ALBANY (AP) — New York environmental officials have proposed a statewide ban on open burning, to reduce pollution and the risk of wildfires. Current rules exempt the state’s 850 towns with fewer than 20,000 people. The Department of Environmenta

TUPPER LAKE — Glaciers, snow leopards, open range and petroglyths painted upon cliff walls. Located on the southwestern edge of Siberia, where Russia borders Kazakhstan, China and Mongolia, Russia’s Altai Republic is a sparsely populated area that

SARANAC LAKE — Snow at the lower to mid elevations of most mountains has melted in recent weeks, bringing hiking trails to daylight for the first time since last autumn.

While it would seem that hiking season is upon us, it is still a f

April’s showers finally arrived, following fast on the track of a magnificent stretch of brilliant sunny days. Color is coming to the bogs and hillsides as trees begin to flower and the first buds have appeared. Velvety fiddleheads are now beginning

SARANAC LAKE — Members of the Saranac Lake Fish and Game Club heard and discussed a presentation from the Region 5 representative of the Conservation Fund Advisory Board at club headquarters Thursday. Jason Kemper, a resident of Edinburg in the sou