Adirondack Explorer: Environment, Communities and Outdoor …
WEBAdirondack Explorer is a news organization that covers environment, communities and outdoor recreation in the Adirondacks region. Read about wildlife, clean energy, invasive species, biking, housing and more topics related to the 6-million acre park.
Adirondack Mountain Reserve permits: Your questions answered
WEBSep 22, 2021 · Learn about the reservation system for hiking the popular trails in the AMR, a 7,000-acre private reserve in the High Peaks region. Find out how to sign up, when to arrive, and what to expect from this pilot program.
Adirondack Mountain Reserve hiking: Reservation system enters …
WEBApr 16, 2024 · Learn how to reserve parking spots at the popular High Peaks gateway, which is required from May 1 to Oct. 31, 2024. Find out the benefits, challenges and changes of the pilot program that aims to improve public safety and accessibility.
Gypsy moth caterpillar invasion: ‘It’s a plague’
WEBJun 18, 2021 · The Adirondack Explorer thanks its advertising partners. Become one of them. DEC Forester Robert Cole said that although gypsy moth populations naturally spike every 10-15 years, this year’s infestation is uncharacteristic. “The outbreak started very heavily last year,” Cole said. “New this year is the infestation moving throughout the ...
‘Dream Mile’ on Ausable River gets dreamier - Adirondack Explorer
WEBSep 9, 2019 · The Ausable River Association has completed a three-year restoration project on a renowned stretch of trout water known as the “Dream Mile.”. In late August the nonprofit watershed group finished three summers’ worth of recontouring to reverse the effects of sedimentation and other changes. “It was very exciting to watch the last ...
Park Perspectives: Zen and the art of cairns
WEBAug 24, 2009 · Crossing a high valley, the lane passed by woodlands and a series of small meadows. Cairns were spaced along the edges of two of the meadows. Some were simple arrangements of two or three stones. Others were more elaborate, one a small tower of stones, another an abstract, vaguely human figure.
Getting outside in the Adirondacks - Adirondack Explorer
WEBA long history of getting outside in the Adirondack Park. In his groundbreaking 1869 guidebook, “Adventures in the Wilderness, Camp-Life in the Adirondacks,” Boston preacher William H.H. Murray wrote that spending time recreating in nature rejuvenates both body and spirit for the city dweller: “I deem the excursion eminently adapted to ...
State of the Lake: Report details Champlain's good and bad
WEBJun 28, 2021 · The state of the lake is … complicated. Lake Champlain, a 120-mile-long treasure with 587 miles of shoreline shared by New York, Vermont and Quebec, provides mostly clean water, abundant fishing and 54 public beaches. It’s also adapting to dozens of destructive invasive species and tons of pollution – in the lake itself and from the ...
Climbing the Cascade Mountain slide - Adirondack Explorer
WEBSep 26, 2011 · I expect the slide won’t be this busy once the novelty wears off, but for adventurous hikers, it will always provide an alternative route to the summit of Cascade—much wilder than the crowded hiking trail. You can follow rock for a mile and a half to the 3,400-foot contour. From there it’s an easy 0.4-mile bushwhack to …
Historic Adirondack Great Camps that you can visit
WEBAug 16, 2023 · Learn about the history and architecture of the Adirondack Great Camps, once exclusive retreats for wealthy families and now public sites or resorts. Find out how to visit Great Camp Sagamore, one of the best-preserved and most accessible examples of a Great Camp, in Raquette Lake.