The Magazine of the Mountains since 1969
Imagine an environmental challenge to the Adirondacks harsher than acid rain, invasive species and global warming combined. Imagine something that would not merely damage every lake, forest and meadow but completely crush them, then grind and bury their remains under a mile-thick slab of sealant.
The tanneries were dead and the sawmills were dying. Lumberjacks were more often spotted at sportsmen’s shows than in the woods. The population had plummeted from nearly 800 residents at its apogee in 1850 to fewer than 300 in 1910, losing almost half its population in the first decade of the new century alone.
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