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A Short History Of Eagle Bay In The Adirondacks

December 29, 2020 by Richard Williams Leave a Comment

Eagle Bay Map Courtesy Adirondack AtlasEagle Bay lies in the middle of the Adirondack Mountains of New York State at an elevation of 1,720 feet. Situated just north of 4th Lake on the Fulton Chain, and about ten miles east of Old Forge, the small hamlet (one of 94 designated hamlets in the Adirondacks) has seasonal activity consisting of winter snowmobiling, cross country skiing, and snowshoeing. Summer events focus on the various surrounding lakes, ponds, mountains, and hiking trails. [Read more…] about A Short History Of Eagle Bay In The Adirondacks

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Brown's Tract, Fulton Chain, Herkimer COunty, Old Forge, surveying, Tourism, Town of Webb, Transportation, William Seward Webb

Plans To Expand NYS Greenway Trails; Comments Sought

December 29, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

greenway trail courtesy decState Parks has released a draft plan on future development of the statewide system of non-motorized multi-use trails, also known as greenway trails. [Read more…] about Plans To Expand NYS Greenway Trails; Comments Sought

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, Nature, New York City, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: bicycling, DEC, hiking, Tourism

North Elba Launches New Grant Fund

December 26, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

North-Elba-LEAFThe Town of North Elba has announced the newly established North Elba Local Enhancement and Advancement Fund (LEAF). The mission of LEAF is to provide funds for programs, activities, and facilities that will have direct benefits to North Elba communities and improve the quality of place for both residents and visitors. [Read more…] about North Elba Launches New Grant Fund

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY Tagged With: Grants, North Elba, Tourism

DEC Conservation Partnership Program Grant Awardees

December 20, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

DEC LogoNew York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has announced more than $2.2 million in Conservation Partnership Program grants for 50 not-for-profit land trusts across the state. [Read more…] about DEC Conservation Partnership Program Grant Awardees

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, Nature, New York City, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: Climate Change, conservation, DEC, environment, Environmental Protection Fund, Grants, hiking, local farms, Tourism, water quality

State Parks Releases Draft Greenway Trails Plan

November 19, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

greenway trails courteys decThe New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (State Parks) has released a Draft Statewide Greenways Plan/Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement (DGEIS) for review and public comment.

This Statewide Greenway Trails Plan provides a vision, goals and recommendations to guide future planning and development of greenway trails, including expanding greenway trails in underserved communities and improving connections between trails and other transportation modes. [Read more…] about State Parks Releases Draft Greenway Trails Plan

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, Nature, New York City, Recreation, Western NY Tagged With: DEC, development, hiking, State Parks, Tourism

Dave Gibson: Establish A Wilderness Training Center in NYS

November 1, 2020 by David Gibson Leave a Comment

Alpine climber John Case speaks of the landscape below Whiteface Mountain to children from the area, c. 1978. The stress of our sheer numbers on wild lands, other hikers, summit stewards, forest and assistant rangers and local communities and volunteers bordering Routes 73 and 86 this hiking season – and many before this – easily disconnects and untethers us from the historical and philosophical roots of wilderness preservation and management. [Read more…] about Dave Gibson: Establish A Wilderness Training Center in NYS

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Environmental History, High Peaks, hiking, Overuse, Tourism, wilderness

Survey: High Peaks Hikers Seek Wildness, Solitude, Support Limits

October 30, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

poll showing support of limited access permitsTwo conservation organizations and a state college today released the preliminary results of a two-month hiker survey in and around the High Peaks Wilderness Area showing that the 673 hikers surveyed came there seeking solitude and wildness, and would favor limits on visitation to prevent damage to the “forever wild” Forest Preserve. [Read more…] about Survey: High Peaks Hikers Seek Wildness, Solitude, Support Limits

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

Early Images of the Adirondacks: Science, Art, Tourism

October 22, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

View of Caldwell, Lake George, by William Tolman CarltonThe first Europeans to see the Adirondack landscape of Northern New York came to explore, to document important military operations and fortifications, or to create maps and scientifically accurate images of the terrain, flora, and fauna.

These early illustrations filled practical needs rather than aesthetic ones.  In 1818, the Adirondacks was still a mysterious “wild, barren tract…covered with almost impenetrable Bogs, Marshes & Ponds, and the uplands with Rocks and evergreens.” [Read more…] about Early Images of the Adirondacks: Science, Art, Tourism

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, Capital-Saratoga, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondack Museum, Adirondacks, Art History, Early America, Instagram, Maps, Museums-Archives-Historic Sites, Natural History, Tourism

Adk Wild: DEC Should Test High Peaks Online Permit System

October 13, 2020 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

Crowded conditions along Rte. 73, High Peaks Wilderness region. Photo by Ken RimanyThis 2020 Columbus Day Weekend, peak use of parts of the High Peaks and Giant Mountain Wilderness areas in the Adirondack Park have again be exceeded.

Now is the time to consider a permit reservation or limited entry system for key points of entry into these wilderness areas as necessary, helpful, practical, and practicable, says Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve. [Read more…] about Adk Wild: DEC Should Test High Peaks Online Permit System

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

Siena Poll Shows Support For Limits on Hiking, Camping in High Peaks

October 6, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Crowds of hikers ascend a High Peaks Wilderness trail on Columbus/Indigenous Peoples Day, 2016 courtesy Nancie BattagliaA Siena College Research Institute poll of New York voters in September showed that by 68% to 22% they want New York State officials to protect overused public lands in the Adirondack Forest Preserve from further abuse by enforcing resource capacity limits, rather than building bigger and bigger parking lots to accommodate the surging crowds. [Read more…] about Siena Poll Shows Support For Limits on Hiking, Camping in High Peaks

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondack Council, camping, High Peaks, hiking, Overuse, Siena College, Tourism, wilderness

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