Dec 31, 2024 · Zachary Matson Zachary Matson has been an environmental reporter for the Explorer since October 2021. He is focused on the many issues impacting water and the people, plants and wildlife that rely on it in the Adirondack Park.

Dec 23, 2024 · NYS grants invest in salt storage, green space, wastewater upgrades. By Zachary Matson. The latest round of state grants announced Monday will fund major projects across the Adirondacks, including dam repairs, salt storage sheds and upgrades to wastewater treatment facilities.. Many of the projects support regional and watershed plans that aim to reduce nutrient runoff that ruins water quality ...

Dec 24, 2024 · When an appeals court in May sided with the Adirondack Park Agency’s approval of a plan to use an herbicide in Lake George, it set the stage for a pitched fight over the first-ever chemical control of invasive plants in the Queen of American Lakes.. Despite a concerted effort by the Lake George Association to block the use of ProcellaCOR in a …

Nov 12, 2024 · Nods to Adirondack history. Readers will notice parallels with another wealthy Adirondack family that suffered a great loss. It occurred in 1971 at the Santanoni Great Camp in the town of Newcomb when 8-year-old Douglas Legg mysteriously disappeared on a hike with his uncle. An extensive, six-week search drew hundreds of volunteers and police but to this day there has been no trace of the boy ...

Nov 12, 2024 · Accolades come as ski centers countdown to start of snow season. By Rick Karlin, Staff Writer Gore Mountain has been rated one of the nation’s most affordable destination ski areas by a national vacation rental firm, which looked at the cost of lift ticket prices and lodging near the Adirondack resort.

Dec 5, 2024 · Search continues for 22-year-old man from Quebec, who set out to hike remote Allen Mountain. By Gwendolyn Craig. Forest rangers and State Police waded into deep snow on the nearly week-long search for a 22-year-old hiker from Canada who was reported missing by his father at 2:30 a.m. on Dec. 1, in the area of Allen Mountain …

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Dec 19, 2024 · Town will add a park for swimming, hiking and skiing, due to deal facilitated by Adirondack Land Trust. By Mike Lynch. The town of Willsboro and the Adirondack Land Trust (ALT) are partnering on a land deal that would lead to a park on Lake Champlain and protect the community’s main source of drinking water.. The land trust bought 68 acres on the western side of Willsboro Point for $840,000 ...

Dec 26, 2024 · The first Adirondack Great Camp, by Tom French.A tour of the Duran family’s Pine Knot camp, part of Raquette Lake history, now owned by SUNY Cortland. Colvin’s Great Corner, revisited, by William Hill.Retracing a trek to a historic marker on …

Oct 31, 2024 · Classic Adirondack hike masks a grim legacy. By Tim Rowland. Over the years, hundreds if not thousands of hikers have parked their cars along Route 86 east of Lake Placid near Connery Pond, shouldered their packs and sallied forth to Whiteface Landing before doglegging right and tackling the unrelenting ascent of Whiteface Mountain.