Anxiously awaiting more snow, in this taunting winter of 2018, I recently skied the only place I could, across the big wetland at Hemlock Rock Wildlife Sanctuary, then Microspiked up Adirondack Land Trust’s part of Coon Mountain. I was on protected land throughout this ramble in … [Read more...] about Whither Tracks in the Snow?
Nature
Finding Original Forest
New York’s great Adirondack Park is the East’s biggest stronghold for original forest. However we define and name it — primeval, primary, ancient, old growth, and first growth being other overlapping or synonymous descriptors — natural, uncut forest is easier to find in the … [Read more...] about Finding Original Forest
Born to Rewild: John Davis’s 5,000 Mile Trek from Mexico to Canada
This January marks the five year anniversary of Essex resident John Davis's 5000-mile adventure from Mexico to Canada. Born to Rewild, a 55-minute feature documentary directed by Ed George and Bryan Reinhart, relating John's fascinating story has been screening around the … [Read more...] about Born to Rewild: John Davis’s 5,000 Mile Trek from Mexico to Canada
Invasive Japanese Knotweed
On a gorgeous day in May I hiked from Wadhams to Essex on the CATs Grand Hike. While the official hike did not route here I wanted to end at Lake Champlain. While strolling along the lake I noticed a patch of Japanese Knotweed along the shore. Horror struck the pit of my … [Read more...] about Invasive Japanese Knotweed
John Davis Launches Split Rock Wildway Book
"Adirondack Park is, arguably, the wildest landscape in the East, but it is not yet wild enough,” conservationist, adventurer, and author John Davis says. “It falls on our generation to finish rewilding it, so that it provides safe homes for all native species. The work may be … [Read more...] about John Davis Launches Split Rock Wildway Book