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Poetry: Stropharia semiglobata

April 3, 2021 by George Cassidy Payne Leave a Comment

Stropharia semiglobata

I awoke to see
pupils floating
in balls of light

In that shade
enchanted by
the music of

Time missed,
they hovered
in the darkness.

Like a guru
meditating.
Strange creatures

haunting every room
of my brain. Oval and
mushroom shaped.

Like the red and white
knapsack of a dwarf, so
mischievous and charming.

As quaint and extraterrestrial
as an English fairy tale.

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

John Warren Talks Adirondacks On The Historians Podcast

April 2, 2021 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on The Historians Podcast, how the Adirondack forest preserve was motorized, snowmobiling, and more. The guest is John Warren, founder and editor of New York Almanack. [Read more…] about John Warren Talks Adirondacks On The Historians Podcast

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Forest Preserve, Podcasts, snowmobiling, Transportation History

Adirondack Park Permits: Could Johns Brook Valley Be Next? Some History

April 1, 2021 by John Warren 2 Comments

Johns Brook LodgeThe institution of a permit system at the Ausable Club’s Adirondack Mountain Reserve surprised and confused some hikers and would-be hikers. Many didn’t realize that third most popular High Peaks Wilderness Area access point, through the Club’s lands in the Upper Ausable Valley, was privately owned.

A similar situation holds at the Johns Brook Valley, another popular access point just northwest. That area is owned by the Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK), it faces similar parking challenges and is just as susceptible to a future permit system. [Read more…] about Adirondack Park Permits: Could Johns Brook Valley Be Next? Some History

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondack Guides, Adirondack Mountain Club, Adirondack Mountain Reserve, Ausable River, camping, High Peaks, hiking, Johns Brook, Keene, Keene Valley, Logging, Mount Marcy

DEC Issues Adirondack Mud Season Trails Advisory

April 1, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

mud season trail work courtesy DECThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is urging hikers to postpone hikes on trails above 2,500 feet until high elevation trails have dried and hardened. As snow and ice continue to melt at high elevations, steep trails can pose a danger to hikers due to thick ice and deep, rotten snow. Thin soils are susceptible to erosion and sensitive alpine vegetation can be easily damaged. [Read more…] about DEC Issues Adirondack Mud Season Trails Advisory

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: DEC, Giant Mountain Wilderness, High Peaks, hiking, Mckenzie Mountain Wilderness, Sentinel Range Wilderness Area

Rangers Respond To Numerous Rescues

April 1, 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 Numerous Rescues

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

Valcour Island: Keeping The Cause of Liberty Alive

March 31, 2021 by Jack Kelly 2 Comments

Valcour The 1776 Campaign That Saved the Cause of LibertyThe summer of 1776 was among the most perilous periods of the Revolutionary War, and almost all the action took place in New York. The young nation tottered on the edge of destruction that summer.

With an army of 20,000 men, George Washington could not hold New York City against an enemy force twice as large. The British drove him out of the city and across New Jersey into Pennsylvania. By December, he had 3,000 men left and was admitting to his brother, “I think the game is pretty near up.” [Read more…] about Valcour Island: Keeping The Cause of Liberty Alive

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Books, History Tagged With: American Revolution, AmRev, Battle of Plattsburgh, Books, Horatio Gates, Lake Champlain, Military History, Philip Schuyler, Valcour Island

Samuel de Champlain History Center Digitizing Quadricentennial Materials

March 31, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Samuel de Champlain History CenterThe Samuel de Champlain History Center has been awarded a grant to fund the continued digitization, cataloguing and preservation of the History Center’s 2009 Quadricentennial documents and artifacts related to the Champlain Valley’s celebrations in New York and Vermont, including books, programs, brochures and newspaper articles. [Read more…] about Samuel de Champlain History Center Digitizing Quadricentennial Materials

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership, Grants, Samuel de Champlain History Center

Adirondack Social Justice Issues Subject of Virtual Series

March 31, 2021 by Editorial Staff 2 Comments

Kelly Adirondack Center At Union College Formerly Paul Schaefer HomeThe Kelly Adirondack Center has announced “Conversations Around Social Justice in the Adirondacks,” a Zoom webinar series set for April 15th, April 29th, and May 13th. [Read more…] about Adirondack Social Justice Issues Subject of Virtual Series

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Events Tagged With: Adirondack Kelly Center

DEC, Private Club Piloting High Peaks Hiker Reservation System

March 30, 2021 by John Warren Leave a Comment

Crowded conditions along Rte. 73, High Peaks Wilderness region. Photo by Ken RimanyThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and the Ausable Club have announced a pilot reservation system to access the Club’s private lands, the Adirondack Mountain Reserve (AMR). Since 1978 the State has held a conservation easement on Club/Reserve lands which allows limited access to some of the more popular places in the Adirondack Park’s High Peaks Wilderness Area.

A press release from DEC cited “reliable access” and public safety along Route 73 among the reasons for the change. The pilot program is slated to run for three years according to DEC. [Read more…] about DEC, Private Club Piloting High Peaks Hiker Reservation System

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondack Mountain Reserve, Ausable Club, Ausable River, DEC, High Peaks, hiking, Keene, Overuse, Tourism

Paddling the Northern Forest Canoe Trail Virtual Program

March 30, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

NFCT Virtual Speakers Series Northern Forest Canoe Trail (NFCT) is set to continue their Virtual Speakers Series on Thursday, April 1st with a conversation about paddling the NFCT downstream with thru-paddlers Mack Truax and Maggie Gremore. [Read more…] about Paddling the Northern Forest Canoe Trail Virtual Program

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Events, Recreation Tagged With: Northern Forest Canoe Trail

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