Etown supervisor warns of fires, ATV use on certain trails
Local residents have worked to repair hiking trails that were recently damaged in Elizabethtown.
Woodland walk slated
Crown Point trek May 11
A walk through the woods will be held in Crown Point, sponsored by Northern Adirondacks chapter of the New York Forest Owners Association and Cornell Cooperative Extension. The trek will be Saturday, May 11, on property owned by Peter Smallidge at 199 Breed Hill Road as part of the statewide “Restore New York Woodlands” initiative of the New York Forest Owners Association.
Birding celebration scheduled at Paul Smiths VIC
The 11th annual Great Adirondack Birding Celebration is scheduled for May 31 - June 2 at the Paul Smith’s College Visitor Interpretive Center (VIC) in Paul Smiths.
National Day of Prayer to be observed
Ticonderoga event May 2
National Day of Prayer will be observed in Ticonderoga. The Adirondack Community Fellowship will sponsor the event Thursday, May 2, at 6 p.m. at the gazebo in Bicentennial Park. In the event of rain it will be held in the Cornerstone Alliance Church across the street.
Searching for spring
Notes from the North Woods
After waiting and watching for the backwoods ponds to shed winter’s hard cap, I couldn’t take it anymore.
Gore Mountain open one more weekend
Operators of the Gore Mountain ski center expect to open for at least one more weekend as the lingering winter weather has kept spring skiing an option for residents and visitors.
Fire and ash
Conservation Conversations
Spring is here and the woodstoves will be going into the summer mode.
Off of successful writing contest, CATS starts photo event
Champlain Area Trails (CATS) has launched its first photo contest called “A View from the Trails.”
Camp Association purchases 130 acres from The Nature Conservancy in Indian Lake
The Nature Conservancy’s Adirondack Chapter and Northern Frontier Camp April 8 announced a private land transaction in the town of Indian Lake, New York.
The little video that could...fix a road
Notes from the North Woods
This coming weekend, I’ll be heading back down to Newcomb to attend the final offering in the “Got Game” lecture series.
Clover food plots and frost seeding
Conservation Conversations
As an old soils guy, my mind always wanders back to crops and dirt. I am always watching and observing the ground when the snow melts.
April events at Paul Smith’s VIC
The Northern New York Maple Project continues at the Paul Smith's College VIC with maple sap collecting and boiling in the sugarhouse through Monday, April 8.
Lake George stewards report released, fight against invasives ongoing
The Lake George Association has released a report with findings from the 2012 Lake Steward Program.
Streamwalkers
Conservation Conversations
Farmers have been blamed for much of the nutrient loading going into Lake Champlain.
A warm heart for cold weather
Notes from the North Woods
In recent weeks, I’ve been seeing a lot of sign of animals on the move.
