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Adirondack Outlaw: Pandora's Box
9+ hour, 55+ min ago (101+ words) I never in a million years would have thought that a simple Adirondack Outlaw writer like me would be dealing with anything remotely resembling artificial intelligence. "And yet, here I am. This may well be the most consequential piece that…...
1 summer, 8 people and 100 lakes
18+ hour, 39+ min ago (1029+ words) When scientists measure the surface temperature of lakes, they dip their sensors a few inches into the water. When satellite sensors thousands of miles away measure surface temperature, they reflect back thermal radiation emitting from the absolute top layer of…...
The flow through Wanakena
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (214+ words) This project is an exploration of how our waterways might affect'our lives, both spiritually and physically.'Through'this work, I hope to encourage viewers to pause and reflect on the fragile beauty that'flows'around us. At its core, the project invites reflection…...
A new life for old landfills: Indian Lake project turns capped site into pollinator meadow
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (414+ words) What was once a closed landfill in the Town of Indian Lake is being reimagined as something entirely new: a thriving, eight-acre pollinator meadow filled with native plants, buzzing with bees and alive with butterflies. Through a partnership between Adk…...
Fort Ticonderoga leads as a top destination for America's 250th
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (217+ words) Americans seeking to celebrate the nation's 250th birthday are finding Fort Ticonderoga on numerous national lists and collections as a best place to visit for the U. S. semiquincentennial. Open every Tuesday through Sunday until Oct. 25, Fort Ticonderoga includes 2, 000 acres of Adirondack landscape…...
One by one, Adirondack towns put brakes on battery storage facilities
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (1059+ words) A state Supreme Court judge in Fulton County has issued a temporary restraining order over the build of the first utility-sized battery energy storage system permitted in the Adirondack Park in the town of Northampton. The lawsuit, filed on March…...
Fly of the Week: Red Quill
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (252+ words) The Red Quill fly is eloquently finished with split wood duck flank wings and a medium dun rooster feather tail and hackle....
Edward Kanze and the practice of seeing the Adirondacks
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (1348+ words) His images carried a kind of patience: winter light, a flicker of white against snow, an animal present and then gone. From there, the correspondence deepened. What began as a request became a dialogue. Eventually, I asked if he would…...
More news from bird banding at Crown Point
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (562+ 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…...
Students excel at Envirothon in Lake Pleasant
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (220+ words) The addition of the middle school students of Hamilton County to our Envirothon really helped to step up the competition," said technician and event coordinator Katie Whit Kovits. These students are excited to learn and are more empowered to prepare…...