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Adirondack Conservation News: 5 Things You Need To Know

January 7, 2023 by Justin Levine Leave a Comment

Moriah Shock Correctional FacilityADK leaders urge state to reuse Moriah Shock Correctional Facility set to close December 31st

The Adirondack Council, along with several local and state elected officials and other environmental groups, called for the state to keep maintaining the former prison complex in Moriah. The state had slated to stop upkeep on the facility, which closed in 2021. While particular uses for the facility are up for debate, a wide coalition believes the facility can be used for training, housing, and other uses rather than reverting to constitutionally protected lands that would need a constitutional amendment to develop into something new. [Read more…] about Adirondack Conservation News: 5 Things You Need To Know

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondack Council, Adirondack Watershed Institute, Adirondacks, Climate Change, Moriah

Ausable River Association Receives $2 million

January 7, 2023 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

Wrapping up a successful stream restoration project on the West Branch Ausable River in 2019 courtesy Ausable River AssociationThe Ausable River Association (AsRA) has received $2 million as part of the 2023 Federal Omnibus Bill, which was signed into law last week by President Biden.

[Read more…] about Ausable River Association Receives $2 million

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Ausable River Association

Recreation Highlight: Camp Sagamore Trail System

January 6, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Camp Sagamore Trail SystemWithin the 47,000-acre Blue Ridge Wilderness lies the Camp Sagamore Trail System. Located near and around the grounds of Great Camp Sagamore, a registered National Historic Landmark and one of few Adirondack Great Camps still in existence today, this trail system provides an immersive nature experience. [Read more…] about Recreation Highlight: Camp Sagamore Trail System

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondacks, Blue Ridge Wilderness, Great Camp Sagamore, Hamilton County, hiking, Inlet, Raquette Lake

A Disastrous and Heroic Arctic Voyage

January 6, 2023 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on The Historians Podcast, Buddy Levy author of Empire of Ice and Stone: The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk (Deckle Edge, December 6, 2022).

Levy, who lives in Idaho, is a go-to author for Arctic history. [Read more…] about A Disastrous and Heroic Arctic Voyage

Filed Under: History, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Maritime History, Podcasts, Science History

Winter Weekends at Great Camp Santanoni

January 6, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Camp Santanoni provided by DECThree Winter Weekend events are planned for 2023 at the historic Camp Santanoni in the town of Newcomb, Essex County, in the heart of the Adirondacks. The Winter Weekends offer an opportunity to enjoy winter recreation and exclusive winter access to the preserved buildings of a former Adirondack Great Camp. [Read more…] about Winter Weekends at Great Camp Santanoni

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondack Architectural Heritage, Camp Santanoni, DEC

NY State Lands Kiosk Survey Launched

January 6, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Kaaterskill Falls trail kiosk - trailheadNew York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has announced the release of the new DEC Kiosk Survey seeking public input on informational kiosk signage on DEC properties.

Feedback received is expected to help inform DEC improvements to informational kiosk signage throughout the state. [Read more…] about NY State Lands Kiosk Survey Launched

Filed Under: Recreation Tagged With: Cross-Country Skiing, DEC, hiking, snowshoeing

Piermont Marsh Shoreline Stabilization Project

January 6, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The 1,017-acre Piermont Marsh courtesy DECPiermont Marsh at the southern edge of the village of Piermont, four miles south of Nyack in Rockland County, is one of four sites within the Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve (HRNERR).

It is the largest brackish tidal marsh in the estuary, providing an ecologically significant habitat that is uncommon in the region.

[Read more…] about Piermont Marsh Shoreline Stabilization Project

Filed Under: Hudson Valley - Catskills, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Hudson River, Hudson River Valley, nature, Orangetown, Rockland County, Wildlife

Albany-Hudson Electric Trail 2022 Use Report

January 4, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Albany-Hudson Electric TrailThe Hudson River Valley Greenway (HRVG) has released the Albany-Hudson Electric Trail 2022 Trail Use Report.  HRVG constructed and operates the Albany–Hudson
Electric Trail (AHET), a 36–mile recreational “rail trail” in Rensselaer and Columbia Counties.

The report includes visitation numbers to four different trail sections on the Albany-Hudson Electric Trail (AHET) using automated counters to count users and a visual trail use survey to analyze user types. [Read more…] about Albany-Hudson Electric Trail 2022 Use Report

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Albany-Hudson Electric Trail, biking, Chatham, Columbia County, East Greenbush, hiking, Hudson, Hudson River Valley Greenway, Kinderhook, Nassau, Rensselaer County

Hiker Rescued From Johns Brook Trail in Adirondack High Peaks

January 4, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Photo of hiker being rescued on Johns Brook Trail on January 2, 2023 provided by DEC.On Monday, January 2, 2023 at 2:15 p.m., NYS Department of Environmental Conservation’s dispatch office in Ray Brook, Essex County, NY, requested NYS Forest Ranger assistance with a hiker who collapsed in the snow on Johns Brook Trail. The trail, located in Keene Valley in Essex County is one of the most popular accesses to the Adirondack High Peaks. [Read more…] about Hiker Rescued From Johns Brook Trail in Adirondack High Peaks

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondacks, Essex County, Forest Ranger Reports, High Peaks, hiking, Johns Brook, Keene, Keene Valley, Search and Rescue

History Corrected: Adirondack Guide Charles H Smith & King Edward VII

January 3, 2023 by Roy Crego 4 Comments

New Bremen, Atlas of Lewis CountyHistory often makes a muddle of people’s lives. One such example is Charles H. Smith (ca. 1832 – 1911) of Petries Corners in the town of Watson, Lewis County, NY. Charles was well known as an Adirondack guide in the Beaver River/Stillwater area of the Western Adirondacks.

He lived to a ripe old age as an elder statesman of the guiding fraternity. But confusing reports of his age, a story about guiding for royalty, and a common first and last name have obscured his actual accomplishments. [Read more…] about History Corrected: Adirondack Guide Charles H Smith & King Edward VII

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Nature, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: Adirondack Guides, Adirondacks, Beaver River, Boonville, botany, Brown's Tract, Horatio Seymour, Lewis County, Stillwater, Watson

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