As winter grips the Adirondacks, many of us hunker down, embracing the season’s stillness. But beneath the snow and leaf litter, and in the crevices of trees, an essential group of residents is quietly enduring the cold—pollinators. These small but mighty creatures play a crucial role in our ecosystem, ensuring
Three Adirondack-based groups are offering owners of short-term rentals (STRs) a stipend to convert their properties to long-term rentals — a pilot program meant to help alleviate the region’s persistent housing shortage. Adirondack Roots, AdkAction and LivingADK are leading the program, which is supported with $20,000 in grants from Adirondack
On a freezing, windy Friday in November, AdkAction’s Project Manager Kim Trombly and Project Coordinator Kailey Maher stood on the capped landfill in Indian Lake, envisioning the transformation of this stark, barren landscape into a vibrant pollinator meadow. Despite the chilly winds that swept across the site, it was easy