Starting in 2020, Adirondack Inventory and Monitoring Camera Trap Network started capturing images of wildlife using trail cameras. The network’s goals are to collect and share data on wildlife populations, monitor species sensitive to climate change … [Read more...] about Say cheese: Scientists use trail cameras to collect data
Birds out, nerds out
I’ll never forget a teenage boy taunting me and my friend in Central Park as he sauntered past us with our binoculars raised expectantly at a flighted pal. “Birds out, nerds out!” He squawked. I instantly made it into a tee shirt. Birding is … [Read more...] about Birds out, nerds out
Behind the scenes at Essex Industries
Director John Gereau talks about Essex Industries and how it works with people with disabilities to prepare them to join the work force. His organization announced this spring it is embarking on a new venture with Adirondack Canoe Company to make … [Read more...] about Behind the scenes at Essex Industries
A visit with a master carver
Adirondack artisan Bob Jones has been carving for more than 50 years and making decoys professionally for decades. At the end of 2021, Explorer contributor Tom French interviewed Bob and his wife, Linda and wrote this story about them. Then Tom … [Read more...] about A visit with a master carver
Wool and Water
In Adirondack Explorer's "Ask a Scientist" series, Michale Glennon, a scientist and educator working at the Adirondack Watershed Institute of Paul Smith’s College discusses her long-term project monitoring birds in the lowland boreal environments of … [Read more...] about Wool and Water
Lake Ice Observations
Adirondack Watershed Institute scientist Brendan Wiltse is asking the public to submit lake ice observations to his organization. Find more info at www.adkwatershed.org/lake-ice-observation-network. … [Read more...] about Lake Ice Observations