Living with Wilderness
‘Exploring Cabin Country’ Makes It to Print
Adirondac magazine has published our four-page feature, subtitled “Where Wilderness Preservation Began.” Our thanks to all who contributed to it.
Up Next: ‘How Skiing Came to North Creek’
A new member of the First Wilderness Story Collaboration, the Johnsburg Historical Society will help us develop ‘How Skiing Came to North Creek’ and the ‘Gore Mountain Story Cloud.’
The Year Ahead: Our Move into Spatial Storytelling
The First Wilderness Story Collaboration is developing the Gore Mountain Story Cloud. We’re hiring students to help us build it.
A New Form of Civic Journalism
Integrating the latest communications technologies widely used in journalism, public relations, marketing, and digital media, we’re demonstrating a new form of civic journalism that employs students as writers, designers, podcasters, videographers, and "spatial storytellers" in GPS.
A Civic Conversation with Andrea Hogan
Wearing three hats in public service, she reflected on the wealth of assets and opportunities that exist in the First Wilderness, along with the challenges that accompany daily life for those living in the wilderness.
The First Wilderness Corridor: Origin and Impact
Approaching retirement after 41 years of service, County Planner Wayne LaMothe reflects on the creation of the First Wilderness Heritage Corridor in 1998 and looks toward its future.
Warren County Launches Comprehensive Plan
The Warren County Board of Supervisors has approved a major comprehensive planning process to guide the development of the county into the future.
Protecting Water Quality in the First Wilderness
To counter Schroon Lake’s milfoil problem, Planning Department staff this summer will use GPS and GIS mapping technology to track the harvesting of this invasive aquatic plant in real time. They’re also digitizing historic harvesting data for inclusion on an online dashboard.
Identifying Sites for Affordable Housing
Confronting a severe shortage of rental and single family homes for the general workforce, seniors and lower income persons, the Planning Department and EDC Warren County will embark on a Housing Needs Analysis with the help of four students in Skidmore College’s Advanced GIS class.
An Agreement to Support Heritage Tourism
The joint publishing agreement we signed today with the Warren County Department of Planning and Community Development cements a one-year collaboration to strengthen heritage tourism in western Warren County.