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This story was updated to include more counties in the governor’s State of Emergency and Disaster Emergency, and again to provide information on Long Lake’s situation, the Lachute River discharge, the Peru bridge improvement project and DOT and DEC information.
Amtrak once again suspended its “Adirondack” service between New York and Montreal
By James Odato
One man was a self-taught Adirondack surveyor who would have a mountain named after him. The other was his nearly unknown biographer.
Adirondack-region land trusts were recipients of Nature Conservancy grant funding for land protection and planning.
Leading lawmakers announced an agreement on a $212 billion budget, which includes $1.55 million for visitor use in the Adirondacks.
The Adirondack Explorer invited subscribers to join Editor Brandon Loomis and reporters Gwendolyn Craig, Mike Lynch, Jim Odato and Ry Rivard in January to discuss the January/February issue of the magazine. The topics discussed ranged from Rivard’s investigation into the use of road salt in the Adirondacks to New York State’s lack of enforcement of…
There is no easy way to access “Passion and Warfare.” The location combined with winter weather anomalies can present a logistical nightmare, but nothing worthwhile is easy.
By Mike Lynch
From Lake Flower Dam in the northern Adirondacks, the Saranac River drops roughly 1,500 feet before it empties into Lake Champlain. Along the way, it meanders through the mountains, rushes through canyons and spreads out into ponds and lakes behind dams.
Local trail systems provide recreation benefits throughout the seasons By David Thomas-Train My hike began on a mellow gravel pathway crossing a meadow. I paused to watch blackbirds and geese at a wetland before meandering through a blueberry barren, hopscotching a hemlock forest stream, goat-footing a rocky spine, sashaying a grassy oak glen, and gradually…