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Adirondack Land Trust

Scenic Vista Protected in Adirondack Town of Keene

July 22, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Marcy Field, Baxter Mt, KeeneView of Hyson donation from Marcy FieldA family and the Adirondack Land Trust have conserved 107 acres and a third of a mile of shoreline on the East Branch of the Ausable River upstream of the Keene town beach. [Read more…] about Scenic Vista Protected in Adirondack Town of Keene

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature Tagged With: Adirondack Land Trust, Ausable River, conservation, nature, Wildlife

Elizabeth Folwell Joins Adirondack Land Trust Board

April 14, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Elizabeth aka Betsy Folwell courtesy Nancie BattagliaThe Adirondack Land Trust announced that Elizabeth (Betsy) Folwell will join its board of directors this summer.

Folwell came to the Adirondacks in 1976 and has lived in Blue Mountain Lake ever since. She was the first education coordinator at what was then called the Adirondack Museum and with her husband, Tom Warrington, operated a general store in town. She directed the Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts, likewise in Blue Mountain Lake, a year-round community arts center 1980–88. In 1989 she joined the staff of Adirondack Life magazine as assistant editor and eventually became creative director in 2005. [Read more…] about Elizabeth Folwell Joins Adirondack Land Trust Board

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature Tagged With: Adirondack Land Trust

Lake Placid Land Conservancy, Adk Land Trust Discussing Merger

November 16, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Lake Placid community stakeholder group meeting this summerTwo nationally accredited land trusts are opening merger discussions to advance their mutual goal of protecting open space in the Lake Placid, Ausable, and Saranac watersheds of New York State’s Adirondack Park. [Read more…] about Lake Placid Land Conservancy, Adk Land Trust Discussing Merger

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature Tagged With: Adirondack Land Trust, Adirondacks, Lake Placid Land Conservancy

250 Acres Added to Forest Preserve at Moxham Mountain

September 8, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Moxam Mountain by Bill Brown courtesy Adirondack Land TrustThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Adirondack Land Trust have announced the addition of 250 acres to the Forest Preserve on Moxham Mountain between Minerva, Essex County and North Creek, Warren County.

The acquisition will increase public access to the south side of Moxham Mountain for hiking and rock climbing. [Read more…] about 250 Acres Added to Forest Preserve at Moxham Mountain

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondack Land Trust, Adirondacks, DEC, hiking, nature, Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest

Adirondack Park Inholding Protected, Closing Forest Preserve Gap

March 10, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Adirondack Land Trust staff at a 60-acre inholding in the Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest Kathy Woughter/Adirondack Land TrustThe Adirondack Land Trust has purchased 60 acres surrounded by the Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest, closing a gap in the New York State Forest Preserve. [Read more…] about Adirondack Park Inholding Protected, Closing Forest Preserve Gap

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature Tagged With: Adirondack Land Trust, Adirondack Park, conservation, Forest Preserve, snowmobiling, Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest

Discover Adirondack Ecology With The Northern Forest Atlas

January 31, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

A winter field trip © Erika Bailey/Adirondack Land TrustThe Northern Forest of northeastern North America extends from Maine and the Maritimes to the edge of prairies in Minnesota and Manitoba. It is large, diverse, surprisingly continuous and increasingly significant in a world where much forest has been lost or damaged.

It also includes the Adirondacks. [Read more…] about Discover Adirondack Ecology With The Northern Forest Atlas

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Events Tagged With: Adirondack Land Trust, Adirondack Park

Last Unprotected Shoreline of Thirteenth Lake Protected

December 31, 2020 by Editorial Staff 2 Comments

Thirteenth Lake by Susie Runyon The Adirondack Land Trust has conserved the last unprotected shoreline on Thirteenth Lake, a headwater of the Upper Hudson River and the largest water body surrounded by the Siamese Ponds Wilderness.

The lake is located in the Adirondack Park in Johnsburg, Warren County. [Read more…] about Last Unprotected Shoreline of Thirteenth Lake Protected

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondack Land Trust, camping, conservation, fish, Fisheries, fishing, hiking, Johnsburg, nature, Siamese Ponds Wilderness, Thirteenth Lake, Wildlife

Adirondack Land Trust to Host Virtual Conservation Series

July 26, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Adirondack Land Trust intern Jess GrantThe Adirondack Land Trust is set to host three live virtual programs in August, featuring land-protection staff, scientists studying Adirondack forests, and the ups and downs of conservation fieldwork in the time of COVID-19. [Read more…] about Adirondack Land Trust to Host Virtual Conservation Series

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Events, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondack Land Trust, conservation

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