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Special Detail Scheduled to Patrol Eastern High Peaks Wilderness This Weekend
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Denise M. Sheehan announced today that a special enforcement detail will be patrolling the Eastern High Peaks Wilderness on the weekend of August 18-20, 2006, to ensure compliance with regulations requiring overnight users to store all food, toiletries and garbage in a bear resistant canister.
“The goal of the bear resistant canister regulation is to significantly reduce negative human-bear interactions in the Eastern High Peaks,” said Commissioner Sheehan. “Lack of compliance with this regulation can lead to bears obtaining food from humans and becoming nuisance bears – a situation that has proven unsafe for bears and people.”
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Tags: bear·camp·dec·high peaks·hike·wildlife
Update Again: The Point Resort is back open for business.
Update: Hi all you PBS watching Adirondack Fans! Just so ya know, The Point was sold.
The Point was again mentioned as one of the world’s most luxurious and costly hotels. Anyone else, sick of hearing this? In all reality, for 99% of the existing world, this place doesn’t even exist. I’m not proud though, you can still donate to my Camp Fund (sidebar).
The Point, a Relais & Chateaux property in the Adirondacks that was once a Rockefeller Great Camp, has just 11 rooms, each with lake views and a chiseled-stone fireplace. Included in the room rate, which starts at $1,250 a night and puts it on our list of the priciest hotels, are activities such as fishing, horseback riding and golfing. All meals and alcoholic beverages are covered; guests fill out a dining survey weeks in advance of their stay to ensure that their desires are catered to.
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Tags: camp·heritage·lodging·saranac lake·tourism
Update: City Beach Closes for the Year (8/21/06)
The Plattsburgh city beach is now closed for the season.
Plattsburgh faced budget cuts this year, so the beach opened later and closed earlier than usual.
The beach usually stays open through Labor Day weekend.
Access is still available at the Cumberland Bay State Park adjacent to the City Beach. Alternative beaches on Lake Champlain include Point au Roche and Ausable Point.
City beach closed
The Plattsburgh City Beach and the Cumberland Bay State Park beach were closed Thursday and Friday as a result of storm runoff and subsequent high bacteria levels. This means the water is full of crap.
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Tags: beach·lake champlain·plattsburgh
