Birds of Summer Jeff Nadler I awoke in near-darkness to chirping, peeping and tweeting—the “dawn chorus.” I sat up in my sleeping bag where I was... Read More
On the Edge Annie Stoltie August 28, 2011, as water flooded the Upper Jay firehouse, volunteer firefighters Ralph Schissler and Dennis Perpetua... Read More
Power to the People David Sommerstein Emmett and Ethan Smith are on a mission to change the way you think about the electricity that powers your house—to t... Read More
Farm-to-Pump Luke McNally Farmer Dillon Klepetar scratched his head through a wool cap, holding an oversized wrench in his other hand. He’d bee... Read More
Camera Shy Larry Master Ninety minutes after sunrise on a spring morning, I arrived at a High Peaks lodge with hopes of photographing one of ... Read More
On Bee-ing Lisa Bramen In a picturesque corner of Upper Jay pasture, amid the languorous grazing of Sugar House Creamery’s brown Swiss cows,... Read More
Looking Up Annie Stoltie It’s Erik Danielson’s 30th birthday. He strides purposefully, pack on his back, along a shoulder of Route 3 near Ampe... Read More
Animal Crossing Norah Machia When Maureen Clark and her husband, Paul Madden, volunteered to have trail cameras installed on their Forestport prop... Read More
The Legacy of Fire: Creative Destruction in Adirondack Forests Robin Wall Kimmerer When I was a kid, I thought I had discovered the perfect answer to the “What do you want to be when you grow up?” que... Read More
Where the Land Is Teacher Robin Wall Kimmerer On a typical summer evening the Cranberry Lake Biological Station has a quiet hum of activity: ecology students at wo... Read More
Edible Education Shane Mitchell "Miss Perkins, can I get seconds?" asked the kindergartner, raising her hand. Read More
Up and Coming Curt Stager Baby snapping turtles emerge from soft soil as summer ends and autumn begins. Read More