History, Natural History & the Arts
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents in the Adirondacks. Working with other state agencies, local emergency response organizations and volunteer search and rescue groups, Forest Rangers locate and extract lost, injured or distressed people.
What follows is a report, prepared by DEC, of recent missions carried out by Forest Rangers. [Read more…] about Recent Forest Ranger Missions Statewide
Stick sculpture artist Patrick Dougherty will return to the Wild Center in Tupper Lake, Franklin County, NY, for three weeks in August to create a sculpture featuring locally sourced saplings. The sculpture is expected to be completed and opened to the public by August 21st. [Read more…] about Building of Stickwork Sculpture Beginning at The Wild Center
Last year, archaeologists from the Public Archaeology Facility (PAF) at Binghamton University (SUNY) completed an exploratory cultural resources survey of Horse Island at Sackets Harbor.
Stewardship of the island by New York State Parks came after the American Battlefield Trust purchased the property as their first War of 1812 battlegrounds acquisition in the nation. [Read more…] about Horse Island’s War of 1812 Secrets Unearthed
The 1816 Farmington Meetinghouse in Farmington will host “Fannie Lou Hamer: Is This America?,” a program set for Saturday, July 31st, at Wood Library in Canandaigua.
Fannie Lou Hamer was a giant in the continuing struggle for voting rights. She was a sharecropper in Mississippi in the segregated South. Voting was just one of the rights denied to Black people. [Read more…] about Fannie Lou Hamer Event in Canandaigua July 31st
The 40th annual Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolors opens to the public at View, the Center for Arts & Culture in Old Forge, NY, on August 7th and will run through September 26th. [Read more…] about 40th National Exhibition of American Watercolors Opens August 7th
The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, NY has opened two new exhibits, “Muybridge and Motion: Selections from the Tang Teaching Museum Collection” (on display in the Link Gallery through January 2nd, 2022), and “Chasing Summer: The Art of Steeplechase” (on display in the von Stade Gallery through September 30th). [Read more…] about New Exhibits At Saratoga Horse Racing Museum
Spotted lanternfly (SLF) is an invasive pest that feeds on a variety of plants including grapes, hops, and maple trees, posing a severe threat to New York’s forests and agriculture.
SLF has been found in several locations in New York but has not yet spread to much of the state. One potential pathway for the spread of SLF is its preferred host plant, tree-of-heaven (TOH), which is already found in many locations across New York. [Read more…] about Help Track Spotted Lanternfly
The Clinton County Historical Association (CCHA) will host a tour of the historic Bluff Point Lighthouse on Valcour Island on Lake Champlain on Sunday, August 8th. [Read more…] about Lake Champlain Bluff Point Lighthouse Tour August 8th
Recently, volunteers from the bike group CNY D.I.R.T. worked together at Morgan Hill State Forest in southern Onondaga and northern Cortland counties to build an additional 1.3 miles of single-track multiple-use trail. The forest now hosts 10.8 miles of designated multiple-use trail, with another 4+ miles planned in the next few years. [Read more…] about Volunteers Improve Trails at Morgan Hill State Forest
Stewart’s Shops and the Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism (ROOST) are partnering this summer and fall to educate visitors on backcountry preparedness. As part of the Love Your ADK campaign, there will be messages aired at Stewart’s Shops locations about using the restroom before heading out to the trailhead and making sure adequate supplies are packed. [Read more…] about ROOST, Stewart’s Launch ‘Go Before You Go’ Campaign