Type: Landscape

Habitat description: The Adirondack Mountains are an unusual geological formation located in the northeastern lobe of Upstate New York in the United States. The mountains rise in Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Lewis, St. Lawrence, Saratoga, Warren, and Washington counties. They are the only mountains in Eastern U.S that aren’t geographically Appalachian.

Type: animal

Habitat description: River otters can be found in streams, lakes, reservoirs, wetlands and along marine coasts in all states and territories of the United States and Canada.River otters live in all types of habitats. The only consistency with these habitats is accessible high quality water and an abundant food supply. A river otter will only settle in a location with sufficient coverage, usually vegetation or physical structures, such as rock piles.

Icicles in Sunlight
taken March 26th on the way up Azure Mountain in Waverly, NY

Walking along the Raquette River at the Stone Valley trail in Colton, we saw some beautiful, snowy sights. I took many pictures here because the scenes were so beautiful, and this is one of my favorites. At the time, many of the waterfalls were frozen with water rapidly flowing beneath the icy caps. During the spring, Raquette River has a huge problem with flooding, to the point where in some spots, trees have suffered greatly because of the flooding.

Into the Forest
Taken Wednesday January 29th at Paul Smith’s College in Paul Smith’s, NY

View from Azure Mountain; Waverly, NY
taken on the top of Azure mountain on March 26th at approximately 2:30pm

This photo was also taken during our Stone Valley Lab in Colton, NY on February 12th . This was one of the only photos I took this day that accurately portrays how drastic the conditions were that day.

Stone Valley is a classic Adirondack rafting river that attracts people from hours away. The noted difference from other rivers in the region is that the rapids are much closer together in Stone Valley. The first mile drops 200' through seven distinct rapids separated on average by 100-200 yards. The greatest distance between any two rapids is only 400 yards.

This was a photo I took on February 23rd, 2014 of my friend Alex Ball when we went fishing at the St. Regis River. The photo was taken from a bridge that goes over this part of the river.

Habitat Description: This photo was taken along a stretch of the St. Regis River. The St. Regis River is 86 miles long and originates from the St. Lawrence River and flows southward through New York. During my visit to the river, the majority of it was frozen over, but there was a small part of the river exposed.

The day after a March blizzard, a friend and I set off from the ADK Loj for an attempt on Mt. Marshall. Avalanche Lake was frozen solid, enabling us to avoid the chutes and ladders of the established trail and hike directly across the lake ice. The steep walls of the gorge were spectacular, but also funneled the bitter wind directly into our faces. We reached the base of Mt. Marshall later than expected, and discovered that the trail had not been broken recently.