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Outdoors

CATS awarded $100,000 grant to expand community engagement

WESTPORT — Champlain Area Trails recently announced that it has received a $100,000 grant from the New York State’s Environmental Protection Fund to create a new position in the organization, focused on community outreach and engagement initiatives. The new staff member will create and ...

ADK to host BioBlitz Saturday at Cascade Welcome Center

LAKE PLACID — The Adirondack Mountain Club will be hosting a free BioBlitz event on Saturday, June 24 at Cascade Welcome Center. Surrounded by 200 acres of forest and wetland, Cascade Welcome Center is home to a variety of ecosystems that have yet to be explored by naturalists. ADK is ...

It’s a boom year for blackflies in the Lake Placid region

LAKE PLACID — It’s not your imagination — the blackflies are really biting this year. Lake Placid and surrounding areas are reporting an “unusually abundant” blackfly population in 2023, despite the widespread application of a pesticide that’s meant to kill blackfly larvae before ...

It’s a boom year for blackflies

LAKE PLACID — It's not your imagination — the blackflies are really biting this year. Lake Placid and surrounding areas are reporting an "unusually abundant" blackfly population in 2023, despite the widespread application of a pesticide that's meant to kill blackfly larvae before they ...

Phase 2 construction of Adirondack Rail Trail begins

As construction of the second phase of the Adirondack Rail Trail between Saranac Lake and Floodwood Road in Santa Clara was expected to start on Thursday, June 1, the state is telling people to stay off approximately 24 miles of the 34-mile-long trail between Lake Placid, Saranac Lake and Santa ...