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whiteface memorial highway in winter

Winter trails guidebook gets update

By Contributing Writer

Tony Goodwin on updates to his classic guidebook for ski trails and snowshoe treks across the Adirondacks.

Jeff Killeen

Lake George mourns loss of lake advocate

By Times Union

Jeff Killeen led board of Fund for Lake George and then Lake George Association after the two organizations merged

chaga harvest

Cha-cha-chaga!

By Holly Riddle

Working with forest landowners, Birch Boys business achieves USDA organic certification

Zoe Smith, Adirondack Watershed Institute

Zoë Smith promoted to director of Adirondack Watershed Institute

By Zachary Matson

Changes come as Paul Smith's College goes through leadership shifts

John Ernst

John Ernst’s Adirondack legacy

By Gwendolyn Craig

Adirondack Park Agency Chairman John Ernst reflects on his service and family legacy.

Peter Bauer

Protect the Adirondacks lays groundwork for succession plan 

By Zachary Matson

Posting for deputy director promises path to top job 

Andrea Hogan

In-park commissioner takes job in Maine

By Gwendolyn Craig

Johnsburg Supervisor Andrea Hogan will remain supervisor and commissioner of the Adirondack Park Agency until the terms expire, she said.

DEC Forester Bryan Ellis

Ask a Scientist: Carbon sequestration

By Megan Plete Postol

The Adirondack Explorer caught up with DEC Forester Bryan Ellis on carbon sequestration and the changing climate.

Nicole Hylton-Patterson speaks at the 125th anniversary of John Brown Farm State Historic Site.

Adirondack Diversity Initiative executive director steps down

By Gwendolyn Craig

Colleagues herald Nicole Hylton-Patterson's work launching diversity programs, projects across the region

Ask a scientist: Spotted lanternfly

By Mike Lynch

Invasive species expert talks about insect that could threaten several tree species

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