Exploring the Sable Highlands Easement
By Mike Lynch
August 11, 2020
Photos by Mike Lynch from a trip on the Sable HIghlands Easement in the northern Adirondacks. The trip features a proposed hiking and biking route.
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ADI hike at Paul Smith’s College VIC
By Mike Lynch
August 10, 2020
The Adirondack Diversity Initiative organized a hike at the Paul Smith's College VIC in late July. These images are from that outing.
Western High Peaks traverse
By Mike Lynch
August 7, 2020
Betsy Kepes, Teresa Stone and Megan Lane did a multiday traverse around the Seward Range in the western High Peaks. Multimedia reporter Mike Lynch met up with them along the Cold River near Shattuck Clearing. Here are some images captured during that meet up.
Name that place photo contest
July 31, 2020
These five places were highlighted in a Name that Place" contest that ran on the Explorer homepage July 27-31.
Snapshot: Scenic Raquette Lake on a sleepy Friday
By Mike Lynch
July 22, 2020
This photo gallery shows a sleepy but scenic Raquette Lake on a Friday afternoon. The quiet scene is a result of a slowdown in tourism due to the pandemic. Most years Friday afternoons in July in this tiny hamlet are much busier, with boats waiting for space on the bustling dock as vessels and visitors come and go.
Scenes around the Park
By Mike Lynch
June 10, 2020
This collection of photographs was taken during May as I ventured around the Adirondack Park to get images for the July issue of the Explorer.
Fuhrs at Higley Flow State Park
By Mike Lynch
June 10, 2020
Ed and Judy Fuhr, of Colton, are featured in the July issue of the Explorer as Trailblazers. The couple volunteer their time to run a paddling race and upgrade ski and hiking trails at Higley Flow State Park just northwest of the Adirondack Park. Higley Flow is an impoundment of the Raquette River, which runs through the Adirondack Park.
Road salt and the Sweeney Farm
By Mike Lynch
April 23, 2020
The Sweeney family, of Boonville, says road salt contaminated their drinking water, killing livestock on their farm and causing health issues for them. Former farm owners Benjamin and Barbara Sweeney passed on the farm to their son, Brian Sweeney. See Ry Rivard’s article on road salt contamination in the May 2020 issue of the Adirondack Explorer for more information about this family’s story.