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Salmon Net Pen-Rearing Projects set for Lake Champlain, Ontario

April 11, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

landlocked salmon provided by DECNew York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is deploying two new pen-rearing projects for Atlantic salmon to begin this spring. In an effort to improve post-stocking survival and imprinting to the stocked water, experimental Atlantic salmon pen-rearing projects will be conducted in the Saranac River estuary in Lake Champlain and in the Salmon River in Lake Ontario. [Read more…] about Salmon Net Pen-Rearing Projects set for Lake Champlain, Ontario

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Western NY Tagged With: Fisheries, fishing, Lake Champlain, Lake Ontario, Salmon

Poetry: At Lake Minerva

April 10, 2021 by Edward Zahniser Leave a Comment

At Lake Minerva

Clouds brush by my notebook to lose cohesion
downhill: No smoke from someone’s campfire.
Chipmunks beg — or worse — near the snack bar.
Fix your mind on this moment, and the mountain
asks: “Who are you?” But you hear “Who am I?”

Read More Poems From the New York Almanack HERE.

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts Tagged With: art, Poetry

Great Adirondack Garage Sale Registration Opens

April 9, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Great Adirondack GaraGreat Adirondack Garage Sale LogoRegistration is now open for the 11th annual Great Adirondack Garage Sale, set for May 28th through 30th. [Read more…] about Great Adirondack Garage Sale Registration Opens

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Events Tagged With: Great Adirondack Garage Sale, ROOST

Boilermaker Challenge Along Empire State Trail

April 9, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The Boilermaker, Empire State Trail ChallengeNew York State is joining with organizers of the Boilermaker race in Utica to promote the “Empire State Trail Challenge” a four-month virtual race to run, walk or bicycle segments of the new 750-mile Empire State Trail. [Read more…] about Boilermaker Challenge Along Empire State Trail

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Events, Hudson Valley - Catskills, New York City, Recreation Tagged With: empire state trail

Waterman Fund Grants Support Northeast Alpine Stewardship

April 7, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

High Peaks alpine steward provided by Waterman FundThe Waterman Fund awarded a record amount of funding to northeast alpine stewardship groups this year. Each year the Waterman Fund awards grant funding to support education, research, and trail projects in northeast alpine areas. This year, the fund awarded just over $65,000 in support of six projects. [Read more…] about Waterman Fund Grants Support Northeast Alpine Stewardship

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature Tagged With: conservation, Grants, nature

Rangers Respond to Lost, Injured Hikers, Wildfires

April 7, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

forest ranger logoNew 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 Rangers Respond to Lost, Injured Hikers, Wildfires

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: DEC, Forest Ranger Reports, Forest Rangers, SAR, Search and Rescue, wildfires

Small Farms in April in the Nineteenth Century

April 6, 2021 by Maury Thompson Leave a Comment

S. Timmons farm, Walla Walla County, ca. 1892  Photo by F. Fortin, Courtesy UW Special Collections (WAS0304)April is the month when Spring weather typically calls out, “Ready or not, here I come,” and compels nature and humans of New York to come out from winter hiding.

“Happy is the farmer who has got everything ready for the active labors of the coming season. But no matter how thoroughly he is prepared there will always be plenty to do,” the agriculture columnist wrote in the April 25th, 1874 Ticonderoga Sentinel.

The task list was long and varied in the month of getting ready to make hay while the sun shines. [Read more…] about Small Farms in April in the Nineteenth Century

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Food, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, Western NY Tagged With: Agricultural History, local farms, local food, Newspapers, Spring, weather

Fort Ticonderoga Digital Campaign Continues In April

April 5, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Militia Exhibit at Fort TiconderogaFort Ticonderoga is set to continue its Digital Campaign featuring interactive programming, engaging lectures series, and creative at-home educational activities and resources. [Read more…] about Fort Ticonderoga Digital Campaign Continues In April

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

Lake Champlain Research Conference Call for Sessions

April 4, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Lake Champlain bridgeThe Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP), Lake Champlain Sea Grant, and the Lake Champlain Research Consortium have announced the next Lake Champlain Research Conference.

The conference will be held from January 10th-11th, 2022 at the University of Vermont. [Read more…] about Lake Champlain Research Conference Call for Sessions

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Events Tagged With: Lake Champlain Basin Program

Ed Zahniser On American Wilderness History

April 3, 2021 by Edward Zahniser 1 Comment

Article 14, Section 1 New York State Constitution Forever Wild clauseThe history of achieving the 1964 Wilderness Act in the U.S. Congress is commonly seen as an eight-year legislative struggle. The first wilderness bills were introduced in Congress in 1956 — in the House of Representatives by John P. Saylor of Pennsylvania and in the Senate by Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota.

The Wilderness Act was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on September 3rd, 1964. My father, Howard Zahniser, primary author of the Act, had died in May 1964. My mother, Alice, attended the White House signing, and President Johnson gave her a pen he used. Three years later President Johnson sent me a letter telling me I was being drafted for two years of US Army service. [Read more…] about Ed Zahniser On American Wilderness History

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Forever Wild, nature, wilderness, Wildlife

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