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Tag’s Paddle with Chemung River Friends
Paddle program is a partnership between Friends of the Chemung River Watershed and Endless Mountain Outfitters.
Jul 7, 20241 min read


MAKE WEEDS YOUR FRIEND THIS SUMMER WITH COMPOST TEA
Lee Pierce of CalmUnity Farms shares how gardeners can make weeds work for them this growing season.
Apr 21, 20244 min read


SOUTHERN TIER LIFE GUEST CONTRIBUTORS: CRAZY FEATHER’S OUTDOOR ADVENTURES
Join Melanie Wood of Crazy Feather's Outdoor Adventures as she hikes NINE Ithaca, N.Y. waterfalls on a spooky winter's day.
Apr 5, 20241 min read


Hiking Hot Spots in the Southern Tier
Hiking enthusiast Melanie Wood shares three of her favorite Southern Tier trails to hike as she trains to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail.
Aug 31, 20222 min read


Melanie Wood: A Woman in Search of Freedom
With stunning photos and thoughtful prose, a local business owner chronicles her journey as she prepares to thru-hike the Adirondack Trail.
Aug 31, 20224 min read


Upstate Geechie: Fishing & Familia
Sky Moss shares how he's been spending his summer, and with whom.
Aug 4, 20223 min read


A Letter From a Tree
Jim Pfiffer loves trees. Even claims to speak to them. Here he shares a letter from a tree about climate change.
Jul 22, 20223 min read


Southern Tier Voices with Jim Pfiffer
Outdoor and nature enthusiast Jim Pfiffer remembers the Flood of 1972, and shares how we can protect the Chemung River AND our communities.
Jun 9, 20224 min read


Southern Tier Life: Outdoors
Local outdoor nonprofit shares community efforts to clean up the Chemung River and protect a Southern Tier environmental jewel.
May 9, 20224 min read


Upstate Geechie
Upstate Geechie's Sky Moss kicks off May and Be Kind to Animals Week with a column about his best friend, Harley.
Apr 30, 20222 min read


UPSTATE GEECHIE: A nice, long, cold, sunny winter ...
Sky Moss celebrates the joys of an upstate New York winter in the Southern Tier.
Feb 27, 20223 min read


Outdoors: Cross-country close call
beware! Cross-country skiing can get d-icy! I recently suffered a close-call while cross-country skiing at the Community Park in Big...
Feb 14, 20223 min read
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