There are many threats to pollinators in the Adirondacks, including habitat loss and fragmentation, pesticide use, climate change, and disease. AdkAction’s Adirondack Pollinator Project is offering free Pollinator Resource Kits to libraries across the region, to empower both area … [Read more...] about Library Buzz Program Will Give Pollinator Resources to Libraries in the Adirondack Region
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Adirondack Garden Club hosts “Moth Diversity in Our Landscape” lecture
On Planet Earth, there are 5,400 species of animals, 11,000 species of birds, 18,000 species of butterflies—and 160,000 species of moths. That was just one of the many largely unknown facts shared by Paul Smith College’s Professor of Biology Janet Mihuc at the Adirondack Garden … [Read more...] about Adirondack Garden Club hosts “Moth Diversity in Our Landscape” lecture
Adirondack Garden Club Hosts Lecture on “Save the Trees”
With concern growing over the severe and urgent threat to the health of trees in the North Country posed by invasive insects, the Adirondack Garden Club (AGC) invites the general public to “Save the Trees – Adirondack Forest Pests, Prevention, and Early Detection,” a Zoom … [Read more...] about Adirondack Garden Club Hosts Lecture on “Save the Trees”
Whallonsburg Grange Lyceum Series Presents Final Fall Lecture “Homeward Bound: Atlantic Salmon Migrations”
The Grange’s fifth and final installment in their Fall Lyceum Series on the subject of Navigation. Young Atlantic salmon spend two to three years in their home river before going on a one to three-year journey in the North Atlantic where they grow into an adult. They travel over … [Read more...] about Whallonsburg Grange Lyceum Series Presents Final Fall Lecture “Homeward Bound: Atlantic Salmon Migrations”
Champlain Area Trails Earns National Recognition
Strong Commitment to Public Trust and Conservation Excellence One thing that unites us as a nation is land: Americans strongly support saving the open spaces they love. Since 2009, Champlain Area Trails has been doing just that for the people of the Champlain Valley and beyond. … [Read more...] about Champlain Area Trails Earns National Recognition