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A big day on Adirondacks’ Little River 

By Phil Brown

Trip includes unexpected strong current, black bear sighting

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The transformation of Little River Preserve in Star Lake

By William Hill

Snowshoeing on the 257-acre property that's near Five Ponds Wilderness

SUNY-ESF Ranger School professor Vanessa Rojas, 42, has been teaching at the college since August 2018. Photo by David Escobar.

From backyard to the backcountry: A Ranger School professor’s journey to Wanakena

By David Escobar

Vanessa Rojas embraces role as trailblazer in environmental field

An architectural rendering of the roughly $23 million dollar Emergency Room at the Clifton-Fine Hospital in Star Lake. The new 10,000 square-foot facility, slated to be open by September, 2025, will replace the 800 square-foot facility built in 1951.

Revolutionizing rural healthcare: Clifton-Fine Hospital’s new ER

By Tom French

New ER upgrades will elevate Clifton-Fine to become first designated Rural Emergency Hospital in New York state

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Colvin’s Great Corner, revisited

By William Hill

Retracing a trek to a historic marker on St. Lawrence, Herkimer county lines

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An outdoors education

By Betsy Kepes

St. Lawrence University students get outdoors immersion during Adirondack Semester

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The best view in St. Lawrence County

By Tom French

Worth the drive, bike and hike to get there

Blooms over Basford Falls

Choose your own waterfall adventure

By Betsy Kepes

Tooley Pond Road in St. Lawrence Co. offers a range of family-friendly hikes, sights

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All-season access to a former fire tower mountain

By Tom French

Colton's Catamount starts at lodge with the same name

The Peavine Swamp Ski Trail also offers three loops to explore. As we approached the first junction from the south with Loop 3 (and spur to the lean-to), we were relieved to discover someone had already broken trail. The trail signs only give distances to the junctions with the various loops, though an estimated distance for the entire Loop 3 (point to point, not including the hike to the junction at .9 miles from the Ranger School) is 2 1/4 miles. Loop 2, also known as the Christmas Tree Loop, is the longest at 4.2 miles (point to point). Loop 1, near the Route 3 Trailhead, also known as the Balanced Rock Loop is 3 miles, plus the .3 to and from the actual start of the loop.

Peavine Swamp: Ski it while you can

By Tom French

Taking advantage of bomb cyclone snow and seeing old growth of epic proportions

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