4+ hour, 49+ min ago  (229+ words) The Adirondack Land Trust accepted two donated conservation easements from Phyllis and Martin Korn protecting a combined 321 acres in the town of Schroon, Essex County. The newly protected areas are close to each other and adjacent to tracts within the…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago  (624+ words) Geoff Schaake is a registered New York State fly-fishing guide, custom fly tyer, and author with more than 25 years of experience on the waters of New York and beyond. His career has taken him across North America, from Alaska to…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (579+ words) The large, colorful evening grosbeak was misnamed in 1825 because of an erroneous assumption that the bird sang only in the evenings. Unlike other finch species, they head to roosts in early afternoon, often disappearing from feeders by 1 or 2 p.m. Many have…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (553+ words) The spring shuffle kicks off turkey mating season and generally begins in mid-to-late March. The timing is affected by temperature, with heavy snows delaying its start and early spring thaws speeding it up. A key strategy to locate females is…...

2+ week, 8+ hour ago  (284+ words) There's no denying that the Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear (GRHE) fly pattern is one of the most popular and versatile fishing flies ever produced. Its lineage is as deep as a slow pool on the Ausable. Immortalized in the 1676 version…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (749+ words) The Adirondack Almanack is a public forum dedicated to promoting and discussing current events, history, arts, nature and outdoor recreation and other topics of interest to the Adirondacks and its communities We publish commentary and opinion pieces from voluntary contributors,…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (425+ words) For more than a century, common wisdom held that the original forest of the Adirondacks was largely erased by the ax and the saw, leaving behind only a few well-known pockets of ancient growth. But a new wave of research,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (701+ words) Gary lives at Eight Acre Wood in Inlet, where he was the forest ranger for 35 years, working in the Moose River Wild Forest Recreation Area and West Canada Lakes Wilderness Area. Now retired, Gary works summers for the Adirondack Center…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago  (699+ words) Open Space Institute plans to preserve 1,500-acre property surrounded by Five Ponds Wilderness The Open Space Institute is under contract to buy a 1,500-acre former Boy Scout camp on Lows Lake and the Bog River in the northwestern Adirondacks." Once…...

1+ mon, 6+ hour ago  (636+ words) The Adirondack Almanack is a public forum dedicated to promoting and discussing current events, history, arts, nature and outdoor recreation and other topics of interest to the Adirondacks and its communities We publish commentary and opinion pieces from voluntary contributors,…...