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To better support and sustain our work in the Adirondacks, we have launched a $20,000 Matching Fund Campaign to Sustain Excellence in Research to continue quality expert programming on the key issues facing the region. We have already raised $12,000 through gifts from generous donors and our Board of Directors. We are asking our corporate partners, members and friends to consider a matching gift toward our final goal. Contributions of any size are appreciated, and will be matched dollar-for-dollar, doubling the impact. Please consider a tax deductible donation with a credit card or by check today. 

Please, we need your help!  There has never been a greater need for science and research to inform policies impacting the future of the Adirondacks!  Thank you!

50 Years Later - Celebrating McHarg's "Design with Nature"

Join us for a presentation and discussion of Ian McHarg’s groundbreaking book, “Design with Nature”.  This work, written and published 50-years ago, has strong influences in the Adirondacks.  We have invited Adirondack Park experts to share their perspectives on this relationship at the 26^th Annual Conference on the Adirondacks, May 22-23, 2019, at the Conference Center in Lake Placid. Don’t miss this presentation!

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25th Annual Conference on the Adirondacks

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Thank You For Making the 2018 Conference a Success!

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ADK Scientists to Discuss Salt Mitigation Research

Dan Kelting, Chris Navitsky, Michael Twiss, Jim Sutherland, and Brendan Wiltse.

A panel of experts will present their research on the impacts of salt on water quality at the 25th Annual Conference on the Adirondacks.  The discussion will focus on lake and stream research findings and efforts to reduce salt loads.  The panel will include Dan Kelting, Ph.D., Chair, Executive Director, Adirondack Watershed Institute at Paul Smith’s College; Chris Navitsky, PE, Lake George Waterkeeper; Jim Sutherland, Ph.D., NYS DEC; Michael Twiss, Ph.D., Clarkson University; and, Brendan Wiltse, Ph.D., Science & Stewardship Director, Ausable River Association.  This topic is the featured issue at the 2018 Dr. Bruce Selleck "Adirondack Hot Issues" Forum named in honor of the late Colgate University professor and previous President of the Adirondack Research Consortium.

Conservation Subdivision Design in the ADK's

Michael Klemens, Dave Gibson, Michale Glennon, Fred Monroe, and Bill Farber

Conservation biologist Michael W. Klemens will present his research on ecological stewardship at the 25th Annual Conference on the Adirondacks.  A panel of Adirondack experts will follow this presentation with their ideas on how these concepts might work in the Adirondacks.  Included on the panel are Dave Gibson, Managing Partner with Adirondack Wild; Michale Glennon, Ph.D., Science Director, Adirondack Program of the Wildlife Conservation Society; Hon. Fred Monroe, Executive Director, Adirondack Park Local Government Review Board; and, Hon. Bill Farber, Supervisor, Town of Morehouse and Chairman of the Hamilton County Board of Supervisors.

Traditional Ecological Knowledge

Jen Kretser and Neil Patterson

Neil Patterson from the Center for Native Peoples & the Environment at SUNY-ESF; and, Jen Kretser, Director of Programs at TheWild Center will present a project they are working on in the Adirondacks to understand and share traditional ecological knowledge of indigenous people and scientific ecological knowledge.  The goal is to draw on the wisdom of both in support of global sustainability.  Learn more about this exciting project at the 25th Annual Conference on the Adirondacks.

Skywoman by Bruce King (Oneida)

Aquatic and Forest Invasive Species a Topic at Annual Conference

John Bartow, Carrie Brown -Lima, Jerry Carlson, Erin Vennie-Vollrath, Rob Davies

John Bartow, Executive Director of the Empire State Forest Products Association, will lead a panel that will present the latest research and updates involving forest and aquatic invasive species.  Included on the panel will be Rob Davies, New York State Forester with the DEC; Jerry Carlson, Chief of Forest Health with the NYS DEC; Carrie Brown-Lima, Director of the NY Invasive Species Research Institute at Cornell University; and Erin Vennie-Vollrath, Aquatic Invasive Species Project Coordinator at the Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program.  The panel is part of the 25th Annual Conference on the Adirondacks.

 

Hemlock Woolly Adelgid

Nina Schoch to be Honored

Nina Schoch

Long time Adirondack wildlife veterinarian and biologist Dr. Nina Schoch will receive the 2018 Dr. Elizabeth W. Thorndike Adirondack Achievement Award.  Nina is the Executive Director of the Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation.  She has been studying loons in the Adirondacks since 1998. Amanda Lavigne, Consortium President, said, “There is no one more deserving of the Thorndike Award than Nina for her lifelong dedication to maintaining the health and diversity of Adirondack wildlife”.  The Award will be presented at the 25th Annual Conference on the Adirondacks at the Annual Awards Luncheon on Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Selleck Issues Forum to Focus on Salt

Bruce Selleck (1949-2017)

The 2018 Dr. Bruce W. Selleck  Adirondack Contemporary Issues Forum will focus on the impacts of salt on water quality.  Dr. Dan Kelting, Executive Director of the Adirondack Watershed Institute at Paul Smith’s College, will lead a panel discussion on work being done on lakes and streams and efforts to reduce salt loads.  Chris Navitsky, Lake George Waterkeeper;  Jim Sutherland, NYS DEC; Michael Twiss, Clarkson University; and, Brendan Wiltse, Ausable River Association will join the discussion  on their work to understand and mitigate salt impacts on Adirondack water bodies.  The Selleck Issues Forum will be held on May 23^rd,  2018, from 1:30-3:00 p.m., at the Conference Center in Lake Placid.  It is part of the 25th Annual Conference on the Adirondacks.  The Forum is named in honor of the late Bruce Selleck.  At the time of his passing, Bruce was the Thomas A. Bartlett Chair and Professor of Geology at Colgate University and President of the Adirondack Research Consortium.  He had deep ties and many friends and colleagues in the Adirondacks.  The Forum was Bruce's idea as a way to focus on a single issue in a “hot topics” session.  The impacts of salt on water quality certainly meets the criteria Bruce envisioned.  

25th Annual Conference Featured Speakers

 

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25th Annual Conference on the Adirondacks

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Call for Abstracts!

Poster by Jerry Jenkins of WCS

The Adirondack Research Consortium is inviting abstracts for paper and poster presentations for the 25^th Annual Conference on the Adirondacks, May 22^nd and 23^rd, 2018 at the Lake Placid Conference Center. A poster reception will be held at 5:00 on May 22^nd with music and prizes.  For more information about submitting an abstract, click HERE.

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25^th Annual Conference on the Adirondacks

The Conference Center at Lake Placid, Lake Placid, NY
May 22^nd and 23^rd, 2018

“25 Years – Research Needs Yesterday, Today, and in the Future”

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