Adirondack Explorer

Seven issues a year devoted to the enjoyment and protection of the Adirondack Park. In-depth writing and vivid photography bring the Adirondacks to life in tales of recreational adventure, coverage of environmental and policy issues and exploration of the communities that make up this unique six-million acre park.

Briefs

Adirondack Explorer

Brief Bio

Editorial

Letters

Danger Zones: A dammed park • Aging structures shape and threaten the Adirondacks

Danger Zones: Adirondack Park's deadliest dams • Is an aging infrastructure legacy prepared for the gathering storms of a future world? Some Adirondack ‘high hazard’ dams are better maintained than others

Danger Zones: Municipal dam owners wait and watch • Towns own some of the park’s riskiest structures

Bird flu hits the North Country • Deadly virus kills some of the park’s biggest raptors

Backcountry system opens woods to debate • Jenkins Mountain trail seen as a model by some

Adapting on the slopes • Instructor shares the joys of skiing with people with challenges

Sweet success • The North Country’s biggest syrup producers rebrand Lyon Mountain

Covered for calamity • A ski trip with spare parts to Siamese Ponds

The hard facts of ice fishing • Frozen lakes offer outdoor learning

They bring up what goes down • Ice divers know the cold of Adirondack lakes

Appreciating kinship on a trip to Santanoni

Acknowledging 50 years of limiting development • Wondering where the need for housing fits

It's debatsble • AFTER 50 YEARS, DOES THE ADIRONDACK PARK LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN NEED CHANGES?

Fresh look

Outtakes

Bird Watch

On the wild side

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