Mark Obbie

Aug 29, 2024 | gvpennysaver.com | Mark Obbie

What did the Bristol Hills and western Finger Lakes forests look like when white settlers began moving here in the late 1700s? A SUNY Geneseo geographer will present research that shows the significant role of Indigenous land management long before European-American settlement, and how legacies of their land use persist today, if you know where and how to look. SUNY Geneseo geographer Stephen J.

Jun 21, 2024 | adirondacklife.com | Mark Obbie |Niki Kourofsky |Lisa Bramen

Photograph by Johnathan EsperThis spectacular view of the Whitney Wilderness Area and Little Tupper Lake comes to you courtesy of a very good boy. In 1933 two veterans of Byrd’s 1929 South Pole expedition, Jack Bursey and his lead sled dog St. Lunaire, hauled the bones of a 60-foot fire tower up Buck Mountain, in Long Lake. Now the tower has been rehabbed, and an easement donated by Cedar Heights Timber allows a new generation to follow in St. Lunaire’s pawprints.

Jun 21, 2024 | adirondacklife.com | Mark Obbie |Niki Kourofsky |Lisa Bramen

Photograph courtesy of the author The Northville-Placid Trail cuts through the West Canada Lakes Wilderness in some of the most remote terrain in the Adirondacks. It’s about as far from human hubbub as one can get. But one rainy July morning, it’s anything but placid. Deep in a blowdown-filled beaver swamp, the woods reverberate with the voice of my daughter, Rae, who at the moment has—let us be frank—quite the potty mouth.

Nov 6, 2023 | gvpennysaver.com | Mark Obbie

In its second year as part of the National Wreaths Across America Day, the Bristol Hills Historical Society has expanded from two to four local cemeteries where wreaths will be laid on every veteran’s grave to remember them and their families during the holiday season. The Historical Society is seeking sponsors to pay for the fresh evergreen wreaths that will be delivered shortly before ceremonies at the cemeteries on Dec. 16. Volunteers also are needed to help lay the wreaths.

Jun 27, 2023 | linkedin.com | Mark Obbie