WESTPORT — A record year for winter rescues of iced-in loons in the Adirondacks continued this month when five common loons were rescued Sunday on Lake Champlain.
From left to right: Photo: Susan Dornan, Ft. Edward, NY, Photo: Dwight Stevenson, Saranac Lae and Photo: Colin O Connor
Susan Dornan from Ft. Edward snapped a photo (left) of two sisters hiking Shelving Rock Falls in Lake George. Dwight Stevenson from Saranac Lake shot a gorgeous view from a paddle on Lower Cascade Lake (center) and Colin O Connor captured a thrilling view of a climber above Chapel Pond.
Your photos also showcase the joy of summer in the North Country, like the photo from Marjorie Kaniehtonkie Skidders of kids cooling off in the water.
Every day is Camp Day. Photo: Marjorie Kaniehtonkie Skidders
Feb 8, 2021 KEENE The Adirondack Land Trust is hosting an online discussion and field trip showcasing the Northern Forest Atlas, a collection of print and digital graphic tools created in 2011 to document the region’s current biology and provide tools for the next generation to study and protect it. At 10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9, Northern Forest Atlas Director Jerry Jenkins will present a virtual introduction to the atlas’s free online resources, including photographs and videos, and will also give a brief botany lesson from northernforestatlas.org. Registration for the online event is at adirondacklandtrust.org/events. At 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, Adirondack Land Trust staff and Northern Forest Atlas volunteers will lead winter botany field trips at a 600-acre property the land trust protects in the town of Jay. Botanists Ray Curran and Dan Spada will teach atlas lessons on short hikes. Field trip groups will be kept small as a COVID-19 precaution.