Wild Thoughts - Adirondack Wilderness Advocates

Press Release

Adirondack Wilderness Advocates (AWA) today announced its incorporation as a non-profit 501(3)(c) charitable corporation dedicated to the purpose of advancing public knowledge, enjoyment, expansion, and protection of the Adirondack Park’s…

Cathead Mountain: Where Public Safety and Wilderness Meet

December 6, 2019

Expansion

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

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

Protection

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

Knowledge

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

Enjoyment, Expansion

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

Expansion, Protection

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

Protection

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

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

Press Release

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

Enjoyment