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State announced the purchase of OK Slip Falls, Blue Ledge, Indian River confluence, and other lands today. Details here.

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Just posted on a blog on Protect the Adirondacks plan for the Finch lands. You can read it here. You also might be interested in an earlier piece on mountain-bike opportunities on the Finch lands and whether bikes should be allowed on certain trails in Wilderness.

We have now posted higher-res maps on both the Explorer and Almanack sites.

Because the maps on the Almanack site are hard to read, I posted them larger on the Explorer site. You can glean info from the maps not in the article. Click here to see the maps.

Adirondack Explorer obtained a copy of DEC's proposals for the Finch, Pruyn lands. You can read the story on Adirondack Almanack.

Come spring, it looks like paddlers will be able travel down the Hudson from Newcomb to the Goodnow River. Click here to see a map of the former Finch, Pruyn lands that will be open.

A little late, but DEC's Region 5 just released the ranger report for last August and September.

Adirondack Council's proposal to expand the High Peaks Wilderness should be of interest to hikers and paddlers. Read about it here.

Click here to read my review of "Life Under the Fast Lane," the guidebook authored by Tom DuBois.

State Police say a guide for Hudson River Rafting Co. was intoxicated when his client drowned in the Indian River yesterday morning. Click here to read story and news release.

DEC says it had no choice but to kill an injured bull moose in Wilmington Notch yesterday. Click here to read story.

I just posted an article on Adirondack Almanack about the changes to the ADK guidebooks. Read it here.