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Forest Rangers Recover Bodies; Make Rescues; Fight Wildfire
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents throughout New York State locating…
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Lake George’s 1758 Land Tortoise Shipwreck
The radeau (raft) Land Tortoise was built in 1758 during the French and Indian War as part of a British…
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Erie Canal Engineering Problems Lecture Set For Thursday
Trial and error, incredible human drama, and engineering derring-do played key roles in solving engineering problems posed by the construction…
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A State Park That Remembers Roberto Clemente
Along with Jackie Robinson Day on April 15, Roberto Clemente Day on September 15 is a bookend to the Major League…
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Turtlehead Tests Bumblebee Mettle – New York Almanack
Among the blooming perennials of late summer is one that guards its secrets closely. The lock-box blossoms of white turtlehead…
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Adirondack Trail Reopens Following Moose Death
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has reopened the popular Goodman Mountain trail in the Horseshoe Lake…
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Poetry: Taking Down Fences – New York Almanack
Taking Down Fences Cutting each wire I painstakingly twistedinto artful steel nooses,working past each stubborn staple I hammeredinto the unyielding…
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Hello NY ALMK readers and a Happy New Year. If I could add here my encouragement to each of you…
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Adirondack Wild Announces 2025 Awards
The nonprofit advocate Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve will present their annual awards during the organization’s meeting on…
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1885: Colonial Relics Found Near A Lake George Church
The July 19, 1887 issue of the Glens Falls Daily Times newspaper declared that Isaac Crandall had “no superior as…
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