Out and About

The Adirondack Council staff has been busy working on the imminent release of our annual State of the Park report as well as getting ready for the 2027 state legislative session. But that hasn't stopped us from being out and about in and around the Park for important and valuable events!

Council staff joined Sen. Peter Harckham and numerous partners for a roundtable on state support of lake associations in the Adirondacks and across New York.

Council staff participated in a panel on the future of forestry in Lake George in October, with partners from both the environmental and business sides of forestry.

Clarence Petty Intern Leena Keal and staff members Dillon Klepetar and Mary Haskell represented the Council at the Adirondack Harvest Festival in Essex County.

Numerous staff members volunteered for a day of trail work on the new Cascade Mountain Trail with the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation and Student Conservation Association.

Staff had the honor and privilege of joining the NYSDEC in Lake Placid to celebrate the graduation of 17 new Forest Rangers and honor current and former rangers from across the state.

John Sheehan delivered opening remarks at an Adirondack Explorer panel regarding the future of New York's climate laws and goals in Albany.

We celebrated the grand opening of the Lake Placid trailhead of the Adirondack Rail Trail in October with the NYSDEC, Open Space Institute, Adirondack Rail Trail Association and many more partners.

The Adirondack Council sponsored and participated in a critical road salt summit in Albany, where partners discussed reducing the use and impacts of road salt across the Adirondack Park.

Adirondack Council Director of Communications John Sheehan was presented with the Frank M. Hutchins Adirondack Environmental Education Leadership Award by the Adirondack Park Institute in Long Lake in September. Pictured from left are Council Board Chair Diane Fish, Sheehan, Senior Communications Specialist Justin Levine and Director of Conservation Jackie Bowen. The Adirondack Park Institute works to support the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry's Adirondack Interpretive Center in Newcomb.