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May 15, 2023 | by: Dillon Klepetar - Essex Farm Institute Farm Advocate
Essex Farm Institute, a program of the Adirondack Council, has been helping Adirondack growers and producers limit their climate impacts for years. The EFI grants that are awarded each year help by reducing reliance on fossil fuels, or even by helping farms become more energy independent.
May 12, 2023 | by: Justin Levine - Communications Associate
Catch up on April's Adirondack conservation news, with articles on the APA, farm and community grants, and the Power 100
April 20, 2023 | by: Justin Levine - Communications Associate
Even with the short growing season of the Adirondacks, gardens can be friendly to local wildlife and pollinators, while still providing a wholesome and bountiful harvest.
April 13, 2023 | by: James Emmenegger - Clarence Petty Legislative Intern
Meet James Emmenegger, the Adirondack Council's 2023 Clarence Petty Legislative Intern!
April 6, 2023 | by: Blake Neumann - Adirondack Council Clean Water Advocate
This is the first in a two-part series about the Survey of Climate Change and Adirondack Lake Ecosystems (SCALE), which is a vitally important, multi-year study of air and water quality across the Adirondack Park.
April 4, 2023 | by: Justin Levine - Communications Associate
Read about the most important conservation news from March, including a new climate institute for students, farm grants, the state budget, and more!
March 22, 2023 | by: Blake Neumann - Adirondack Council Clean Water Advocate
The Adirondack Council's Clean Water Advocate Blake Neumann discusses the importance of coordination in regards to protecting water quality - and by extension - the quality of life for people in the watershed.
March 14, 2023 | by: Justin Levine - Communications Associate
Snow fleas, or springtails, can be a common sight on late winter days as they hop around the surface of the snow. But these little critters play an important ecological role, and are the subject of cutting edge scientific research.
March 6, 2023 | by: Karyssa Pryce - Executive and Operations Assistant
In our latest Behind the Loon blog, meet Executive and Operations Assistant Karyssa Pryce!
March 5, 2023 | by: Justin Levine - Communications Associate
Read more about the departure of Willie Janeway from the Adirondack Council, the road salt taskforce report, redevelopment of former prisons, roads on state lands, and the history of Black pioneers in the Adirondacks with the February 5 Things You Need To Know blog