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BOW workshops

Becoming an Outdoors Woman

By Megan Plete Postol

BOW Weekend offers women opportunity for challenge, learning

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Tamarack trees face fresh threats

By Megan Plete Postol

DEC finds Eastern larch beetles are now attacking healthy trees

Rangers aid stranded boaters on Stillwater Reservoir

By Adirondack Explorer

Recent NYS DEC Forest Ranger actions

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Campgrounds join list of places to charge electric vehicles

By Mike DeSocio

DEC installs charging stations at 2 Adirondack facilities, with more to come

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Adirondack Wildlife Refuge faces uncertain future

By Gwendolyn Craig

Wilmington refuge surrenders licenses amid allegations

Couple rescued from near Nelson Lake

Hikers get lost on Sleeping Beauty, Nicks Lake trail

By Adirondack Explorer

Recent NYS DEC Forest Ranger actions include locating lost hikers at Sleeping Beauty and on trails from Nick's Lake Campground.

hoist rescue at Indian Head

Injured hikers at Indian Head, Algonquin, Lake Luzerne, Auger Falls

By Adirondack Explorer

Recent NYS DEC Forest Ranger actions:

A model trail

By Mike Lynch

New route up Mount Van Hoevenberg hailed for sustainable design.

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Air rescue from Crane Mountain

By Adirondack Explorer

Recent NYS DEC Forest Ranger actions

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Accessible Adirondacks

By Gillian Scott

Outdoorspeople with disabilities have more options for overnight camping in the North Country

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