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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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The Wilderness beyond Mohegan Lake

February 10, 2019
Bill Ingersoll
Enjoyment, Expansion
Blue Ridge Wilderness, Moose River Plains Wild Forest
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…
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AWA Proposes Adjustments to Wilderness Snowmobile Plan

December 3, 2018
Adirondack Wilderness Advocates
Expansion, Protection
Blue Ridge Wilderness, Moose River Plains Wild Forest, Sargent Ponds Wild Forest
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…
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AWA Conducts its First Board Meeting

November 22, 2018
Bill Ingersoll
Protection
Silver Lake Wilderness
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…
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On Russell M.L. Carson and Peaks and People of the Adirondacks

October 28, 2018
David Crews
Enjoyment, Knowledge
High Peaks Wilderness, History
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…
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Wilderness Advocates Express Concern over Black River Plan in Adirondacks

June 5, 2018
Adirondack Wilderness Advocates
News
Black River Wild Forest
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…
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Entr’acte

March 9, 2018
Bill Ingersoll
Enjoyment
Pepperbox Wilderness
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…
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