Adirondacks

The Adirondack Park Agency has completed a series of public hearings on amendments to the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan and is taking public comment.

New York environmental advocates and others are tempering their expectations as to how Zeldin’s leadership of the Environmental Protection Agency might affect the regional environment.

The Adirondack Park Agency is planning three public hearings on amendments to the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan.

The Adirondack Council has issued its latest “State of the Park” report reviewing government actions and the status of the 6 million acres of protected lands in New York.

Albany civil rights icon Dr. Alice Green has died.

It’s been a rainy summer in much of the region. But in Northern New York and the Adirondacks, tourism officials say it hasn’t dampened visitor enthusiasm for traveling to the region.

In the Adirondack region, reaction is mixed to news that DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos plans to step down, although most are disappointed to hear the news.

Environmental and hiking groups are teaming with the Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism to caution people considering a backcountry hike in the Adirondacks during the upcoming April eclipse.

Amy Godine’s new book, "The Black Woods,"- chronicles the history of Black pioneers in New York's northern wilderness.Amy Godine has been writing and speaking about ethnic, migratory, and Black Adirondack history for more than three decades. Exhibits she has curated include "Dreaming of Timbuctoo" at the John Brown Farm State Historic Site in North Elba, New York.

A partnership of five Adirondack economic development organizations has issued an agenda for 2024 focused on actions to support the future of the region’s economy.