A Blue Lining

A Blue Lining

by | Oct 15, 2019 | 50th Anniversary 2019

Photograph by Nancie Battaglia Activist and The End of Nature author Bill McKibben on the Adirondacks’ next 50 years It is, of course, difficult to predict the future. But since I have a half-decent track record, let me offer an Adirondack forecast for the next...

Sprawl at the Gates

by | Aug 20, 2019 | History

Throughout 2019, in celebration of Adirondack Life’s 50th anniversary, we’re sharing an article per week from our archives—one for each year since 1970. In 2002, environmental activist and author Bill McKibben, a longtime contributor to the magazine, imagined what...
The Smartest Lake on Earth

The Smartest Lake on Earth

by | Oct 4, 2016 | October 2016

Everyone’s got a smartphone—no status points there. But at least for the moment there’s only one truly smart body of water anywhere on Earth. If you live in Bolton Landing or Hague, if you canoe to Diamond Island or climb the Tongue Mountain Range, if you Jet Ski the...