‘Synonymous with ADK’
By Tim Rowland
December 20, 2019
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.
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Northeast mountain stewards share ideas, research
By Mike Lynch
October 29, 2019
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
October 3, 2019
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
September 19, 2019
It’s all in a day’s work for the Adirondack Mountain Club professional trail crew, but this week is special, a chance for all the women on the crew to work together, to celebrate their working lives in the woods.
Boat inspectors ramp up battle against invasive species
By Sara Ruberg
July 3, 2019
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
June 28, 2019
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
April 28, 2019
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.
Survey finds hikers favor wildness over access
By Mike Lynch
November 8, 2018
Hikers value protecting the Adirondack Park’s wild character more than expanding recreation opportunities.
ADK seeks successor to longtime director Woodworth
By Mike Lynch
October 4, 2018
The Adirondack Mountain Club plans to start searching this fall for a new executive director to replace Neil Woodworth when he retires in coming years.
Environmental groups want more oversight of easements
August 24, 2018
Some environmentalists want more active state oversight of the 781,000 acres of privately owned timberlands in the Adirondacks that are governed by conservation easements with New York.