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.

IN BRIEF

Adirondack Explorer

BRIEF BIO

Marking the Explorer’s first quarter-century

LETTERS

Questions and concerns • What happens when the market pushes up and out

Affordability gap • Family incomes don’t keep pace with housing costs

Supply of short-term rentals creates controversy • As towns compete for lodgers, they deal with regulations

It’s complicated: Climate change and wildfires in the Adirondacks • Researchers see a warming planet with erratic Northeast weather

Extirpation and migration • Birds visit new areas or vanish from the Adirondacks

Exuding light, confusing birds • Are the park’s nights too bright?

Early nomads or occupants of the Adirondacks? • Examining the ancestral home and range of Indigenous people

Fielding dreams of The Show • Adirondack baseball’s league of its own

Growing the environment • Native plants are in high demand and short supply

The Adirondack rumbles again • Amtrak’s NYC-to-North Country train returns

Snapshots of Champlain • A kayak, a car and two weeks on the water

Lost and found • Crane Mountain deserves return visits

Riding the Grasse River Railroad • Pleasant miles and earned smiles

Staying on my toes

Allow electric bikes on forest preserve

SHOULD PLACE NAMES THAT OFFEND DISAPPEAR?

Try to spot the “moss tyrant”

Unidentified swimming objects

Ticks, bites and North Country risks