Hike Haystack Mountain
Haystack Mountain outside of Ray Brook winds through beautiful forests and climbs to a mountaintop with great views to the north and west Haystack Mountain 3.3 miles (6.6 miles round trip) North Elba, Essex County [...]
Hike Owls Head Mountain in Long Lake
Owls Head Mountain is a terrific 3.1-mile through beautiful forests that leads to a firetower with panoramic views of the central Adirondacks. Owls Head Mountain 3.1 miles (6.2 miles round-trip) Long Lake, Hamilton County Central [...]
Hike Peaked Mountain
Peaked Mountain is a terrific 3.4-mile hike along Thirteenth Lake that climbs to a mountain with stunning vistas of the Siamese Ponds Wilderness Peaked Mountain 3.4 miles (6.8 miles round-trip) Johnsburg, Warren County Central Adirondacks Hiking, Snowshoeing, [...]
Hike Vanderwhacker Mountain
The 3-mile hike up Vanderwhacker Mountain in southern Essex County winds through beautiful forests and wetlands and leads to a spectacular panoramic view from a historic firetower Vanderwhacker Mountain 3 miles (6 miles round-trip; 10 [...]
Hike Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain
The 2.3-mile hike up Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain in northern Essex County in the Champlain Valley includes beautiful forests and a spectacular panoramic view from a historic firetower Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain 2.3 miles (4.6 miles round-trip) Chesterfield, Essex [...]
Debate over amendments to Article 14 in the NYS Constitution in 2020, Part 5: how New York’s lead environmental agency acted as a private lobbyist for NYCO Minerals, Inc, to assist the mining company in an amendment to mine the Forest Preserve GalleryDebate over amendments to Article 14 in the NYS Constitution in 2020, Part 5: how New York’s lead environmental agency acted as a private lobbyist for NYCO Minerals, Inc, to assist the mining company in an amendment to mine the Forest Preserve
Debate over amendments to Article 14 in the NYS Constitution in 2020, Part 5: how New York’s lead environmental agency acted as a private lobbyist for NYCO Minerals, Inc, to assist the mining company in an amendment to mine the Forest Preserve
This is the last article in a 5-part series on possible amendments in 2020 to Article 14, Section 1, of the NYS Constitution, the famed forever wild provision. This article looks back at the amendment [...]
Hike Up St. Regis Mountain
The 3.4-mile hike up St. Regis Mountain in the Adirondack Park in Franklin County includes beautiful forests and a spectacular panoramic view St. Regis Mountain 3.4 miles (6.8 miles round-trip) Paul Smith's, Franklin County Northern [...]
Hike Stillwater Mountain
Stillwater Mountain is a short and easy hike to a small mountain with a firetower in the western Adirondacks Stillwater Mountain 0.95 miles (1.9 miles round-trip) Webb, Herkimer County Western Adirondacks Hiking, Snowshoeing Level of [...]
Debate over amendments to Article 14 in the NYS Constitution in 2020, Part 4: an overview of the issues entangled in a possible amendment for Cathead Mountain in southern Hamilton County GalleryDebate over amendments to Article 14 in the NYS Constitution in 2020, Part 4: an overview of the issues entangled in a possible amendment for Cathead Mountain in southern Hamilton County
Debate over amendments to Article 14 in the NYS Constitution in 2020, Part 4: an overview of the issues entangled in a possible amendment for Cathead Mountain in southern Hamilton County
This is the fourth article in a series that looks at three possible constitutional amendments to Article 14, Section 1 that are being debated in 2020. This article looks at the issue of utilizing Forest [...]
Two months after Memorial Day and the re-opening of the North Country, COVID-19 rates remain low
Updated July 28, 2020 Since the state's first documented case on March 1st, Coronavirus (COVID-19) has spread to all corners of New York State. As of state reporting through July 27th there were 412,878 confirmed [...]