Brief Bio: Barbara Green
Why I love the Adirondacks: The people. We “get” each other, for the most part. We understand the spirit of creativity that is born of necessity.
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A can-do vision
The Fuhrs know how to get things done. They have one of those can-do Adirondack stories of going where the jobs were so they could continue living in the place they love.
Loyal to luge
Peggy Mousaw, a USA Luge race official, is in constant motion between the athletes coming off the track, a scale where they’re weighed, a station to check the temperature of the sled’s runners and the “Yanke gauge”—a machine that measures the sled itself.
Reading in Place: Books to help pass the time
By Melissa Hart
Author/editor John Davis, of The Rewilding Institute spends a lot of time reading, even when it’s not a pandemic. Davis, who lives in Westport, recently shared a list of books of regional interest and/or environmental bent that he’d suggest to neighbors sheltered at home and looking for new ways to pass the time during COVID-19…
Adirondack Wildlife Refuge weathers a storm
Working to address state and federal violations, Adirondack Wildlife Refuge will continue its mission to protect and rehabilitate animals.
Earth Day at 50: A look back
By Melissa Hart
“You want to advance your cause in the Adirondacks? Then temper your idealism with realism.” That’s the advice Paul Schaefer gave a group of students on Earth Day a generation ago. Dave Gibson of Adirondack Wild looks back in this essay on Adirondack Almanack. At the time, Schaefer challenged the students to start at his…
‘A moment for crafts people to shine’
By Melissa Hart
Saranac Lake resident Gail Brill wanted to do something to help out during the COVID-19 crisis. So she put her creative skills to work, mobilizing a team of sewers scattered around the Tri-lakes area. They’ve been keeping busy sewing and distributing cloth masks to frontline workers around the region. Read about it in the Adirondack…
Adirondack songwriter sings his wish for safe neighbors
By Melissa Hart
In a post on Sunday, March 15, Dan Berggren writes “So what's a musician to do? Write a song and share it with you, so you can sing it and pass it on, too.”
Brief Bio: Jake O’Connell
Advice for getting through winter: Get out and hike!
Trailblazer: Bob Liseno
Bob Liseno is a volunteer at the Adirondack Education Center in Saranac Lake, where he teaches students how to build lean-tos.