SARANAC LAKE — The Northern Forest Canoe Trail has completed restoration of the historic Indian Carry portage connecting Stony Creek Ponds and Upper Saranac Lake. The work was carried out this summer by the NFCT’s professional stewardship crew — which includes a stewardship director, a ...

LONG LAKE — The Buck Mountain Fire Tower in Long Lake opened to the public following a ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday. This 1.2 mile trail — one way — has 500 feet in elevation gain. It’s located on South Sabattis Circle Road off of state Route 30, eight miles north of the Long ...

SARANAC LAKE — A harmful algal bloom discovered in Upper Saranac Lake last week has now dissipated. The bloom was one of several identified throughout the Adirondacks following a bout of unseasonably warm weather. The cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, was first reported on Sept. 4 and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...