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Tag: Lake Placid NY
Re-Wilding of the Intervale Lowlands
In 2009, biologist Larry Master and his wife, Nancy, bought 135 acres of woods, fields, flowing water, and floodplain near Lake Placid in the Adirondack Mountains. Their mission: to make the property sing with songbirds, to convert its mowed fields to meadows full of native plants and animals, and to identify and monitor its wildlife…
C’est Magnifique! Avalanche Pass Lifts The Spirits As Well As Any Summit
To get there and back requires a ten-mile hike beginning and ending at Adirondack Loj, near Lake Placid. Yet the rewards gained are as impressive as those delivered by any of the region’s celebrated summits. This is valley bottom that soars high on the Adirondack hiker’s bucket list. Get the low-down and see what’s up…
Local Heroes
3 police officers in Lake Placid, NY are being honored for their quick-thinking and heroics. They rushed to the aid of a man who had collapsed outside a village market. Luckily, the officers now carry defibrillators in their police cars, which they used, as well as performing CPR to save the man’s life.