Adirondack Explorer

Seven issues a year devoted to the enjoyment and protection of the Adirondack Park. In-depth writing and vivid photography bring the Adirondacks to life in tales of recreational adventure, coverage of environmental and policy issues and exploration of the communities that make up this unique six-million acre park.

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Adirondack Explorer

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Letters

Lake Champlain’s hidden treasures • 250 years after Americans clashed with British forces on waters off Valcour Island, underwater archaeologists race against time to save Revolutionary War relics

I’m so afraid of the water I learned to scuba dive • An Explorer reporter’s journey to visit one of Lake Champlain’s 300+ underwater shipwrecks

Trying to make sense of treason • Benedict Arnold biography examines the American Revolution hero who later betrayed the cause

A dream takes shape • Mountain biking meets modern-day general store in Elizabethtown venture

Mountain biking boom • Inside the movement that’s been quietly reshaping Elizabethtown

‘Thunderstruck’ • How a Florida security firm—and over a thousand concerned citizens—forced the Adirondack Park Agency’s first formal hearing in more than a decade

Skiing at 90 • Whiteface's 50-plus ski group proves it’s never too late to learn new tricks

The Holey Boulders of Snowy Mountain • A geological mystery years in the making

Viewpoint: Focus on community needs, not more acreage

Book review: Defining Adirondack wilderness

Viewpoint: How our bodies can foster new life after death

Wild side: The woodchuck’s deep sleep

Birdwatch

Last page Gardening in the winter