Group agrees to buy Maine’s Saddleback Mountain ski area

Maine's Saddleback Mountain Ski Area. (Wikimedia Photo) A coalition of skiers and businesses in the Rangeley, Maine area say they have reached verbal agreem...

The Northeast has a new wildlife refuge

An overview of focus areas for the new Great Thicket National Wildlife Refuge. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Photo) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on ...

Officials close all trails up Katahdin for winter

Snowy conditions on the Abol Trail on Katahdin. (Ranger Mike Winslow/Baxter State Park Facebook Photo) Officials at Maine's Baxter State Park have closed al...

Vermont’s Killington Resort opens for skiing

A skier at Vermont's Killington Resort. (Killington Facebook Photo) Vermont's Killington Resort plans to begin its winter season today, making it the first ...

Sunday River’s damaged chairlift won’t be replaced this year

The foundation of the top terminal of Sunday River's Spruce Peak Triple chair lift lies in pieces. (Sunday River Photo) Maine's Sunday River ski resort won'...

Bear spotted at Wompatuck Park in southeastern MA

Massachusetts Environmental Police and the state Department of Conservation and Recreation rangers are checking Wompatuck State Park for signs that a black bear...

Article examines Jay Peak’s recent troubles

Vermont's Jay Peak Ski Resort. (Jay Peak Resort Facebook Photo) An article on Bloomberg.com recently examined the financial problems suffered by Vermont’s J...

After 11 years, PA’s Laurel Mountain to reopen for skiing

Pennsylvania's Laurel Mountain Ski Resort. (SkiLaurelMountain.com) It's been 11 years since the mountain once considered the ski capital of Pennsylvania was...

Volunteers clean graffiti off Mount Tom in western MA

Graffiti on Mount Tom in Easthampton, Massachusetts. (Naima Workman/GoFundMe Photo) Volunteers recently helped clean up vulgar and racist graffiti that had ...

Cold, snowy conditions expected in Adirondack High Peaks

Mount Marcy, the highest peak in New York. (Petersent/Wikimedia Photo) Anyone planning to hike in the Adirondack High Peaks region this weekend needs to be ...

The Allegheny Forest: Our one-million-acre secret

The George B. Stevenson Reservoir, a dam-widened portion of Sinnemahoning Creek in Pennsylvania's Allegheny Forest. (Nicholas A. Tonelli/Flickr Photo) BBC T...

EPA: GE still required to remove PCBs from MA’s Housatonic River

PCB-contaminated soil and sediment along the Housatonic River in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. (Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Photo) The...

SAR: Rangers rescue trapped kayaker on New York’s Moose River

A kayaker's-eye-view of Knife's Edge on New York's Moose River (Nick Gottlieb/YouTube.com Photo) The following is a list of search and rescue highlights con...

Public to have input on New York’s Boreas Ponds

New York's Boreas Ponds in the Adirondacks. (Nature Conservancy Photo) The public is about to have its say on how much access there should be for the Boreas...

With World Cup approaching, Killington begins snowmaking

A snow gun recently firing at Killington Resort in Vermont. (Killington Resort/Facebook Photo) Vermont’s Killington Resort has begun snowmaking in advance o...