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The Future Forest

October 19, 2020
Bill Ingersoll
Expansion, Protection
William C. Whitney Wilderness
Part 4 of 4 It has been a slow process, but it has been a privilege to observe these changes over a twenty-year period. Now instead of imagining the future,…
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Wilderness by Description or Proscription?

October 13, 2020
Bill Ingersoll
Expansion, Protection
William C. Whitney Wilderness
Part 3 of 4 When you walk through the woods for miles at a time, it stimulates blood flow throughout your body. The brain is often a passive beneficiary, and…
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A Wilderness of Roads

October 3, 2020
Bill Ingersoll
Expansion, Protection
William C. Whitney Wilderness
Part 2 of 4 The year 2000 was memorable for two reasons: I had met Barbara McMartin that winter and became her newest guidebook assistant, and in the summer DEC…
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Roads of Recovery

September 22, 2020
Bill Ingersoll
Expansion, Protection
William C. Whitney Wilderness
Part 1 of 4 – Introduction Recent news that the remaining portion of Whitney Park, one of the last surviving private parks erected in the 1890s, is on the market…
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Eagle Mountain Wilderness Preserve

Wilderness Is Essential

May 17, 2020
Kayla White
Enjoyment, Opinion
I am lucky to live with wild places right outside my front door. I have local trails on which I can hike, ski, or take my dog for a walk,…
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Hikers at cascade trailhead

Wilderness Visitor Management: There’s an App for That!

March 1, 2020
Ari Epstein
Protection
High Peaks Wilderness
A little over ten years ago, I had the opportunity to attend a lecture Phil Brown delivered about his then-newly published collection of letters and essays by Bob Marshall, one…
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Hikers on Algonquin

AWA Takes an Active Role in High Peaks Visitor Management

February 7, 2020
Pete Nelson
Protection
High Peaks Wilderness
At Adirondack Wilderness Advocates we refer to our core mission as KEEP: Knowledge, Enjoyment, Expansion and Protection of the Adirondack Park’s wildest places.  That goes for the High Peaks Wilderness as much as…
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Algonquin Sunrise Adirondacks

Adirondack Wilderness Advocates Incorporates, Names Board

December 12, 2019
Adirondack Wilderness Advocates
News
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…
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Cathead Mountain: Where Public Safety and Wilderness Meet

December 6, 2019
Bill Ingersoll
Expansion
Shaker Mountain Wild Forest, Silver Lake Wilderness
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…
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Chubb River

Adirondack Explorer – It’s Debatable: No To Permits

October 29, 2019
Brendan Wiltse
Opinion, Protection
High Peaks Wilderness
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…
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Planning for a Wilder Pepperbox

April 1, 2019
Adirondack Wilderness Advocates
Protection
Pepperbox Wilderness
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…
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A Brief History of the Pepperbox Wilderness

March 17, 2019
Bill Ingersoll
Knowledge
History, Pepperbox Wilderness
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…
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