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Outdoors

600-plus paddlers take on 90-Miler

SARANAC LAKE — More than 600 paddlers competing in the Adirondack Canoe Classic — commonly known as the 90-Miler race — wrapped up their three-day journey in Saranac Lake on Sunday. This year’s race marked its 40th running. “This was a brilliant idea from Sue Dyer and Bill ...

Moving forward in the backcountry

LAKE PLACID — The Adirondack Mountain Club’s recent opening of two accessible sites at its Wilderness Campground at Heart Lake is just one example of efforts to make the Adirondack Park become more accessible. ADK announced the opening of those sites on Monday. Both are built on ...

Sawfly spreading in North Country could pose threat to elm trees

A small, winged insect with a shiny black body and appetite for elm is now making its way across New York, after being detected in St. Lawrence County last year. The invasive species, called the elm zigzag sawfly (Aproceros leucopoda), was found in southern Quebec in 2020, in Virginia in 2021, ...

Keene hiker shuttle resumes service this Saturday

KEENE VALLEY — The town of Keene's hiker shuttle will resume service for the season this Saturday. A separate hiker shuttle operated by Essex County Public Transportation and funded through the state's Environmental Protection Fund will also resume service next month, and the state Department ...

State officials talk $4.2B bond act for environmental projects

SARANAC LAKE — At a listening session on the state’s $4.2 billion Environmental Bond Act on Friday, Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos said the dangerous and destructive effects of climate change are already hitting the Adirondacks and the world. The ...

Rangers tend to Cobble Hill injury

Adirondack forest rangers with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation responded to an ankle injury this past week in Lake Placid. - Ankle injury on Cobble - On Aug. 1 at 11:59 a.m., Ray Brook Dispatch received a call reporting a subject who had fallen on Cobble ...