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Cathead Mountain: Where Public Safety and Wilderness Meet

December 6, 2019

The evening of Halloween 2019 brought strong winds and torrential rains to much of northern New York. The storm caused widespread damage over a vast region: significant flooding in communities…

Adirondack Explorer – It’s Debatable: No To Permits

October 29, 2019

Brendan Wiltse

Enjoyment, Protection

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The term “overuse” implies that we have too many people visiting the High Peaks. This term, while convenient and perhaps apt, greatly oversimplifies the problem and solution. Certainly, there is…

Planning for a Wilder Pepperbox

April 1, 2019

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Protection

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The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) recently announced plans to revise the unit management plan (UMP) for the Pepperbox Wilderness, a relatively small and seldom-visited area in the western Adirondacks…

A Brief History of the Pepperbox Wilderness

March 17, 2019

Bill Ingersoll

Knowledge

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The Pepperbox Wilderness occupies a little-known corner of the western Adirondacks, a place with few official facilities and some of the lowest visitation levels in the park. Those who have…

The Wilderness beyond Mohegan Lake

February 10, 2019

Bill Ingersoll

Enjoyment, Expansion

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The snow before us was virginal, and it covered an entire road that extended for several miles into the backcountry. Beyond the mountainous snowbank that marked its beginning, the ribbon…

AWA Proposes Adjustments to Wilderness Snowmobile Plan

December 3, 2018

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Expansion, Protection

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The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) recently announced plans to construct a 4-mile segment of a community connector snowmobile trail through lands classified as the Blue Ridge Wilderness. Adirondack Wilderness…

AWA Conducts its First Board Meeting

November 22, 2018

Bill Ingersoll

Protection

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On Saturday, November 10, the principal organizers of Adirondack Wilderness Advocates gathered in southern Hamilton County. Snow had fallen the previous night, blanketing the forest in wet, new snow; and…

On Russell M.L. Carson and Peaks and People of the Adirondacks

October 28, 2018

David Crews

Enjoyment, Knowledge

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The following are excerpts from the essay, “On Russell M.L. Carson and Peaks and People of the Adirondacks,” published in Wander-Thrush: Lyric Essays of the Adirondacks (Ra Press, 2018) and…

Wilderness Advocates Express Concern over Black River Plan in Adirondacks

June 5, 2018

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Press Release

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Barneveld, New York – A local environmental group is expressing concerns about the pending state regulatory approval of a proposed management plan for the Black River Wild Forest, located in…

Entr’acte

March 9, 2018

Bill Ingersoll

Enjoyment

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Purdy was beginning to struggle in the March snow. We had been striding easily across it for most of the morning, and until the last hour or so it had…

2B or Not to Be

January 29, 2018

Janelle Hoh

Expansion, Protection

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In the grand scheme of things, the topic of wilderness preservation in the Adirondacks seems trivial. There are issues of social equality, stability, and toxic practices that, at face value,…

Reaction to the Adirondack Park Agency’s Plan for Boreas Ponds

January 13, 2018

Bill Ingersoll

Expansion, Protection

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News that the Adirondack Park Agency plans to subvert another upcoming wilderness designation at Boreas Ponds with both motorized and mechanized access corridors is not just discouraging, it is frightening.…

Cathead Mountain: Where Public Safety and Wilderness Meet

Adirondack Explorer – It’s Debatable: No To Permits

Planning for a Wilder Pepperbox

A Brief History of the Pepperbox Wilderness

The Wilderness beyond Mohegan Lake

AWA Proposes Adjustments to Wilderness Snowmobile Plan

AWA Conducts its First Board Meeting

On Russell M.L. Carson and Peaks and People of the Adirondacks

Wilderness Advocates Express Concern over Black River Plan in Adirondacks

Entr’acte

2B or Not to Be

Reaction to the Adirondack Park Agency’s Plan for Boreas Ponds

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