I muttered to myself, “Mama didn’t raise a coward.” Stepping up to hole 16 at the BarkEater Disc Golf Course (on Osgood Pond) in Paul Smiths, I grabbed a driver from my bag and ignored the shorter tee box. Shorter tee boxes are for cowards. Thus reassured that it was nothing less than ...

Staring at the sign at the Dewey Mountain Disc Golf Course in Saranac Lake, I started to philosophize. What does “NEXT TEE” really mean? Maybe I was taking the sign too literally. There certainly weren’t any tees around. Could it be some sort of statement on my choice of clothing? ...

LAKE PLACID — In its mid-season report, the Adirondack High Peaks Summit Stewardship Program reported a busier-than-average spring followed by a drop in visitor contacts to start the summer hiking season. On the four peaks with the most coverage by stewards — Marcy, Algonquin, Wright ...

LAKE PLACID — As her one-hour shift began on the shore of Mirror Lake for the New York Annual Loon Census Saturday morning, July 15, Carol Pinney took out her clipboard and wrote down “Sunny, Calm” in the weather portion of her report. Soon after — while blue jays and song sparrows ...

LAKE PLACID — Officials at the Mirror Lake Watershed Association recently began checking off items on their list to become certified as a loon-friendly lake through the Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation. Now entering its fourth year, the Adirondack Loon-Friendly Lake ...

While taking photos of a swimmer on Mirror Lake at Mid’s Park in Lake Placid — shortly after 8 a.m. Saturday, July 15 as he was reporting on the New York Annual Loon Census — Lake Placid News Editor Andy Flynn captured images of an osprey swooping in, splashing down, and snatching a ...