ADIRONDACK - RESOURCES
Protecting All Things Adirondack
The Adirondack Park covers 6 million acres in northern New York State and includes 100 peaks and 3,000 lakes. The size of Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Glacier National Parks combined, it’s an experimental mix of public and private lands. It includes one of the few remaining wild places in the United States.
“I’ve been fortunate to visit the Adirondacks every year of my life. Since 1919, my family has made this sacred place a second home; we go to rejuvenate and to explore nature. This vital and fragile oasis is a source of renewal and self-discovery.” —Jonathan Sprout
“It isn’t important if you reach the summit… what matters is how you make the climb. We were never lost, but there were lots of times when we didn’t know where we were.”
Here are some excellent organizations working to preserve, celebrate, and protect The Adirondack Park in upstate New York.
The Adirondack Council carries out programs that include a commitment to responsible education and constructive advocacy, partnerships and respect for all, innovation and excellence and commitment to the future.
Adirondack Mountain Club we are big fans (and members) of. It’s an organization of nature lovers committed to protecting, playing in, discovering and exploring the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York.
Historic Saranac Lake’s mission is to preserve and present area history and architecture to build a stronger community.
The Adirondack Museum on Blue Mt. Lake is a campus of buildings with loads of fun, educational, historical things to fully fascinate you and your family for a day.
The Marcella Sembrich Memorial Association honors international opera singer Marcella Sembrich at her former teaching studio and woodland retreat on Lake George. Their mission is to preserve and protect the museum collection, historical significance and legacy of Marcella Sembrich, present performances and exhibits that foster an appreciation for music, including opera, and the arts, and provide educational opportunities for the study of classical music.
BlueSeed Studio’s mission is to provide a space and promote a shared environment where artists, educators and community members have the opportunity to learn and participate, experiment and diverge, exhibit and perform, move ideas and aesthetics forward, and to share this diversity as an all-inclusive gateway to artistic experience.
“More than 90% of all wildlife species found in the northeastern United States now call this forest home. Among them are many that had once nearly or completely disappeared, including moose, marten fisher, beaver, peregrine falcon, and bald eagle. And perhaps the cougar too.”
Protect the Adirondacks! Inc. is a non-profit, grassroots membership organization dedicated to the protection and stewardship of the public and private lands of the Adirondack Park. They’re dedicated to building the health and diversity of its natural and human communities for the benefit of current and future generations.
“This Park is different from any other in the nation, a place where epiphany has some hope of lasting and not disappearing on one’s return to the workaday world. Here epiphany and routine commingle, balance rules, and human history makes a dent in the landscape, but not a hole.”
Adirondack 46ers Club Climbing the 46 Adirondack peaks that are 4,000+ feet above sea level is about more than just receiving a patch for the accomplishment. It is a personal challenge that will reward you with memories and friendships that will last a lifetime. If you choose to take on the adventure, please climb safely, with concern for your fellow hikers and respect for the magnificent environment you have the privilege to explore.
The Nature Conservancy is a global environmental nonprofit working to create a world where people and nature can thrive. Founded at its grassroots in the United States in 1951, The Nature Conservancy has grown to become one of the most effective and wide-reaching environmental organizations in the world. Thanks to more than a million members and the dedicated efforts of diverse staff and more than 400 scientists, they impact conservation in 72 countries and territories: 38 by direct conservation impact and 34 through partners.
“Far above the chilly waters of Lake Avalanche, at an elevation of 4,293 feet ... is a minute, unpretending tear of the clouds - as it were - a lonely pool shivering in the breezes of the mountains, and sending its limpid surplus through Feldspar Brook to the Opalescent River, the well-spring of the Hudson.”
The Sierra Club Foundation promotes climate solutions, conservation, and movement building through a powerful combination of strategic philanthropy and grassroots advocacy. The Foundation is the fiscal sponsor of Sierra Club’s charitable environmental programs.
The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system, and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment.
““It is now or never for the Adirondacks if we are to preserve forever that which is its most priceless and rarest quality – wildness.”