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A Closer Look at Adirondack Bats

by Adirondack Life | Apr 27, 2023 | June 2023, Nature and Environment

Little brown bat photograph from Shutterstock Why should you care about bats? “Besides the fact they’re cute,” says bat researcher Vanessa Rojas, assistant professor at SUNY-ESF Ranger School, based in Wanakena, “the ecosystem services they provide are critical. Bats...

The Legacy of Fire: Creative Destruction in Adirondack Forests

by Robin Wall Kimmerer | Oct 20, 2020 | April 2016, Nature and Environment

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?” question. The long hike up the mountain, the snug little cabin and the crowning glory of a fire tower with a 360-degree view, plus an occasional hiker...

By the Numbers

by Paul Greenberg | Mar 5, 2020 | 50th Anniversary 2019

How Four Fish author Paul Greenberg made his Adirondack summers count On a hot, oppressive day in the summer of 1988, an ecologist’s Chesapeake Bay retriever named Muddy made off with my socks and trotted to the end of a log that jutted into Little Howard Pond. The...

Shingle Shanty

by Lisa W. Foderaro | Jun 7, 2018 | June 2018, Nature and Environment

This 15,000-acre private preserve is an ideal laboratory to explore the mysteries of the Adirondacks’ complex ecosystems For someone coming from the suburbs of New York City, the first thing that jumps out at Shingle Shanty Preserve is the silence. It washes...

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Guide to the Great Outdoors 2023

Adirondack camping: where to go, what to do and everything in between—plus your source for birding, paddling, hiking, biking, can’t-miss events and more!