Here is some great news—You can turn bottles into trails! As a North Country resident (or when you visit), you can recycle your bottles and cans and make a donation to Champlain Area Trails (CATS) at the same time. Rapid Returns, the new redemption center in Elizabethtown, has … [Read more...] about Recycle Bottles and Donate to CATS
CATS Announces Trail and Natural History Events
Our next "Saturday on the Trail" will be on February 22, 2014. Depending on the weather, we may take a hike in the snow together, or we may scope out the area for the new trail we will be creating on Coot Hill in Crown Point. Stay tuned for more information to come. If you … [Read more...] about CATS Announces Trail and Natural History Events
CATS Thanks Sheri Amsel and Lloyd Staats
Congratulations to Sheri Amsel, whose design for one of the interpretive signs at the Black Kettle Nature Trail is featured for the month of December in the calendar published by Pannier Graphics, the organization that converted her artwork into the beautiful sign. You can see … [Read more...] about CATS Thanks Sheri Amsel and Lloyd Staats
Good News and Sad News from CATS
Our conservation partnership with Open Space Institute (OSI) just conserved 290 acres in Willsboro. Thank you to Reg and Jenny Bedell for donating a conservation easement to OSI that protects farmland, forest, and wetlands and allows for a hiking trail. Stay tuned for upcoming … [Read more...] about Good News and Sad News from CATS
CATS Photo and Caption Contest Winners
Fabulous photos! Captions that painted pictures! They inspired Paul Martin Lester –Communications Professor at Cal State Fullerton (and our official judge) to write "Folks really love where you live." And we do! He chose the following winners for each category: First … [Read more...] about CATS Photo and Caption Contest Winners