The Peru Gazette

Source: Virtual Adirondacks: Be an armchair traveler – – The Adirondack Almanack

Hunters in New York Harvested More than 224,000 Deer in 2019-20 DEC Tested More than 2,600 Deer and Continues to Find No Evidence of CWD The 2019 estimated deer take includes 103,787 antlerless deer and 120,403 antlered bucks. Statewide, this represents a nine percent decrease in antlerless harvest and a six percent increase in buck […]

LAKE PLACID, NY – In response to the impacts of COVID-19 in our region, Adirondack Foundation, in partnership with the United Way of the Adirondack Region. and other foundations and businesses, is activating a response fund to rapidly deploy flexible resources to help meet urgent community needs. An initial $400,000 is available to use immediately, […]

Source: Using outdoor skills during the coronavirus outbreak – – The Adirondack Almanack

Source: DEC and State Parks Encourage Responsible Recreation During COVID-19 Public Health Crisis

Source: Local history and Lessons in Resilience – – The Adirondack Almanack

Town of North Elba – Essex County Wilderness Rescue: On March 21 at 7:19 a.m., a caller contacted DEC’s Ray Brook Dispatch requesting assistance to locate a 46-year-old woman from Greenwich who was overdue from hiking Marcy, Skylight, and Gray trails. The caller was concerned because the subject began her hike the day before at […]

Source: Essex-Charlotte ferry crossing to close – Sun Community News & Printing

Source: New York’s Outdoors Are Open

Source: First case of COVID-19 found in Tri-Lakes | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Source: Mt Marcy, Influenza And Our Impulses To Protect Public Land – – The Adirondack Almanack

Dear Friends, With deep regret – but also with a good measure of relief – we must inform you that Jazz at the Fire Hall March 20-22 has been cancelled. It has taken the better part of a week for our drama to play out and point us in the right direction. We’ve had many […]

Source: Reinforcing Ticonderoga – Adirondack Explorer

By John T. Ryan Few people become an “ADK Winter Forty-Sixer” in the manner that Kelly Moody of Plattsburgh did last Saturday. When she completed her descent of 4,606 ft. high Redfield Mountain her husband Miles and a great group of hiking friends surprised her with cheers, whistles and hugs. Kelly had already earned her […]

Source: COVID-19 | NCPR: North Country Public Radio

Thanks to Donna Hamer for taking this beautiful photo this morning at Ausable Chasm.

Source: Port Henry: Hollywood of the East – – The Adirondack Almanack

Source: Zebra mussel larvae found in state’s largest hatchery – Sun Community News & Printing

Source: Glens Falls man died while hiking Dix Mountain – Sun Community News & Printing

Source: Depot Theatre unveils 2020 season – Sun Community News & Printing

Source: Breaking: Illegal Adirondack resort fined $438k, ordered to shut down | NCPR News

Cornell Cooperative Extension Clinton County is holding an informative workshop titled What You Should Know About Ticks on Thursday, March 19 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at our office located at 6064 State Route 22, Suite 5 in Plattsburgh. Ticks are a widespread problem in the North Country.  These vectors of disease require us to be vigilant […]

Source: Viewpoint: State Facilitating Unlimited Access to High Peaks – – The Adirondack Almanack

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents statewide. Working with other state agencies, local emergency response organizations, and volunteer search and rescue groups, Forest Rangers locate and extract lost, injured, or distressed people from the backcountry. Town of Clifton St. Lawrence County Wilderness Rescue: On Feb. […]