Stillwater Mountain is a short and easy hike to a small mountain with a firetower in the western Adirondacks Stillwater Mountain 0.95 miles (1.9 miles round-trip) Webb, Herkimer County Western Adirondacks Hiking, Snowshoeing Level of [...]
This is the fourth article in a series that looks at three possible constitutional amendments to Article 14, Section 1 that are being debated in 2020. This article looks at the issue of utilizing Forest [...]
Updated July 28, 2020 Since the state's first documented case on March 1st, Coronavirus (COVID-19) has spread to all corners of New York State. As of state reporting through July 27th there were 412,878 confirmed [...]
Protect the Adirondacks has reviewed the options for the future of the Camp Gabriels complex, a former state prison in the Town of Brighton in Franklin County in the northern Adirondack Park. The site is [...]
Ferd's Bog is a 0.6-mile round-trip easy hike to a boardwalk that extends deep into a complex and lovely bog. Ferd's Bog 0.3 miles (0.6 miles round trip) Raquette Lake, Hamilton County Central Adirondacks Hiking, [...]
Cat Mountain is an easy going 3-mile hike in the mountains west of Lake George above Bolton Landing Cat Mountain 3 miles (6 miles round trip) Bolton, Warren County Southern Adirondacks Hiking, Snowshoeing, Cross-country skiing [...]
Protect the Adirondacks has long believed that an amendment to Article 14, Section 1 is needed for the Mt. Van Hoevenberg Winter Olympic Sports Complex At the Mt. Van Hoevenberg Winter Olympic Sports Complex, the [...]
Article 14, Section 1, of the New York Constitution, the famed “Forever Wild” provision, has been amended 16 times since 1938. It has been amended five times since 2007, making this period the most active [...]
Crane Mountain and Crane Mountain Pond make a great trip that shows the rugged and varied terrain of the southern Adirondacks Crane Mountain, Crane Mountain Pond 1.4 miles (2.8 miles round trip); 2.7 miles (5.4 [...]
Spruce Mountain is a short hike in Saratoga County that provides great views of the rolling foothills in the southern Adirondacks from a restored firetower Spruce Mountain 1.3 miles (2.6 miles round trip) Corinth, Saratoga [...]
