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Group calls for end to Lake Placid’s tourist train, arguing the region would benefit more from a recreational path. By Chris Morris Jim McCulley and Tony Goodwin butted heads for years over the legal status of the Old Mountain Road in Keene and North Elba. Goodwin helps maintain the woods road as a cross-country ski…
Tropical Storm Irene closed Wilderness Areas, washed away roads, damaged hundreds of homes and businesses, changed the look the High Peaks—and brought people together. By Phil Brown Johns Brook rises deep in the High Peaks Wilderness, less than a mile from the summit of Mount Marcy. The stream is well known to hikers who cross…
By Kenneth Aaron The State of New York can intervene in a trespassing lawsuit filed by a group of landowners against Adirondack Explorer editor Phil Brown, a State Supreme Court justice has ruled. The state attorney general’s office and the Depart- ment of Environmental Conservation (DEC) asked to join Brown in the dispute, and Justice Richard…
Despite ban, riders continue to abuse trails in the Forest Preserve, though the extent of the problem is debated. By Stephen Williams It’s a warm and sunny morning on the old dirt road between Harrisburg Lake and Wilcox Lake in Warren County, the sky above brilliant blue, the woods full of birdsong. A beautiful day…
Attorney says a public interest is at stake in dispute over paddling on Shingle Shanty Brook. By Kenneth Aaron If a court rejects New York State’s effort to intervene in the trespassing case against Adirondack Explorer Editor Phil Brown, the state will go to bat for paddlers on its own, a lawyer representing the state…
In answer to lawsuit, editor contends the public has the right to paddle on private waterways connecting public lands. By Kenneth Aaron In answer to a trespassing lawsuit, the editor of the Adirondack Explorer contends he had the right to paddle remote private waterways that link two pieces of state-owned Forest Preserve, and his lawyer…
Scientists find few signs of hope as white-nose syndrome continues to ravage hibernating species in the Adirondacks, the rest of the state, and much of the East. By Winnie Yu In the five years since scientists first diagnosed white-nose syndrome, the population of bats in the Adirondack Park has plunged so dramatically that their very…
By Phil Brown
By PHIL BROWN In 1989 and 1990, the state Department of Environmental Conservation drafted a preliminary list of navigable waterways, taking suggestions from its regional staffs, the Adirondack Mountain Club’s canoe-route subcommittee, and American Whitewater, a nonprofit group devoted to protecting whitewater resources. Since the list was only preliminary, DEC planned to hold public hearings…
Lawsuit questions public’s right to paddle through private property. By Fred LeBrun A year and a half after paddling through posted land connecting publicly owned waterways, Adirondack Explorer Editor Phil Brown has been sued for trespass by the private landowners, namely the Brandreth Park Association and the Friends of Thayer Lake. The case could clarify the…
The guy who brought eagles back to the Adirondacks reflects on his career as a state bioligist. By Paul Grondahl PETE NYE is best known as the guy who brought the bald eagle back to New York State. The majestic raptor had stopped producing eaglets because the eggs were collapsing during incubation due to a…