Meet Michael Barrett, the Adirondack Mountain Club’s new executive director
Michael Barrett talks about his new role as the executive director of the Adirondack Mountain Club, and what's next for the organization.
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Adirondack groups lobby for more park protections
Some of the lobbyists’ goals are to encourage lawmakers to change the draft 2021 budget for New York State. For example, no new forest rangers are listed in the state Department of Environmental Conservation’s proposal to add 47 new staff. The groups want more rangers.
‘Synonymous with ADK’
By Tim Rowland
Neil Woodworth, who is stepping down as the Adirondack Mountain Club's executive director at the end of 2019, helped shepherd through a transformational era in the Adirondack narrative.
Northeast mountain stewards share ideas, research
By Mike Lynch
Land managers, researchers and stewards from the Adirondacks to Maine met this past weekend in Lake Placid for the 11th biennial Northeastern Alpine Stewardship Gathering.
New leadership at Adirondack Mountain Club
By Mike Lynch
Adirondack Mountain Club announced Michael Barrett, a lawyer, as its new executive director. He will take over from Neil Woodworth in November.
A milestone summer of gender equality on ADK’s trail crew
By Betsy Kepes
For the first time since ADK has had a professional trail crew, almost 30 years, there are an equal number of men and women
Women at work on the trails
By Mike Lynch
A photo gallery of the Adirondack Mountain Club's professional trail crew while they worked on Mount Colden.
Boat inspectors ramp up battle against invasive species
By Sara Ruberg
The stewardship program began in 1999 when property owners around the St. Regis lakes raised concerns about protecting their lake chain. Through their private donations, Paul Smith’s began hiring boat stewards for inspecting boats as they entered those waters
The park’s watchdogs: A guide to Adirondack environmental groups
A new group--Adirondack Wilderness Advocates--is seeking nonprofit status, raising the question of what niche it and several other Adirondack groups fill.
New ADK map updates High Peaks Wilderness
By Phil Brown
The High Peaks Wilderness has grown to 274,000 acres, absorbing the Dix Mountain Wilderness, Boreas Ponds, and other adjacent lands. A new map reflects those additions.