us to think and act on a landscape scale. If regulators … [Read more...] about End piecemeal management
A grand vision comes to life
If all goes as expected, sometime in the next three months New York State will complete a historic improvement to the Adirondack Park. With the anticipated purchase of Boreas Ponds and the surrounding area the state will complete a four-year process … [Read more...] about A grand vision comes to life
Go the distance with rail trails
After five years of public debate the Adirondacks are on the verge of seeing a new rail trail that should prove to be an important tourist draw and a recreational opportunity in keeping with the natural beauty it will traverse. But at the same time, … [Read more...] about Go the distance with rail trails
Stop the junkyard express
A railroad company that three years ago won permission to haul stone from a former mine at the base of the High Peaks has changed course and come up with a breathtakingly bad idea for use of that line. The Saratoga & North Creek Railway says it … [Read more...] about Stop the junkyard express