Blog
February 21, 2023 | by: Jess Kelley - Adirondack Council Donor Database Manager
In this second installment, the Adirondack Council's Jess Kelley highlights some common but cool birds that can be seen in almost any backyard in the Adirondacks
February 15, 2023 | by: Robert T. Leverett - Guest Author
In the final installment of our guest author series on forests, Robert T. Leverett discusses the differences between young and old forests in terms of the amount of carbon that can be sequestered, which is vitally important to understand in the fight against climate change.
February 7, 2023 | by: Claudia Bashian-Victoroff - Guest Author
Mycorrhizal fungi play a vital role in forests of all shapes and sizes, and while they may not be seen, the importance of their ecological role cannot be overstated. In the second installment of guest blogs about forestry, Claudia Bashian-Victoroff details studies in the Cleveland area following the importance of fungi in urban forestry.
February 3, 2023 | by: Justin Levine - Communications Associate
Read more about the Diversity Initiative's new director, a protected tract of land in the western Adirondacks, and the new Environmental Conservation chair in the state senate in our latest 5 Things You Need To Know blog
January 26, 2023 | by: Joan Maloof - Guest Writer - Founder, Old Growth Forest Network
Forests in the Northeast are complex systems and finite resources. Given the recent passage of New York’s final Climate Plan, the State seeks to leverage and grow these existing forest ecosystems in the climate crisis and draw heavily on these limited resources. In the first of four blogs by guest authors in this series, Old Growth Forest Network founder Joan Maloof discusses the biodiversity of old growth forests.
January 18, 2023 | by: Justin Levine - Communications Associate
With winter kind of a no-show this year, now is a good time to kick back and brush up on some great reads.
January 6, 2023 | by: Justin Levine - Communications Associate
The Adirondack Park is unlike any other place on Earth, partly because of its ecological aspects, but also because people live within the Park, and it is crisscrossed with political boundaries that can make for unique situations.
January 4, 2023 | by: Justin Levine - Communications Associate
Read about the latest Adirondack conservations news, from what to expect in the upcoming legislative session in Albany to an increased forest ranger force
December 15, 2022 | by: John Davis - Adirondack Council Rewilding Advocate
Even before the science of conservation biology matured, the Adirondack Council bravely went on record supporting the return of wolves and cougars to Adirondack Park. Conservation biology has since confirmed the great ecological importance of top carnivores, and the need of these wide-ranging animals for big interconnected core reserves
December 6, 2022 | by: Tony Colasurdo - Guest Writer and Photographer
Guest writer and photographer Tony Colasurdo was recently in Keeseville to photograph the lunar eclipse in early November. Here, he tells how he got these incredible photos of a magical natural phenomenon.