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High Peaks

Avalanche Risk Increased in the Adirondacks

February 3, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Avalanche anatomy illustration courtesy T3 AdventuresBackcountry downhill skiers, snowboarders, and all outdoor adventurers who may traverse slides or steep, open terrain in the Adirondacks should be aware of and prepared for avalanche conditions, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has advised today. [Read more…] about Avalanche Risk Increased in the Adirondacks

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondacks, backcountry skiing, High Peaks, nature, skiing, snowshoeing

Ed Zahniser On Wilderness & New York State

January 9, 2022 by Edward Zahniser 3 Comments

Catskill Creek by Thomas ColeNew York State’s Forest Preserve lands of the Adirondacks and Catskills are living fossils of the broad 19th-century movement to protect wild forests of the federal public lands in the West as forest reserves and not as national forest sources of fiber, forage, and minerals.

New York State’s Forest Preserve lands therefore are living proof that the wilderness preservation movement is not an upstart 20th-century offshoot of the mainstream American conservation movement. [Read more…] about Ed Zahniser On Wilderness & New York State

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Adirondacks, Article 14, Catskills, Forest Preserve, High Peaks, Howard Zahniser, https://www.newyorkalmanack.com/tags/high-peaks/, John Apperson, nature, Paul Schaefer, Robert Marshall, Theodore Roosevelt, TR, Verplanck Colvin, wilderness

Peter Bauer: DEC’s Revised Approach to Forest Preserve Long Overdue

December 23, 2021 by Peter Bauer Leave a Comment

Forest Preserve SignThe Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has organized a working group to assist the department in revising and amending a series of policies for New York State Forest Preserve trails stewardship. The DEC organized this working group through the membership of the longstanding Forest Preserve Advisory Committee (FPAC). The working group includes members from trails building organizations, local government, and the environmental community.

The Department stressed that this is a unified management effort for the entire Forest Preserve, and the working group includes members from the Adirondack and Catskill Parks. [Read more…] about Peter Bauer: DEC’s Revised Approach to Forest Preserve Long Overdue

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondack Park, Adirondacks, APA, Article 14, Catskills, DEC, Environmental History, Forest Preserve, Forest Preserve Advisory Committee, High Peaks, hiking, Kathy Hochul, Legal History, nature, Overuse, Political History, Protect the Adirondacks, trails

Unprepared Hiker Rescued In Adirondack High Peaks

December 21, 2021 by Editorial Staff 3 Comments

forest ranger logoNew York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents throughout New York State. 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 Unprepared Hiker Rescued In Adirondack High Peaks

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondacks, DEC, Forest Ranger Reports, Forest Rangers, High Peaks, hiking, SAR, Search and Rescue

DEC’s Management Fiasco in the High Peaks Wilderness

December 9, 2021 by Peter Bauer 4 Comments

AA-MacIntyre-East-HPWA-Heavy-Machinery A very strange thing happened this fall in the High Peaks Wilderness Area in the Adirondack Park.

The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) worked for weeks in 2021 with heavy machinery to rebuild an old logging road in the Dudley Brook area of the MacIntyre East section of the High Peaks Wilderness. This is the same area where the DEC had worked for months in 2019 and 2020 to tear apart old logging roads.

DEC says they’re not rebuilding the road however, they’re correcting a massive mistake that somehow its leaders in Albany had failed to notice for the last two years.

It’s one of the strangest things I’ve seen in Forest Preserve management at the DEC in the last two decades. [Read more…] about DEC’s Management Fiasco in the High Peaks Wilderness

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondacks, DEC, Forest Preserve, High Peaks, hiking, trails

DEC Announces First-Ever Adirondack, Catskill Parks ‘Coordinators’

November 30, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Adirondack Park and Catskills ParkNew York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has announced the creation of new coordinator positions to help lead efforts to promote sustainable use of public lands in the Adirondack and Catskill Forest Preserves.

Proposed by the High Peaks Strategic Advisory Group (HPAG) and aligned with Catskills Advisory Group (CAG) discussions to date, these new DEC staff positions are expected to help coordinate efforts proposed and undertaken with the multiple communities and regions that comprise the Adirondack and Catskill Parks to better guide efforts to address the unique problems caused by the uptick in visitors to the two Forest Preserves. [Read more…] about DEC Announces First-Ever Adirondack, Catskill Parks ‘Coordinators’

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondack Council, Adirondack Park, Adirondacks, camping, Catskills, DEC, Environmental History, Forest Preserve, High Peaks, hiking, nature, Overuse

Report Concludes Cascade Mountain Trail Exceeding Capacity

September 30, 2021 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

Crowding on Cascade Mountain, eastern High Peaks Wilderness by Dan PlumleyA new study of one of the Adirondack Park’s most popular hiking trails into the High Peaks Wilderness Area shows that currently levels of use are degrading the trail and the sensitive ecosystem around it, creating unsustainable levels of damage according to the Adirondack Council. [Read more…] about Report Concludes Cascade Mountain Trail Exceeding Capacity

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondack Council, Adirondacks, Forest Preserve, High Peaks, hiking, Overuse, Tourism, wilderness

New Adirondack High Peaks Shuttle Starting Aug 21st

August 12, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

new hiker shuttle courtesy Essex County A new pilot Route 73 shuttle service will be begin Saturday, August 21st, along the busy Route 73 corridor in the Adirondack High Peaks region, according to announcement issued Thursday by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), Essex County, and town of Keene. [Read more…] about New Adirondack High Peaks Shuttle Starting Aug 21st

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondacks, DEC, Essex County, High Peaks, hiking, Keene, nature, Overuse, Route 73, Transportation, Transportation History

High Peaks Keene Hiker Shuttle Restarting Saturday

July 15, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Shuttle at Marcy Field August 2019As part of its ongoing effort to welcome hikers to the “Home of the High Peaks,” the Town of Keene will be starting its hiker shuttle to the Garden trailhead at 7 am, this Saturday, July 17, 2021.

This town service gives hikers access to one of the most popular daily and overnight hiking areas in the Adirondacks – for only $10. [Read more…] about High Peaks Keene Hiker Shuttle Restarting Saturday

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondacks, High Peaks, hiking, Keene

100 Adirondack Hikes to Avoid Weekend Crowds

May 28, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

High Peaks overuse courtesy High Peaks Advisory GroupMemorial Day Weekend is one of the biggest hiking weekends each year in the Adirondacks. Trailhead parking areas will fill up early and overflow crowds are expected throughout the High Peaks Wilderness Area.

In an effort to help disperse crowds beyond the High Peaks Wilderness Area to lesser used and known trails and hikes across the Adirondacks, Protect the Adirondacks has published online trail guides to 100 terrific destinations throughout the Adirondack Park. These online trail guides provide maps and information for 100 trails in all corners of the Adirondacks Park. [Read more…] about 100 Adirondack Hikes to Avoid Weekend Crowds

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondack Park, High Peaks, hiking, Overuse, Tourism

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