By Gwendolyn Craig A publicly owned historic mansion and surrounding forestland in the middle of the Adirondack Park could have a new private owner in the next few weeks. The State University of New York’s Environmental Science and Forestry … [Read more...] about ESF College foundation finds private buyer for Newcomb mansion
High Peaks Wilderness
A bigger wilderness
Eight environmental groups want most of the Boreas Ponds Tract added to High Peaks Wilderness, but local officials have other ideas. By Phil Brown In 1936, the conservationist Bob Marshall made a list of forty-eight forested areas in the … [Read more...] about A bigger wilderness