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Hair Ice and Frost Flowers

February 4, 2023 by Guest Contributor 1 Comment

TOS_FrostFlowersIf you are out walking on a winter morning, you might be lucky enough to see some of nature’s most beautiful and ephemeral sights: hair ice and frost flowers, both snow-white and delicate against the dull forest floor. [Read more…] about Hair Ice and Frost Flowers

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, Nature, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: fungi, ice, Native Plants, nature, Wildlife, winter

Moose Are Back in New York State: A Population Update

February 3, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

moose courtesy DECMoose have been present in the northern tier of New York since the Pleistocene. However, by as early as the 1860s over-exploitation and habitat degradation had extirpated moose from all of New York State.

In response, a handful of small-scale moose restoration efforts were undertaken between 1870 and 1902, but none proved successful. Over the next eighty years there were periodic moose sightings, but none seemed to suggest an established population. [Read more…] about Moose Are Back in New York State: A Population Update

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature Tagged With: Adirondacks, Cornell University, DEC, moose, SUNY ESF, Wildlife

DEC Automates Day Use Sales for Lake George Islands

February 3, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

DEC LogoThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has announced the transition to automated, online sales for all day use permits at the islands on Lake George. [Read more…] about DEC Automates Day Use Sales for Lake George Islands

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: camping, DEC, Essex County, Lake George, Warren County, Washington County

1774 His Majesty’s Garrison of Ticonderoga

February 3, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

1774 His Majesty’s Garrison of TiconderogaFort Ticonderoga will host “1774 His Majesty’s Garrison of Ticonderoga,” a living history program looking at the peacetime garrison life for the British soldiers and their families that lived at Fort Ticonderoga, set for Saturday, February 18th.

[Read more…] about 1774 His Majesty’s Garrison of Ticonderoga

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Events, History Tagged With: Fort Ticonderoga

Protect the Adirondacks Names Claudia Braymer Deputy Director

February 1, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Protect the AdirondacksProtect the Adirondacks has announced that Claudia Braymer, an environmental attorney and local government official from Glens Falls, New York, has joined the organization as its new Deputy Director. Braymer is an attorney who has worked on environmental cases across New York State and was co-counsel on Protect the Adirondacks’ successful lawsuit that upheld and defended the Forever Wild clause in the State Constitution in 2021. She also serves as a Supervisor, elected from the City of Glens Falls, on the Warren County Board of Supervisors. [Read more…] about Protect the Adirondacks Names Claudia Braymer Deputy Director

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature Tagged With: Protect the Adirondacks

Lake Ice Related to Snowmobile Death, Serious Accident

January 31, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

forest ranger logoAccording to New York State Forest Ranger Lee, on Saturday, January 28, 2023 at 4:30 pm, he overheard radio traffic from Herkimer County 911 reporting a snowmobile accident on Stillwater Reservoir in the Town of Webb.  Herkimer County 911 indicated there were two accidents and both victims were at the Stillwater Restaurant. [Read more…] about Lake Ice Related to Snowmobile Death, Serious Accident

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Recreation Tagged With: Bleecker, Forest Ranger Reports, Fulton County, Herkimer COunty, Peck Lake, Search and Rescue, snowmobiling, Stillwater Reservoir, Town of Webb

State Rebuilding of High Peaks Wilderness Roads Challenged in Court

January 30, 2023 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

equipment in the MacIntyre East High Peaks Wilderness Area to rebuild roadsOn January 20, 2023, Protect the Adirondacks filed a lawsuit challenging the reconstruction by the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) of a previously closed and reclaimed road in the High Peaks Wilderness Complex. Protect argues that DEC’s road construction activity in the High Peaks violates the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan (Master Plan) which prohibits roads in Wilderness Areas. [Read more…] about State Rebuilding of High Peaks Wilderness Roads Challenged in Court

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondacks, APA, Article 14, Boreas Ponds, DEC, development, Environmental History, Finch Pruyn Lands, Forest Preserve, High Peaks, Legal History, MacIntyre East Tract, State Land Master Plan, wilderness

Woodsman Willard Howland and his Amazing Critters

January 28, 2023 by Dave Waite Leave a Comment

“Williard Howland from the Sun newspaper August 30, 1896,Lotsa Screes in here tonight,” Willard spoke low. “Puts me in mind of a he-scree I see up in Hawk’s Nest one fall when I was trappin’.”

And so began a story that would enliven the trailside or campsite for those who had the privilege to spend time with Willard Howland. Little has been written about the life of this woodsman beyond bits and pieces of the stories he told. It could even be said that his tales, everything from experiences in the woods, to amazing fantasy creatures that inhabited his wilderness, tell more of who Willard was than anything a written history could reveal. [Read more…] about Woodsman Willard Howland and his Amazing Critters

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, History, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondack Guides, Adirondacks, Clifton, Cranberry Lake, fishing, Folklore, hunting, nature, Oswegatchie River, Roswell P. Flower, Russell, St Lawrence County, Wildlife

How Does A Land Trust Protect A Watershed? One Parcel At A Time

January 27, 2023 by Anthony F. Hall 1 Comment

Saddlebrook Stream Species start to vanish from streams during the first stages of suburban development, according to the United States Geological Service. By the time impervious surfaces had absorbed 20 percent of the terrain of some New England watersheds, for example, those streams’ aquatic invertebrate communities had shrunk by roughly 25 percent. [Read more…] about How Does A Land Trust Protect A Watershed? One Parcel At A Time

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature Tagged With: Bolton, conservation, development, Dresden, Easements, Environmental History, Essex County, Fort Ann, Hague, Horicon, Lake George, Lake George Land Conservancy, nature, Putnam, Ticonderoga, USGS, Warren County, water quality, Wildlife

The Most Negative Sales Pitch Ever: An Adirondack Story

January 27, 2023 by Lawrence P. Gooley Leave a Comment

Ray Brook SanitariumA little more than a century ago, a horrendous description of an Adirondack village appeared in newspapers, including the Mail and Express published in New York City. At issue was the placement of a yet-to-be-built tubercular sanitarium. Feelings ran so high at the time, you’d swear they were selecting the next Supreme Court justice. But taking sides is nothing new, as proved by use of the written word back then to describe one of the candidate locations. As you’ll see, it’s hard to believe they were talking about the same place. [Read more…] about The Most Negative Sales Pitch Ever: An Adirondack Story

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Adirondack Correctional Facility, Adirondacks, clinton correctional facility, Clinton County, Crime and Justice, Dannemora, Essex County, Franklin County, Medical History, North Elba, prisons, Saranac Lake, tuberculosis

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