We all know that trees are good for us in a general sense: They take carbon dioxide from the air, helping to combat climate change. And while most of the oxygen we breathe comes from marine algae, trees still account for 28 percent of the oxygen in the atmosphere. Spending time around trees is also good for our health, with proven effects such as reduced stress levels and stronger immune systems. But during cold and flu season, the needles from many types of native conifers can be used to mak...| The Adirondack Almanack
By Dan Kriesberg Contentment Defined as: The time when one is in wildness When one’s community Expands to include the trees, water, rock beings all beings Surrounded by wildness Hugged Going deeper, breathing easier It takes time and distance To shed The skin of human-dominated places And join The wildness of mountain, lake, forest, and river Photo: Morning from Pharoah Mountain. Photo by Dan Kriesberg.| The Adirondack Almanack
The following are only the most recent notices pertaining to public lands in the Adirondacks. Please check the Adirondack Backcountry webpages for a full list of notices, including seasonal road statuses, specific trail conditions, and other pertinent information. Follow @NYSDECAlerts on X for updates about DEC-managed lands across New York State! The @NYSDECAlerts X feed provides real-time info on the most crowded places, especially when those places and parking areas are at capacity. NEW ...| The Adirondack Almanack
Town of Lake Luzerne Warren County Wildland Fire: On Aug. 25 at 9:30 p.m., Forest Rangers Donegan, Morehouse, and Thompson assisted the Corinth and Lake Luzerne Fire Departments with locating a wildland fire reported at the Hudson River Special Management Area. Firefighters worked into the night on suppression and containment efforts. The following morning, seven Rangers joined other firefighters and achieved 50 percent containment on the two-acre fire in Eddy Swamp. On Aug. 27 at 6:40 p.m.,...| The Adirondack Almanack
The season of change is upon us with summer soon giving way to fall, and September is going to be a busy one in terms of events and activities set for the Adirondack region. Whether you are looking to attend an artist exhibition, outdoor concert, a storytelling event, theatrical production, historical presentation, a rustic fair, a charity go-kart race or watch as more than 600 paddlers participate in this year’s Adirondack Canoe Classic “90-miler”, there are a wide array of opportuniti...| The Adirondack Almanack
By Geoff Schaake In late August and throughout September, before the fall really starts to make its presence known throughout the valley, sunny warm afternoons mean flying ants. Often called a “Swarm”, this mating ritual of ants can turn the fishing on fast. Ants mate in the air and more than a few of them land in the water. They are sometimes hard to see as they lay in the surface film of the water, so check your waders; ants are likely to be present. Carry winged and unwinged ant patter...| The Adirondack Almanack
In compiling recommendations for the report on easily-accessible and quiet Adirondack waters, I relied on my experiences and suggestions from friends, enhanced by descriptions from paddling books and online resources. I’ve been playing around with the use of AI for other projects, and decided to try ChatGPT last week to see what recommendations surfaced. Little Tupper Lake was at the top of the list for larger lakes, followed by Lows and Round Lakes. I asked for easily accessible, but did n...| The Adirondack Almanack
Ray Brook, NY – The Adirondack Park Agency is accepting public comment on projects currently under review. The public is encouraged to go online to learn more about each public comment opportunity and to submit comments electronically.At present, the following projects are available for comment online: Town of Hague: Four-lot subdivision of the 13.72±-acre Tax Map Parcel 60.17-1-22, to create three lots ranging in size from 0.93 acres to 8.76 acres and merged with adjoining propert...| The Adirondack Almanack
Keene Valley, NY — “OurStoryBridge Listens: Present in the Moment,” the new partner project of OurStoryBridge Inc. documenting the current circumstances in the United States that are deeply impacting Americans and others around the world, was launched Aug. 19 at ourstorybridgelistens.org. “This project opens the opportunity to preserve relevant stories using the OurStoryBridge methodology from the widely acclaimed national nonprofit connecting the past to the present by facilitating t...| The Adirondack Almanack
Just another day in the life of an Adirondack Outlaw. For the full story, click the link & read on. Related Stories Jurassic Adirondacks Adirondack Adirondack Scrimshaw| The Adirondack Almanack
By Geoff Schaake Originally called the Forked Tail Nymph and tied with a body of black Ostrich herl, The Prince nymph was renamed after its creator Doug Prince when it appeared in “Buz” Buszek’s mail order catalog in the 1940s. One story I read claimed that Buz forgot what the nymph was called so named it after the California fly tyer. The new name stuck. Over the years, the standard for the body was changed to peacock herl and most versions feature a bead head for weight. The ...| The Adirondack Almanack
The New York State Department of Transportation is advising motorists that the off ramp and adjoining rest area ramp at Exit 32 on Interstate 87 northbound in the Town of Lewis, Essex County, will be closed beginning at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, August 26, through approximately 2 p.m. on Friday, August 29, to facilitate bridge deck repair. Southbound Exit 32 is not affected. Drivers are advised to follow the signed detour utilizing Exit 31, State Route 9N, U.S. Route 9 and State Route 22. Alternati...| The Adirondack Almanack
By Jen Balog, Adirondack Health Foundation Executive Director Every August, Make a Will Month offers a timely reminder of the importance of preparing for the future by establishing or updating a will. Yet despite the critical nature of this endeavor, many Americans continue to put it off. According to recent data, more than two-thirds of adults in the U.S. do not have a will, and among those over age 65, over 40 percent have yet to complete one. When a person dies without a will in New York ...| The Adirondack Almanack
Here’s a look at news from around the Adirondacks this week: Subscribe to Adirondack Almanack’s daily digest e-mail (sent 5 times a week). Related Stories Latest news headlines Latest news headlines Latest news headlines| The Adirondack Almanack
By Geoff Schaake Parachute dry flies are a style of fly tying rather than a specific pattern of fly. The pattern name usually indicates the color, the standard dry fly it originated from, or insect that it is trying to imitate. The story goes that in 1932, the parachute was developed by Helen Todd, a commercial tier in Scotland. It started appearing in catalogs in 1933. Helen’s first parachutes incorporated the guard hairs of pig’s fur to support a horizontally wrapped hackle. This made t...| The Adirondack Almanack
Popular Trail in Tupper Lake Reopened for Public Use The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced the reopening of the popular Goodman Mountain trail in the Horseshoe Lake Wild Forest in the town of Tupper Lake. The trail is open to the public, effective immediately. The trail was closed in June due to the presence of a bull moose demonstrating unusual behaviors over an extended period of time. After extended observation, the moose’s condition was foun...| The Adirondack Almanack
New policy boosts access to nutritious food for clients Tupper Lake, NY – A multi-year collaboration is helping the Tupper Lake Community Food Pantry serve up more healthy offerings to its clients. For the last two years, the food pantry has been partnering with The Heart Network’s Creating Healthy Schools & Communities (CHSC) program, which is funded by a grant from the New York State Department of Health. One of the primary focuses of the CHSC program is to work with schools and commu...| The Adirondack Almanack
The Adirondack Almanack's contributors include veteran local writers, historians, naturalists, and outdoor enthusiasts from around the Adirondack region. The Almanack is the online news journal of Adirondack Explorer.| The Adirondack Almanack
State officials, Tupper Lake residents, and others turned out in force on Tuesday afternoon to dedicate a new hiking trail to Andrew Goodman, a twenty-year-old civil-rights activist murdered in Mississippi fifty years ago. Goodman and two fellow activists—James Chaney and Michael Schwerner—were kidnapped and killed by the Ku Klux Klan in June 1964. That summer, activists traveled through the Deep South in a campaign to register African-Americans to vote. The murders and their aftermath wa...| The Adirondack Almanack
By Claudia Braymer, Protect the Adirondacks Executive Director Environmental and conservation groups support a new bill to provide tax incentives to landowners to help them protect their wild forest lands. Maintaining mature wild forests conserves wildlife habitat, protections air and water quality and soil health, and helps to fight climate change by sequestering and storing carbon. Permanently protecting forest lands will also help New York meet its statutory goal of conserving 30 percent o...| The Adirondack Almanack
