Across the Adirondacks, tourism was up and down this summer
By Mike DeSocio
The good, the bad and the ugly of this past summer season
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Inspired by nature
By Holly Riddle
In 50 years as a working artist, Barney Bellinger has elevated the Adirondacks arts scene.
Adirondack Experience, Wild Center partner on diversity efforts
The two Adirondack attractions are working to make the area more welcoming for people of color.
Grants to help diversify two Adirondack destinations
The Adirondack Experience museum in Blue Mountain Lake and The Wild Center in Tupper Lake are partnering in the research project and training program. It will involve diversity training for staff and interviews with people of color in focus groups that are within driving distance from the destinations.
Author Bill McKibben: ‘We can no longer solve this crisis one Prius at a time’
By Ben Westcott
When Bill McKibben and seven Middlebury College undergraduates started 350.org in an attempt to help put an end to the age of fossil fuels, he might never have dreamed that they would coordinate 5,200 events in 181 countries in a single day, in what CNN called “the most widespread day of political activity in the planet’s history.”
Watch Author Bill McKibben’s climate change talk at The Wild Center
The Adirondack Explorer presented Climate Action: What We Can do to Protect the Future with Bill McKibben. The sold out event, which featured discussions with McKibben and The Wild Center's Stephanie Ratcliffe, can be watched here.
Louisiana otters get warm welcome at Wild Center
Two river otters that were first captured by crayfish farmers in Louisiana have found a home at the Wild Center in Tupper Lake.
Youth Climate Summit
By Phil Brown
The Wild Center in Tupper Lake will host 170 students from high schools and colleges throughout the Adirondacks next week for its first Adirondack Youth Climate Summit. Each school will send a team of students, educators, and school administrators who will develop plans to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse-gas emissions. They also will learn how…