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Outdoors

Rangers help rescue driver from creek, sick camper

Multiple agencies rescued a man and his vehicle from a fast-moving creek, and forest rangers with the state Department of Environmental Conservation rescued a sick man from a campsite on Forked Lake last week in the Adirondacks. --- Swift-water rescue --- On May 4 at 12:30 p.m., while ...

Nature Conservancy’s Adirondack Chapter hires two staff

KEENE VALLEY — The Nature Conservancy’s Adirondack Chapter is pleased to announce that Amanda Dunham Ely has joined the team as communications and community engagement manager, and Emily-Bell Dinan has joined as education and communications coordinator for the Adirondack Park Invasive ...

The challenge of challenge culture

Over the past couple of months, you may have noticed the resurgence of a variety of challenges in the social media universe. Whether it’s a challenge to post a picture a day during quarantine or to see if you can do 50 pushups a day for 30 days in a row, I’ve noticed them popping up all ...

New group forms to fight Moody Pond milfoil

SARANAC LAKE — Eurasian watermilfoil, an aggressive aquatic invasive species, has moved into about 14% of Moody Pond, according to a newly formed group that is seeking help to control it. “Since the Moody Pond neighborhood is enjoyed and loved by not only those of us who live here, but ...