WESTPORT — Champlain Area Trails, an accredited land trust, is inviting the public to celebrate the 104th anniversary of women’s suffrage in New York by hiking Mount Inez on Sunday. Named after Inez Milholland, an iconic leader in the women’s suffrage movement, the hike is a perfect way ...

SARANAC LAKE — Volunteers from around the state will submit their loon counts from New York lakes large and small on Saturday, giving researchers a look at the stats of the state’s loon population. The 2024 New York Annual Loon Census will be held by the Adirondack Center for Loon ...

LAKE PLACID — The state Department of Environmental Conservation Friday issued a high-water advisory for backcountry users in the Adirondack Park, asking hikers to temporarily avoid high-elevation trails and trails that cross streams and rivers. The advisory came two days after the ...

TUPPER LAKE — The state Department of Environmental Conservation on Wednesday announced the completion of its acquisition of more than 14,600 acres of land near Tupper Lake in a $9.3 million sale. The DEC first announced the planned acquisition of the conservation easements on the ...

To save the imperiled spotted owl from potential extinction, U.S. wildlife officials are embracing a contentious plan to deploy trained shooters into dense West Coast forests to kill almost a half-million barred owls that are crowding out their cousins. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...