The Adirondack Explorer is a non-profit newsmagazine devoted to the protection and enjoyment of the Adirondack Park.
September/October 2010
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| DEC kills nuisance bear 08/30/2010 |
A state forest ranger last week killed a ... |
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| Disabled sue for wilderness access 08/27/2010 |
Six men filed suit in federal court this ... |
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| Rock climber killed in fall 08/17/2010 |
A rock climber from Lake Placid fell to his ... |
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Community Blogs
Notes from the field
by Brian McAllister
| Background noise 09/01/2010 |
| Now is a wonderful time to be listening to that ... |
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The Adirondack Green Line
by Cris Winters
| Let’s Eat Beets at the Farm 2 Fork Festival 09/01/2010 |
What do you do with beets? They always look ... |
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Student Notebooks
by Plattsburgh State College Students
| I’m feeling blue(berries)! 08/12/2010 |
| My hiking trip last week was one full of ... |
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What must be done to create a world-class bike path in the Adirondacks.
By ALAN WECHSLER
Someday, the Adirondacks could boast of a tourist attraction not found anywhere else in the East: a long-distance rail-trail that would enable bicyclists to take multiday trips through protected wild lands. The route could be used by others as well: trail runners, hikers, and, in winter, snowmobilers. READ MORE
The Explorer tests the navigability of a posted stretch of the Beaver River.
By PHIL BROWN
The Beaver River starts at Lake Lila and flows for eight miles through largely wild country to Stillwater Reservoir, and in so doing it connects two of the Adirondack Park's most popular destinations for canoe camping.But you don't have to end at Stillwater. You could continue down the Beaver through a series of smaller impoundments, linked by carry trails, until you've left the Park altogether.
Nor do you have to start at Lake Lila.
If I wished, I could leave my home in Saranac Lake with my canoe on my shoulders, put in Lake Flower, paddle up the Saranac River and the Saranac Lakes, paddle down the Raquette River to Tupper Lake, go up the Bog River a few miles, carry to Round Lake, paddle across Round to Little Tupper Lake, and thence hop from one small waterway to another to reach Lake Lila. READ MORE
Three guys play Robinson Crusoe on Lake Champlain's forgotten island.
By BRIAN MANN
A few quick strokes with the paddle draw me out from the Port Kent beach, my kayak threading through the tar-black pilings of the ferry dock. It's hot and still.
Lake Champlain is glassy calm, and the Green Mountains lie against the eastern horizon under a summer haze.
The Greek philosopher Heraclitus once said, "You cannot step into the same river twice." His idea was that everything is always in flux, nothing stays the same.Heraclitus never set foot in Albany.
More than twenty years ago, Buffalo Assemblyman Bill Hoyt, a passionate wilderness paddler, introduced a bill to codify the public's common-law right of navigation. If enacted, it likely would have mitigated the confusion over the public's right to paddle on rivers that pass through private land in the Adirondacks and elsewhere in the state. READ MORE
KEENE - U.S. Rep. Scott Murphy says he favors giving Adirondack governments a say in appointing state Adirondack Park Agency commissioners. Read more.
From: Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Two weeks ago, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer spent four days vacationing with his family in this village. Read more.
From: Adirondack Daily Enterprise
The state Adirondack Park Agency will hold a public meeting this evening on Cold Spring Granite Company's plans to expand its mining operations in the town of Jay. Read more.
From: Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Gov. David Paterson spent the weekend rafting in the Adirondacks, and it's not his first time, either. Read more.
From: Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Close to 100 people from all over the state showed up at the Inlet Town Hall Monday night for a public hearing on proposed changes to the Moose River Plains. Read more. From: Adirondack Daily Enterprise Eastern New York landowners will have help protecting habitat for endangered Karner blue butterflies and two more protected butterflies in an innovative program announced today that balances endangered species habitat protection and private land management. Read more. From: The Nature Conservancy Sitting in the main room of the Guide's House at Adirondack Rock and River complex, before a crowd of 20 people, environmentalist Dan Plumley responded to a question about when he realized the importance of protecting wilderness. Read more. From: Adirondack Daily Enterprise