Health from the Hive
By Eva Mizer

A large green pickup truck drives down one of the back roads of Beekmantown, N.Y.  It slows, turning into a gravel driveway. About 50 feet from the road, a small clearing dotted with large white boxes has been cut away from the surrounding woods. The truck stops, and two men step out and start to unload tin smokers and tubs of a substance with the look and consistency of peanut butter. A tall man with glasses and long greying hair, Michael Palmer starts lighting the fires in the tin smokers while his assistant Kork, a quirky man with a perfectly curled handlebar mustache, checks the weight of each of the white boxes.

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Sharing the Adirondacks
By Felicia Bonanno

Loving something means having desire to share it. Whether it’s a certain type of music or a good movie, enjoyment evokes an urge to share experiences. For Gary Marchuk, that joyful experience is found simply in his love for the Upstate New York wilderness. Twenty years ago, Marchuk started Bear Cub Adventure Tours in Lake Placid as a way to spread his adoration for nature. His programs range from canoeing and fishing trips to guided tours through the High Peaks and are offered to children and adults. “My programs are a culmination of tracking and geology,” Marchuk says. “They are all-encompassing.

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Finding Eden
By Adam Patterson

Hopefully in five years, but realistically in 20, North Country native David Campbell will see his private land and the land of two fellow plant-loving friends turn into a place that showcases the indigenous flora of the Adirondacks. Thousands of local plants will be displayed and labeled, and classes and seminars will take place. People will walk for enjoyment, education, and the self gratification of being able to get their hands dirty by growing their own vegetables. The future of this botanical garden sounds like a dream, and right now for Campbell, it is.

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