Indian Lake Central School is one of a growing number of schools around the state that have gardens filled with vegetables. They're teaching tools, where children learn about gardening, and it gives them a chance to get hands-on experience with growing and eating vegetables, learning about nutrition and nature in the process.
Fall colors are changing fast in the North Country. If you head outside, youâll see new pockets of red, orange, and yellow leaves around the region. One place to enjoy the early fall foliage is on the Black Pond trail at the Paul Smith's VIC.
There is a growing movement in communities around the North Country to do their part to help save monarch butterflies.
Monarch numbers have dropped since the early 1990s, mainly due to a decline in milkweed, their primary food source. Garden clubs, environmental groups and even entire communities have stepped up to create ecosystems and habitats healthy for milkweed and butterflies.
Aron Lee Rosenberg's new book is all about his year offline and what he learned about himself - and humanity - after he cut himself off completely from tech.
Jeff Biby says he's always loved the outdoors, but never really thought about becoming a serious birder. He grew up in northern Pennsylvania, and learned some of the basics of bird watching from his grandmother. These days he and his wife, Linda, share a home in Rainbow Lake, near Paul Smith's. Linda is a Paul Smiths College graduate and then taught at the school.
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