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From the Heart

Listen to Bill McKibben offer his wordly perspective about The Nature Conservancy’s Heart of the Adirondacks Project.

View all announcements about this project and see some our favorite news clips.

Science ABC’s: Preparing for a 92,000-acre land sale

Find out how ecological assessments are incorporated into the conservation plan for a large expanse of working forests. See a slideshow of scientists at work and some of their findings.

Sneak Peak: Follensby Pond

Watch a video and learn more about this 14,600-acre property, visited by Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1858 and purchased by the Conservancy in September 2008. Follensby pond is destined to be added to the publicly owned Forest Preserve. Get an armchair preview of the tract before it is open to the public.

Adirondack Paper Chase

Start at the beginning of the supply chain, in the woods with a forester, logger and scientist talking about sustainable forestry. And find out what it means for “somewhere” to be a real place.

Not  Wanted

From new and troubling discoveries to continuing education, see a slideshow touching on a summer’s worth of field work by the Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program.

Local Call to Action, Global Approach to Conservation

Watch a six-minute video to see what all the excitement is about for The Nature Conservancy’s Heart of the Adirondacks project.

 

Places to Visit

Clintonville Pine Barrens
Everton Falls Preserve
Silver Lake Bog Preserve
Spring Pond Bog Preserve
Coon Mountain Preserve
Gadway Sandstone Pavement Barrens

Timely Topic Discussed

Click here for the complete audio of Bill McKibben's keynote address titled "Climate change impacts hitting hard now."

Protecting Their Home Turf

Interns welcome the opportunity to explore and protect the Adirondack Park, a mosaic of public and private lands, where they grew up.