[Read this first: "A Cat Walk through the Adirondacks – Part One."] My wandering the West Champlain Hills and Wester Foothills (as I like to call the low mountains west of the West Champlain Hills but east of the High Peaks) produced plenty of prey evidence, and many other … [Read more...] about A Cat Walk through the Adirondacks – Part Two
West Champlain Hills
A Cat Walk through the Adirondacks – Part One
Plotting their Heart of a Lion tour, the author of this outstanding book, Will Stolzenburg, and one of its main human characters, Chris Spatz, finally landed on a name for the famous Mountain Lion — Walker. As Will and Chris headed to southern New York and Connecticut for talks … [Read more...] about A Cat Walk through the Adirondacks – Part One
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
Weasels of Our Home: Terrestrial Mustelids
If you missed the first post in this series, find it here and read an introduction to our local Weasel family members and the aquatic mustelids who live here: "Weasels of Our Home: Aquatic Mustelids." Now I will introduce the terrestrial mustelids of our region. Terrestrial … [Read more...] about Weasels of Our Home: Terrestrial Mustelids
Split Rock Wildway: Protecting Biological Riches
[This is the third in a four-part series describing the Split Rock Wildway and the importance of an extensive wildlife corridor in the Northeast. The first two parts are Split Rock Wildway: A Critical Wildlife Corridor and Where is the Split Rock Wildway? The final installment … [Read more...] about Split Rock Wildway: Protecting Biological Riches