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The fourth annual Southern Adirondack Local Food & Craft Beverage Festival at the Warrensburgh Riverfront Farmers’ Market will be held Friday, June 21st from 3 to 6 pm. Warrensburgh Beautification Inc., in partnership with the Warrensburg Chamber of Commerce, will be offering samplings of locally grown and prepared foods by area restaurants and farms to compliment tastings of wine, beer and spirits. » Continue Reading.
Local Food & Craft Beverage Festival in Warrensburg
NYS Tree Nursery Honors Forest Preserve Advocate
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has announced they have renamed the State Tree Nursery in Saratoga Springs the “Colonel William F. Fox Memorial Saratoga Tree Nursery.”
Born William Freeman Fox on January 11, 1840, in Ballston Spa, just miles from the tree nursery on Route 50, he studied engineering at Union College for three years. In 1862, at 22, Fox joined the Army of the Potomac as a Captain commanding Company C of the 107th New York Volunteer Infantry. Shortly afterward, he saw his first combat in at the Battle of Antietam, considered among the bloodiest days in U.S. history. Fox was wounded in this battle, as well as at the Battle of Chancellorsville, where he served as a Major, and the Battle of Resaca, where he served as a Lieutenant Colonel. He was discharged from the U.S. Army on July 8, 1864.
No Evidence of Native Cougars in the Adirondacks
Before the 19th century, cougars were abundant across the American continent. In fact, the cougar was the most widely distributed land mammal in the Western Hemisphere. They were found in forests from tropical to boreal; from Chile to the Canadian Yukon.
A lion living in the Arizona desert may appear different than one living in the coniferous forests of British Columbia or the freshwater marshes of Florida, but genetically, they’re the same animal, Puma concolor. Taxonomists classify cougars from different regions by subspecies, however. Examples are the North American cougar, Eastern cougar, Western mountain lion, and Florida panther. They’re also called pumas and catamounts. » Continue Reading.
Volunteer Fire Assistance Grants Available
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has announced they are accepting applications for federally funded Volunteer Fire Assistance grants. The deadline for applications is June 28, 2019. » Continue Reading.
Challenge Lets Hikers Step Up for Addiction Medicine
Registration is open for the Above & Beyond Challenge, which kicks off this month for the second year. Hikers will help raise awareness and generate funds to support the increasing needs of Saratoga Community Health Center’s Addiction Medicine Program. The physician-led program launched in March 2017 and is integrated into the Center’s primary care and behavioral health services.
Nearly 18,000 children and adults in Saratoga County have been estimated to be struggling with substance use disorders and addiction. » Continue Reading.
Conservation Minute: Conservation in a Changing Climate
Conservation efforts at the national and global scale are increasingly considering climate change, and with good reason. Extreme weather events – increased incidence or prolonged periods of drought, cold, heat, or heavy rainfall – are impacting traditional ways of life around the world with greater regularity.
While we often think of the Adirondacks as being a protected haven in the Northeast, those who’ve lived here or visited for years know that we are not immune to a changing climate. » Continue Reading.
Wild Turkey Nests
Last June I was walking through our field when I flushed a wild turkey hen. She emerged from the raspberry patch just a few feet away from me. I parted the thorny canes to reveal a nest on the ground lined with dried grass and containing nine large, creamy eggs, speckled with brown.
Since we were planning to have the field mown to control invasive wild chervil, I set stakes topped with orange flagging near the nest. The man we had hired to mow was a turkey hunter, and he was happy to give the nest a wide berth. » Continue Reading.
Grant To Make Purchasing Local Food Easier
Locating and purchasing local food will become easier for North Country grocers, restaurants, schools and institutions when a new ordering platform goes online.
The Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA) has been awarded a $10,000 grant through Adirondack Foundation’s Generous Acts Program to help develop and promote a web-based ordering system that will more easily connect wholesale buyers with locally grown and processed foods such as vegetables, meat, eggs, dairy and value-added products. » Continue Reading.
26th Annual ‘Becoming an Outdoors-Woman’ Workshop
Registration for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) 26th annual Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW) workshop opens Monday, June 17.
The BOW workshop will be held from Sept. 13-15, 2019, at the Silver Bay YMCA Conference and Family Retreat Center on Lake George in the Adirondacks. » Continue Reading.
Poetry: Beloved Camp
Beloved Camp
The ties that find, nurture and bind,
That bring them home from where they roam,
Epicenter, here they enter,
Family land, from hand to hand.
King trees enclose this place that grows,
Within the heart, when far apart,
Its living lake, their thirst does slake.
Cabin of wood through decades stood,
It held them strong, brought them along,
From child to man, they hiked and ran,
They rowed in boats, their tubes afloat,
They swam with loons, heard cricket tunes,
Walked on the beach, sweet laughter reached
From shore to shore, they echoed more,
Hiked peaks so bold, then cooked on coals,
The bounty sown on land hard-grown,
They say their grace to bless this place.
In summer breeze with songs of leaves,
All rest their heads in downy beds,
And vow they’ll come with each year’s sun,
Their spirits, kindred, every one
Featured Trail: New Wolf Pond Trail and Lean-to
The Wolf Pond Trail and the Wolf Pond Lean-to are located in the central Adirondack town of North Hudson in Essex County.
Hikers and campers may access the 2.3-mile Wolf Pond Trail from Boreas River/Wolf Pond Parking Area on the Blue Ridge Road near the bridge over the Boreas River. » Continue Reading.
The Adirondacks Around The Web This Week
- Did Her Independence Sink APA Acting Chair Feldman?
- ‘Ethical gardening’ Makes Space for Pollinators
- A Leadership Vacuum at the APA (NCPR, ADE)
- Inside Fowler’s Zinc Mine in 1955, With Mucker Albert Gardner
- Watertown Business Owners Receive Nazi Hate Mail
- 40 Years of Self-Employment Trends in the Adirondacks
- Saranac Lake Golf Club in Ray Brook Turns 100
- Adirondack Paddling Industry Has Grown Over Decades
Father’s Day Frogs and Classic Cars in Old Forge
If your father appreciates the unique and unusual, perhaps Old Forge should be part of the Father’s Day program. With an all weekend classic/antique car show to an ugly tie fashion show, Old Forge is celebrating the men, caregivers, and mentors in our lives. » Continue Reading.
Warrensburgh Community Garden Spots Available
Applications are now available for a raised bed plot in the Warrensburgh Community Garden. The garden is the first element of the Paper Mill Park to be completed this year by the Town Parks & Recreation Department on the Schroon River. » Continue Reading.
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Latest Adirondack News
- Sentinel Range Plan Improvements Sought
- Arrest Follows I-87 High Speed Pursuit
- DEC Removing Westport Launch Sediments
- Home Healthcare Shortage Forum Set
- Champlain Heritage Project Grants
- Notifications | LinkedIn
- Stefanik Spreads Rumors About Biden
- Finch Spills 2M Gallons of Wastewater Into Hudson
- Stefanik's Bullies to 'Stifle Resistance' At Mtg
- Court Blocks Cedar River Snowmobile Bridge
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