A Ranger Problem

A Ranger Problem

by | Aug 5, 2020 | August 2020, Nature and Environment

Doing more with less—again Photograph by Nancie Battaglia A s the first half of 2020 has shown, New York State Forest Rangers are blessed, and burdened, with a wide-ranging portfolio. In February and early March, rangers managed an influx of winter hikers on popular...
Day in the Life

Day in the Life

by | Jan 4, 2018 | December 2017

Alan Brassard photograph by Yvonne Albinowski   On the job with four hardworking Adirondackers Even if we never raise a rifle or hoe a row to put dinner on the table, most of us who reside within the Blue Line live off the land in one sense or another. According...
Trail Safe

Trail Safe

by | Jun 22, 2017 | Guide to the Great Outdoors 2015

When I pass hikers on the trail in the High Peaks, they often say to me, “I bet you’ve seen it all.” After 19 years as a forest ranger, I sometimes feel like I have. One memory that has stayed with me all these years occurred my first summer here. I was hiking out...
Boreas Ponds

Boreas Ponds

by | Oct 11, 2016 | Guide to the Great Outdoors 2016

Whose woods these are I think I know. As I write in late March, the 20,758-acre Boreas Ponds tract belongs to the Adirondack Chapter of the Nature Conservancy (TNC). By the time this magazine reaches you, this glorious gateway to the High Peaks Wilderness may be...