As Maple Goes High-Tech, the Romance of the Old Ways Lingers Brian Castner I know I’m not the only one who took on chickens as a pandemic project. Tomatoes and raspberries too. But the big one... Read More
To the Rescue Adirondack Life North Country weather has always been a wild ride of ups and downs, and climate change hasn’t made it any easier to p... Read More
Road Work Lisa W. Foderaro It is snowing, the flakes descending in endless, languorous swirls. Seemingly from nowhere, the snowplows emerge—yell... Read More
Dog Had a Run-in with a Skunk? Try This. Editorial staff Even if you don’t see a striped skunk waddle by, you can certainly smell it. Read More
It’s Peregrine Falcon Nesting Season. Here’s What’s Happening on Adirondack Cliffs Lisa W. Foderaro To be sure, there is perhaps no better place to see peregrines strut their stuff than in the Adirondacks. Read More
Preserving Our Night Skies Paul Greenberg On the evening of January 2nd, Lake Placid attorney Amy Quinn took her dogs for a walk in her quiet neighborhood behi... Read More
“When Smelt Are Running, It’s a Signal of Spring.” Adirondack Life "I tell my kids,” says Tom Conrad, “that when smelt are running, it’s a signal of spring, when everything wakes up af... Read More
Could Wolves Repopulate the Adirondacks? David Lee Drotar After eradication in the Lower 48, wolves are now thriving in some Rocky Mountain states. The animals had disappeared... Read More
Ice-fishing’s a Way of Life for this Veteran Adirondack Guide Paul Greenberg Terry Watson is usually much more careful. But when the chance to skitter across frozen Copperas Pond in search of bi... Read More
Shopping for the Apocalypse Paul Greenberg For the last week I’ve been in the Adirondacks, not visiting my new land. My land is just a couple miles up a hill fr... Read More
Small Wonders Bob Yunick The Adirondacks, with its varied forests and numerous lakes and streams, is an ideal habitat for the only hummingbird... Read More
Fungus Among Us Elizabeth Folwell Passing through a forest it’s easy to focus on the familiar, the exceptional. Is that deafening teacher, teacher call... Read More