Join AWA Treasurer Craig McGowan and Board Chair Pete Nelson as they talk with Lake George Land Conservancy Executive Director Michael Horn about the work of the LGLC.
Join AWA Board members Bill Ingersoll and Pete Nelson as they discuss the meaning and value of wilderness with eminent Adirondack historian Philip Terrie.
In this installation of AWA's Wild Thoughts Video, Pete Nelson and Kayla White discuss current efforts in Adirondack land conservation with Connie Prickett and Chris Jage of the Adirondack Land Trust.
In this installation of AWA's "Wild Thoughts Podcast," Bill Ingersoll, Kayla White, and Pete Nelson discuss "Strange Natures: Conservation in the Era of Synthetic Biology" written by Kent H Redford & William M Adams.
In this installation of AWA's "Wild Thoughts Podcast," Bill Ingersoll is joined by Scott Daskiewich, chair of the New York Chapter of the Native Fish Coalition. During the course of a 30-minute discussion, they trade tales about one of their mutually favorite areas: the Five Ponds and Pepperbox Wilderness north of Stillwater Reservoir.
Kayla White, the Adirondack Mountain Club's Chief Steward, discusses the wide range of activities professional and volunteers stewards do to protect the wilderness, especially the fragile plants that exist on the highest summits.
Visitor Use Management (VUM) is getting a lot of attention in discussions about how best to manage and protect the Forest Preserve. But what is it and how can it benefit the Adirondack Park?
We have a once in a lifetime opportunity to significantly expand Adirondack Wilderness and create the largest Wilderness area east of the Mississippi and north of the Everglades. Take 30-seconds to send a letter to New York State in support of a Wilderness classification of Boreas Ponds http://adirondackwilderness.org/take-action
AWA members discuss one of the most important attributes of wilderness: remoteness… that sometimes elusive element that hikers and paddlers often crave but which seems constantly imperiled by the creeping sprawl of modern civilization.