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SHOW #201 NORTHERN CHALLENGE ICE FISHING AND CURLING AT LAKE PLACID Join us as we kick off our second season with one of the largest ice fishing tournaments in the north country, The Northern Challenge on Lake Simond where prizes can be up to two ATV’s! We will also take a look at the ever increasing popularity of curling from the Lake Placid Arena in the second half of the show. In this show we start a new segment called the “tip of the week” and this weeks tip is on ice safety.
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#202 MOUNTAINFEST AND A WINTER CLIMB TO TALK WITH 46'er PEG MACKELLAR This show is dedicated to the women viewers in our audience as we visit Mountainfest and one of its instructors Kitty Calhoun as she teaches ice climbing for women. The second half of the show climbs a mountain in the winter to talk with Peg Mackellar a women winter 46’er and she has some harrowing tales to tell about her exploits at the top! This weeks tip is on what you should have in your pack on a winter hike.
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#203 SAVE THE FIRE TOWERS!!
OR NOT? Save the fire towers!! Or not? That is the question we explore as we hike Azure, Goodnow and Hurricane mountain towers both in the winter and summer. We will hear from 2 contrasting points of view on which towers should be saved and which removed.
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#204 MAPLE SYRUP, PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE IN THE ADIRONDACKS What’s all natural, golden brown, sweet and goes with everything from pancakes to peanuts? Why maple syrup of course! The Adirondacks have a rich history of maple syrup production and we will take a look at the past at the Haskell Yancey farms, the present with the Zehr family and the future at the Uhlein Research Center in lake Placid. Join us and help sample the finished product. This week tip is on taping a maple tree.
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#205 CHATEGUAY RIVER FLYFISHING WITH RICH GARFIELD If you remember any of last years shows you’ll remember that flyfishing is a passion of mine. We start off a series of three flyfishing shows at the little known (at least to tourists) Chateguay river in the northern part of the park. Rich Garfield from www.flyfishtheadirondacks.com joins us again to show us a sampling of this lesser known stream. Our “tip of the week” segment is on stream insect identification”
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#206 We continue our journey of fishing lesser known waters by visiting the Salmon River, no not the one near Pulaski but the “other” Salmon River near Malone. We are guided by Nick Copolla of Jones Outfitter’s in Lake Placid. Nick has a special love for this river and it comes out in his knowledge of its many varied stretches of water. We actually caught more fish than we could put on film. Our tip this week is on flytying our “go to” fly for that day.
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#207
BROOK TROUT FISHING NEAR CRANBERRY LAKE WITH RICK KOVACS This fishing trip took 3 separate visits to film as we tried to go early spring brook trout fishing in a remote pond north of Cranberry Lake. Good thing we were joined by our friends from Packbasket Adventures as on our first and second try we were hit with everything from icy rain to freezing rain and then the last try after a short stretch of hot weather that sent the brookies down deep. Our guide Rick Kovacs of Packbasket Adventures had to pull out every trick in his repertoire to get us some brookies. But the final meal of fresh brook trout at the end was worth it! Our tip this week is on a very helpful fish finding device for fishing ponds.
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#208 BEARS, MOOSE AND WOLVES.. OH MY! With our fishing segments over for the year we decide to take a look at all the BMW’s in the Park. No not the famous car company but bears, moose and wolves. It is a fascinating show as we are joined by Ken Kogut Regional Wildlife Manager and Ed Reed Wildlife Biologist of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. With the ever increasing number of moose collisions, bear confrontations and the possibility of wolf sightings this show has it all. Our tip is on the type and use of bear canisters.
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#209 TOUR FORT TICONDEROGA We travel to the far eastern part of the park to visit with Lisa Simpson Lutts, the Director of External Affairs for Fort Ticonderoga. Lisa will take us on a tour of the Fort discussing its rich history and latter we will visit with Heidi teRiele, the Forts horticulturalist to see the not so famous but incredibly beautiful Gardens of Fort Ti.
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#210 INTERNATIONAL PAPERS JOHN DILLON PARK If I had to describe one show we have done that will hopefully touch the lives of many viewers it is this one as we travel to just north of Long Lake to visit a very special place. Until recently a real wilderness experience was inaccessible to people with disabilities but not any more. International Paper, Paul Smiths College, the Town of Long Lake and the State of New York work together to realize the dream of former International Paper Chairman John T. Dillon’s vision for an Adirondack wilderness accessible to everyone with the opening of International Papers John Dillon Park. It is the first wilderness area in the country that is designed specifically for people with disabilities and their caregivers and it is an absolutely incredible place.
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#211 THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND THE WILD CENTER IN TUPPER LAKE The newest “museum” in the park is not quite what you might think of what a museum would be like. The Natural History Museum and The Wild Center in Tupper lake is a mix of hands on education for youngsters and a biology lesson for the adults. It has the perfect mix of water features and learning experiences capped off by the 2 stars of the Center in Squeekers and Squirt, the always playfull otters. Our naturalist tour guide Brad Donahue takes us up close and personal with all of the exhibits.
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#212
Conservation easements, we all have heard a lot about them lately, particularly when former Governor George Patacki had purchased almost 1 million acres of them! Our tour takes us to Spring Pond Bog just north of Tupper Lake and we will be discussing what easements are, what they mean to you and what they mean to the Park with the Director of Land Acquisitions for the Adirondack Land Trust and Nature Conservancy Todd Dunham and Tom Martin of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
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#213 Our final stop of this season visits 2 very different type of canoe builders, one a history buff and builder of an authentic birch bark canoe and another the very technical Charley Wilson and Joe Moore of Lake Placid Boatworks. Join us as we take a look at the old and the new along with a lesson on proper paddling strokes while canoeing open waters. |
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