This morning we return to the topic of Timber Rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) with Essex, NY's favorite wildway scout. John Davis, wildlife advocate, writer, naturalist, conservationist and athletic adventurer, has an uncanny knack for spotting wild … [Read more...] about Drive with Caution: Timber Rattlesnake Crossing Lakeshore Road
Nature
Grange to Host Wild Crafting and Cooking Class
The Whallonsburg Grange Hall will present a workshop covering the basics of identifying, sustainably harvesting, and cooking with roughly a dozen wild spring edibles. The course will include a field portion and a kitchen portion, beginning with a hunt for nearby wild foods. … [Read more...] about Grange to Host Wild Crafting and Cooking Class
West Champlain Hills: Our Bountiful Home
Most of us who live in New York’s Adirondack Park are here because it is a beautiful, relatively wild and natural place. Winters are hard to endure (and getting harder, from some vantage points, as they become more erratic and less consistently cold) and jobs hard to find (and … [Read more...] about West Champlain Hills: Our Bountiful Home
Local Wildlife Refuge Featured on PBS
Mountain Lake PBS's newest Mountain Lake Journal segment takes us inside the Adirondack Wildlife Refuge and Rehabilitation Center (www.adirondackwildlife.org) in in Wilmington, New York. The Adirondack Wildlife Refuge and Rehabilitation Center is a non-profit organization … [Read more...] about Local Wildlife Refuge Featured on PBS
Video: Crown Point Cougar?
Phil Brown broke a story in the Adirondack Almanack yesterday about an alleged big cat sighting just south of us in Crown Point, New York. The short, grainy video of the "Crown Point Cougar" is exciting, but still unverified. Here's what we know so far. [pullquote]It walks … [Read more...] about Video: Crown Point Cougar?