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Tim Rowland

Tim Rowland is a columnist, author and outdoors writer living in Jay. He can be reached at [email protected].

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parking stakes

Parking stakes damaged, then repaired

By Tim Rowland

By Tim Rowland Someone who was apparently displeased with the state decision to cordon off parking areas on Route 73 to hiker traffic vandalized a section of “delineators,” metal pickets that were pounded into the pavement last month to prevent access to highway pull-offs. Social media photos showed the delineators bent to the ground, and…

illegal parking

Another crazy summer?

By Tim Rowland

Keene residents discuss plans for managing influx of visitors

Ausable River cleanup for earth day

Annual watershed cleanup hits high water mark

By Tim Rowland

Around 100 people cleared out 2,000 pounds from Ausable River's banks this past weekend

big pond

North Country Scenic Trail runs through remote Adirondack paths

By Tim Rowland

When complete the Adirondack section of the trail will be, at 160 miles, longer than the Northville-Placid Trail.

Hornbeck Boats

Ripple Effect

By Tim Rowland

Boatbuilder Peter Hornbeck was a Renaissance man whose light canoes and weighty legacy flow through Adirondack Park lore.

ice fishing shanty

Cold days, warm memories

By Tim Rowland

A day in the life of ice fishing on Osgood Pond

Rural Adirondack churches struggle, find opportunity in pandemic

By Tim Rowland

“There will be some churches that will die. But every death brings with it something new.”

Hiking Wilmington Slide: A perfect shoulder-season outing

By Tim Rowland

Slides are notoriously hard to get to, and as the days shorten, climbing one becomes, for us mere mortals, a sport that’s off the table until spring. One shoulder-season exception is the slide on Wilmington Peak in the Stephenson Range in northern Essex County.

General store in Long Lake

Long Lake creates plan for sustainable future while preserving small-town character

By Tim Rowland

Long Lake is known for its forests, waters, trails, solitude and rural stores. Residents want to keep that and plan for a sustainable future.

A surprise spot for prime fishing

By Tim Rowland

Who would think that for some of the best salmon fishing on the west side of Lake Champlain, anglers head straight into the heart of the City of Plattsburgh?

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