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The Education Pivot: Creating Digital School Programs
The following appeared in the 2021 May/Jun issue of Adirondac Magazine By Laura Rappaport, Publications Director “Mayfly Maggie” and “Tamarack Tom” left the Adirondacks for the first time in the 2020– [...]
Conservation and Advocacy Report – May 2021
The following is a summary of key conservation and advocacy efforts by ADK. Interested in learning more? Subscribe to our email list and to our bi-monthly magazine, Adirondac. On the Ballot: Environme [...]
Summer Clothing Layers for Hiking
By Tyler Socash, Education Programs Coordinator “Dress for success” is a phrase we’re probably all familiar with. It’s an old adage from the business world, but it also applies to outdoor recreation. [...]
How to Read a Map
By Tyler Socash, Education Programs Coordinator One of the most critical items that should come with us on any outdoor adventure is a physical map of the area that we are recreating in. Maps can tell [...]
How to Be Good Visitors in Bear Habitat
The following appeared in the 2021 Mar/Apr issue of Adirondac Magazine By Bobby Clark, High Peaks Information Center Manager There is a common saying among outdoor recreators: “A fed bear is a dead be [...]
ADK and DackMap Announce Partnership
Both parties aim to minimize backcountry impacts through hiker education Lake Placid, NY – March 29, 2021 – ADK (Adirondack Mountain Club) and DackMap, a live-based map application, have announced a p [...]
ADK applauds increase to EPF, reauthorizing bond act in one-house budget proposals
March 18, 2021—Albany, NY—Last weekend, the New York State Senate and Assembly posted their respective budget proposals in response to the Governor’s Executive Budget that rolled out in January. ADK a [...]
Trekking Poles: Essential Tool or Silly Affectation?
The following appeared in the 2021 Mar/Apr issue of Adirondac Magazine By Tom Welch I have been accused, often rightfully, of a lot of things. “Set in his ways” is not one of these. Over the years, I [...]
High Peaks Advisory Group Releases Final Report
Report pushes for investments into education, stewardship programs Lake Placid, NY – March 5, 2020 – The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has released a list of recommenda [...]
ADK releases updated edition of best-selling High Peaks guidebook
Changes reflect new zoning, recent additions to the High Peaks Wilderness Lake Placid, NY – March 1, 2021 – The brand-new 15th edition of High Peaks Trails, the flagship of ADK’s (Adirondack Mountain [...]
Skiing the High Peaks Periphery
The following appeared in the 2021 Jan/Feb issue of Adirondac Magazine The upcoming new edition of ADK’s guidebook to the High Peaks contains numerous trails that offer mostly easy to moderate ski tr [...]
NYS Assembly Passes a Green Amendment
The Right to Clean Air & Water Now Up to NY Voters in November Albany, NY–February 9, 2021–Today, the New York State Assembly joined their Senate colleagues in passing A.1368/S.528, a bill to add [...]
OSI and ADK Move to File Brief Supporting NYSDEC in Adirondack Tree Cutting Case
Groups urge ruling in favor of a balanced approach between preservation and public access Albany, NY—February 2, 2021—The Open Space Institute (OSI) and ADK (Adirondack Mountain Club) have moved to jo [...]
The Leave No Trace Basics
Say hello to the great outdoors! Now that you’re here, you are invited to help keep these places healthy and beautiful. As people are getting outside in record numbers, the need to put Leave No Trace [...]
ADK Releases Statements on 2021-2022 State Executive Budget Proposal
ADK applauds Governor Cuomo for maintaining wildland and recreational access protections in 2021-2022 executive budget proposal Albany, NY – January 20, 2021 – In a series of State of the State presen [...]
Do You Hop, Bound, Step, or Amble?
By Maggie Newell, ADK Outreach Coordinator A fresh layer of snow reveals what creatures are sneaking around when no one is looking. Excellent camouflage, nocturnal habits, and good hearing help many a [...]