Wild Thoughts – Page 6 – Adirondack Wilderness Advocates

Enjoyment

Silver Lake Wilderness

Over Lexie’s curled form, over the down sleeping bag and the spare coat that has kept us warm through the night, out of the tent and across the small campsite…

Wilderness Drop Zones: A Poor Management Practice

December 4, 2020

Ha-de-ron-dah Wilderness, High Peaks Wilderness, Lake George Wild Forest, Shaker Mountain Wild Forest, West Canada Lake Wilderness

Protection

Maintaining wilderness facilities such as trails, footbridges, and lean-tos is an important responsibility for the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), the agency in charge of managing the forever-wild Adirondack…

When the Earth Was Wilderness

December 2, 2020

High Peaks Wilderness, Permits

Opinion

I‌ ‌wrote‌ ‌my‌ ‌first‌ ‌book‌ ‌in‌ ‌the‌ ‌second‌ ‌grade.‌ ‌Seriously.‌ ‌It‌ ‌was‌ ‌written‌ ‌and‌ ‌drawn‌ ‌in‌ ‌pencil,‌ ‌and‌ ‌it‌ ‌was‌ ‌colored‌ ‌in‌ ‌crayon.‌ ‌But‌ ‌it‌ ‌had‌ ‌thirty-two‌ ‌pages‌ ‌and‌ ‌a‌ ‌cover,‌…

Protecting the Wilderness with Positive Reinforcement

November 8, 2020

Pete Nelson

Knowledge, Protection

The busy season in the Adirondacks is winding down, but with a bang. The Coronavirus pandemic, which depressed visitation for the first part of the summer, has clearly caused a…

The Future Forest

October 19, 2020

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,…

Wilderness by Description or Proscription?

October 13, 2020

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…

A Wilderness of Roads

October 3, 2020

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…

Roads of Recovery

September 22, 2020