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The Union Club’s Camp on Big Moose Lake
The Club Camp is often mentioned as the first permanent structure built on Big Moose Lake in the Adirondacks. The word permanent is rather ironic as this hunting and fishing establishment had a...
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Adirondack Wildfire: The Destruction of Long Lake West
Over the years I have put my canoe into Adirondack waters at the Lows Lake Lower Dam (Bog River Dam, 1907) and paddled the meandering Bog River Flow upstream to Hitchins Pond. From there you can carry...
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Recent Statewide Forest Ranger Mission Highlights
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents in the around New York State. Working with other state agencies, local emergency response...
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Forest Rangers Aid Paddlers, Hikers, Equestrian; Fight Fire
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents in the around New York State. Working with other state agencies, local emergency response...
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Rangers Respond to Marcy, Azure Mtn, Katterskill, Indian Head, Wildfire
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents in the around New York State. Working with other state agencies, local emergency response...
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Science of Burning Fresh Firewood vs Dry
I’m told there is a Zen Buddhist saying that goes “Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.” The idea, I think, is to be mindful of the ordinary tasks...
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DEC Wildland Firefighters Return From Colorado
On November 3rd, DEC welcomed back the State’s fourth team of volunteer wildland firefighters from the Divisions of Forest Protection, Lands and Forests, and Fish and Wildlife that were deployed to...
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Remembering The Big Blowdown of 1950
The Adirondacks are prone to powerful windstorms, isolated tornadoes, and occasional hurricanes, derechos, and microbursts. Perhaps the second most destructive of these in modern Adirondack history...
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A Tannery Fire Transformed Kaydeross Valley Communities
Today the crossing of Middle Line Road and Geyser Road in Saratoga County contains a few houses and a small parking lot to access the Kayaderosseras Creek. But in the mid-1800s, it was the site of a...
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Residential Brush Burning Now Prohibited in NYS
The annual statewide ban prohibiting residential brush burning will begin March 16th, and run through May 14th. With spring approaching, DEC is reminding residents that conditions for wildfires are...
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Rangers Respond To Brush Fire, Hiker Rescues On Marcy, Hunter Mt
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents in the Adirondacks. Working with other state agencies, local emergency response...
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Rangers Respond: Brush Fire, Buck Mt, High Tor, Hudson Highlands & More
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents in the Adirondacks. Working with other state agencies, local emergency response...
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Prescribed Burn At Shawangunk Grasslands
On March 15th, NYS State Department of Conservation Forest Rangers in Region 3 assisted the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) with a prescribed burn at the Shawangunk Grasslands National...
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Residential Brush Burning Prohibited Through May 14th
Open burning of debris is the largest single cause of spring wildfires in New York State. When temperatures are warmer and the past fall’s debris and leaves dry out, wildfires can start and spread...
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Rangers Respond: Lost Child, Illegal Fires, Injured Lake George Hiker
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents in the Adirondacks. Working with other state agencies, local emergency response...
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Corinth’s 1919 German–American Club Fire
In the early morning hours of July 4, 1919, a fire alarm was sounded in the village of Corinth, Saratoga County. Many residents thought some kids were celebrating Independence Day a bit early, but when...
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Belmont’s Terminal Course Survived Dark Days of Horse Racing
Steeplechase and hunt racing have long annals in the Empire State, and with more interest recently in turf racing, some long forgotten aspects of this history in New York are interesting to explore. A...
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A Canal Gunpowder Blast: The Day Verona Beach’s Waterfront Was Razed
The Oneida County resorts of Sylvan and Verona Beach are located on the sandy eastern shore of Oneida Lake. This twenty-two mile lake, and its geographic orientation, affords this setting spectacular...
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Rangers Respond to Lost Hiker at Breakneck Ridge, Debris Fire in Brookhaven
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents throughout New York State. Working with other state agencies, local emergency response...
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The Destruction of Gerrit Smith’s Mansion
Historical research using old newspapers fascinates but also frustrates me. Had you read the March 5th, 1936 edition of The Cazenovia Republican you would have learned that the historic Gerrit Smith...
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