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  1. MikeT

    NYS DEC Issues Backcountry Advisory

    NYS DEC has issued advisory that all backcountry travelers be out of the woods and off the water by sundown on Sunday (10/28/2012). Fish Creek camground rerservations cancelled for next week. See link below...
  2. MikeT

    Storm Hits North Country

    Don't know how yesterday afternoon's storm may impact back country travel (e.g. trees down on trails and in campgrounds): http://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/page/content.detail/id/531904/Storms-blast-region.html National Public Radio reported this morning (see paragraph at the end of...
  3. MikeT

    Cranberry Lake, NY: 2012 Paddling Season

    Put in today at Cranberry Lake Village swimming beach and paddled straight down the middle of the lake to Joe Indian Island. Paddled around Joe Indian and then returned with rest stops at shoreline Camp Site #1 (this site is now closed to camping due to overuse) and the NY State Campground...
  4. MikeT

    Cranberry Lake, NY: 2011 paddling Season

    As of yesterday afternoon (April 15th), the main body of Cranberry Lake had not opened. Cranberry Lake Lodge has a web cam that looks out onto the main body of the lake: http://www.cedarpath.com/crancam.html Currently (as of 5:00 pm on April 16th) 14 mph winds in the area, with a wind advisory...
  5. MikeT

    Looking for Information/Advice

    Looking for information/advice on alternatives to litigation as a means for expanding paddlers’ access, for example: The Northern Forest Canoe Trail: http://www.northernforestcanoetrail.org/ Maine Island Trail Association: http://www.mita.org/ Friends of Northern Lake Champlain...
  6. MikeT

    Explorer Legal Defense Fund

    http://www.adkforum.com/showthread.php?t=14964 Certainly this topic is currently generating alot of interest on the ADK Forum. And .... Certainly there is always two sides to the story. Mike
  7. MikeT

    Almost The Last Trip Of North Country Paddling Season

    Carted my canoe a block to the neighborhood put in; and spent a lovely couple of hours on Hannawa Pond, an impoundment of the Raquette River, across the street from my house. Air temps were running around 18 deg F, snow on the ground and a slight wind. Had to persuade a bit of ice to let me put...
  8. MikeT

    Editor sued in paddling dispute

    http://www.paddling.net/message/showThread.html?fid=chat&tid=1351618 http://www.adkforum.com/showthread.php?t=14736&page=4 http://www.adkforum.com/showthread.php?t=14750
  9. MikeT

    QCC 700 Feathercraft Rudder Conversion

    Would like to thank both gjgf12 and water_walker, http://www.paddling.net/message/showThread.html?fid=advice&tid=1279481 whose posts have got me thinking about how to convert the Feathercraft rudder on my 2007 QCC 700 to a fixed foot brace rudder system. Bit of background: both my other two...
  10. MikeT

    Cranberry Lake - 2010 Paddling Season

    Check out Paul Conklin's great early season Cranberry trip report: http://www.paddling.net/message/showThread.html?fid=chat&tid=1269702 A report of my Saturday (April 10th) day paddle on Cranberry Lake follows: Saturday’s internet weather report was for “snow mist”, air temps in the low 30’s...
  11. MikeT

    Issues of Paddlers' Navigation Rights

    recently raised by an Adirondack Explorer article appear to not be going away any time soon: http://www.adirondackexplorer.org/stories/lila.php http://www.vftt.org/forums/showthread.php?t=32931&highlight=Navigation+rights http://www.adkforum.com/showthread.php?t=6214 IMO paddlers' navigation...
  12. MikeT

    New Boats for 2010

    Both Placid Boatworks and Hornbeck have fast movers in the pipeline for 2010: http://www.adkforum.com/showthread.php?t=13000 http://www.adkforum.com/showthread.php?t=12920 Mike
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