January 2010 - Posts
Massena’s upcoming 2010 Massena Winter Carnival is being held February 4-7. North Adirondack New York land recreational activities will be showcased. The big draw will be the Massena Dash, an International Sled Dog Racing Association-sanctioned event. Dog sledding, or “mushing”, races will be the primary events. Skijoring races will also be held.
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Just an hour from Syracuse or Watertown in Oswego County New York, we have New York acreage for sale just outside of Winona State Forest, which has a winter festival starting this weekend.
Winona State Forest land is in the heart of the Tug Hill plateau in NY, an area east of Lake Ontario that is famous for its lake effect snow during the winter. At 200-300 inches per winter season, it has the highest snowfall east of the Rocky Mountains.
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Snow is New York's greatest winter natural resource in the Tug Hill land region and the Adirondack land region. Recreational enthusiasts were waiting in fall 2009 for the snow to start falling so they could commence their favorite activities, such as snowmobiling, snow shoeing, cross country skiing, dog sledding, ice fishing, ice climbing, and other winter outdoor activities.
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National efforts to pass No Child Left Inside legislation has been gaining support in recent years, including here in New York.
While I don't know the specifics of the proposed bill that is pending in Congress, I do know that there are an awful lot of kids growing up in urban environments that don't get a chance to truly experience the joys of the outdoors.
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Owners of Adirondack land and ornithology hobbyists have long enjoyed the wonderful diversity of the Adirondack bird population, and over the 2009 Christmas holidays, volunteer bird watchers in the Adirondack region went out and recorded bird sightings in their area. Here are the preliminary holiday season bird counts.
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