This week we’re celebrating summer by getting outdoors in the North Country. Yesterday Brian Mann reported on the fight over paddling rights and private property in the Adirondacks.
This morning, we go back to Ausable Chasm, a remarkable sandstone canyon in the town of Keeseville. The Ausable River squeezes through this narrow, high-walled valley of rock just before it flows into Lake Champlain. The privately-owned site has been a popular tourist attraction for more than a century. Brian Mann visited recently and sent this audio postcard.
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NCPR News Staff: Brian Mann
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 Brian Mann grew up in Alaska, where he fell in love with public radio. In 1999, Brian moved to the Adirondacks and helped launch NCPR's news bureau at Paul Smiths College. "I love the chemistry of water and mountains," Brian says. "But I'm also pretty crazy about village life in the north country. It's the kind of place where you know your neighbors." Brian lives in Saranac Lake with wife Susan and son Nicholas. He's a frequent contributor to NPR and also writes regularly for regional magazines, including Adirondack Life and the Adirondack Explorer. Recent Brian Mann stories carried by NPR:
June 23, 2010 | NPR · Energy giant BP put the collection cap back on the spewing oil well after removing it Wednesday morning following a mishap in which an undersea robot bumped a venting system, causing oil to flow into the Gulf of Mexico.
June 6, 2010 | NPR · A lot of BP's oil eventually winds up in the gas tanks of American cars, so you'd think the current crisis on the Gulf Coast might make people think twice at the pump. Brian Mann of North Country Public Radio sets out to talk to customers at a gas station and find out what they think about the spill, and the decisions they make as consumers.
May 9, 2010 | NCPR · In much of the country, the spring turkey hunt is a tradition and a way of life. Calling in a wild turkey is an art form in itself. But the hardest part is the stillness and the waiting. North Country Public Radio's Brian Mann joins two veteran outdoorsmen in New York's Champlain Valley and has this audio postcard from the annual May turkey hunt.
April 28, 2010 | NPR · Hang on you hearty New Englanders and northern New Yorkers. Sure, you got buried by a foot or more of snow last night. But temperatures are supposed to be up in the 70s by the weekend -- so this just may be the last blast of winter weather you get...
March 10, 2010 | NCPR · Energy developers have struggled to connect new sources of renewable electricity with big cities, without building ugly and expensive transmission corridors. A Canadian company has unveiled a nearly $4 billion plan to bury underwater cables in Lake Champlain, the Hudson River and Long Island Sound. The project would feed power to New York City and Connecticut.
February 25, 2010 | NPR · The blustery storm was expected to dump from 8 to 18 inches of snow over a swath of the Northeast from Philadelphia to New York City to Albany, N.Y., canceling flights and creating a danger of toppled power lines.
January 14, 2010 | NPR · The U.S. sled team is trying to return from a series of setbacks: The bobsled and skeleton team has had to deal with injuries, doping allegations, sexual harassment troubles, and a loss of sponsorship due to the recession. Still, athletes hope to turn in a good showing in Vancouver next month.
September 8, 2009 | NCPR · The National Guard has solved its recruiting crisis for rank-and-file soldiers, but reserve units across the U.S. are struggling to find enough clergy to serve as part-time chaplains. The problem reflects an aging clergy and a dire shortage of Roman Catholic priests.
August 25, 2009 | NCPR · After years of delay, the clean-up of the Hudson River is off to a rocky start. Critics say the federal government's massive Superfund project is leaking too many toxic PCBs into the air and water.
July 2, 2009 | NPR · In April, Jiverly Wong, a mentally ill immigrant from Vietnam, opened fire at an immigrant services center in Binghamton, N.Y., killing 13. What happens to people blindsided by such devastating violence?
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