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Beech Leaf Disease, first detected in the Lake George watershed in July, 2023 and which has since spread throughout the state-designated Lake George Wild Forest, will be among the topics discussed at “Eastern Hemlocks, Forest Health and Threats to ... Read More

Three towns in Warren County – Lake George, Bolton and Horicon – are among those with hamlets where median home sale prices range from $600,000 to $900,000 – among the highest in upstate New York. But drive a few miles inland and the picture is ... Read More

This year marks the 130th anniversary of the adoption of the state constitutional clause that declares the Adirondack Forest Preserve “forever wild,” prohibiting the sale or leasing of state-owned woodlands to lumber companies and banning the ... Read More

Conservation requires a long view, into a future we cannot even begin to anticipate. “When we do land conservation, we don’t always know how the map will unfold in the decades to come,” said Mike Horn, the Lake George Land Conservancy’s ... Read More

Few bodies of water have a scientific pedigree of any sort, let alone one as impressive as Lake George’s. The lake was a summer laboratory for those who worked in General Electric’s Research Lab, the so-called House of Magic. Among them: Guy ... Read More

Five generations of Dahlgrens have spent their summers on Heart Bay, and for every one of them, the 1937 Lyman berthed in the historic boathouse is as cherished as any family member – perhaps more so. Fran Sisca, the owner of Hague’s Mountain ... Read More

American Power Boat Association-sanctioned racing on Lake George did not end with the 1935 Gold Cup races. From 1954 to 1964, another class of boat (and racers, for that matter) competed for prizes and acclaim – as this summer’s exhibit at the ... Read More

With another strategic land acquisition, Bolton Landing is one step closer to realizing its ambitious plan to become a recreation hub of the southeastern Adirondacks.   The Lake George Land Conservancy (LGLC) has purchased a 30-acre corridor ... Read More

Founded in the 1880s by Congregationalist ministers and for decades a feeder for New England’s toniest prep schools, Camp Dudley is steeped in its own, unique traditions. Among them, it may be surprising to learn, is a pioneering, prevenient ... Read More

An industrial-sized, intermunicipal composting facility, capable of managing the county’s commercial and residential waste, could divert compostable material such as food scraps, brush and leaves from Warren County’s waste stream, shrinking it by ... Read More