The Adirondack Research Consortium and Paul Smith’s College present The Fall 2020 Webinar Series Ask an Expert All of these webinars were recorded and are now available on YouTube. Four one-hour interactive discussions Fridays 10 a.m. -11:00 a.m. in October to address key environmental, cultural and policy issues facing the Adirondack […]
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Cooped up? Take a walk in the woods!
The Kelly Adirondack Center is adjacent to the Hudson-Mohawk Bird Club’s 111 acre Henry G. Reist Wildlife Sanctuary, which has miles of winding trails. You can access the Sanctuary from the KAC parking lot at 897 St. David’s Lane. Before you go, take a look at the Reist Sanctuary Field Guide, which includes the history of […]
Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site
Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site Managed by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site is dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the era that made New York the Empire State. Visitors to the site may learn more about the history of the Erie Canal through […]
Industry in the Mountains: The Tahawus Mine in Adirondack History
The Kelly Adirondack Center in collaboration with UCALL present Phil Terrie Professor Emeritus, Bowling Green University Wednesday, November 13, 2019 5:30 p.m. lecture, refreshments from 5:00 p.m. Reamer Auditorium This event is free and open to the public. Anyone who has approached the High Peaks from the south has driven past the imposing […]
AJES Volume 23 Available for Order
The Kelly Adirondack Center at Union College and the Adirondack Research Consortium announce the publication of Volume 23 of the Adirondack Journal of Environmental Studies. The Adirondack Journal of Environmental Studies (AJES) exists to foster a dialogue about the broad range of issues that concern the Adirondacks and Northern Forest. AJES serves to bridge […]
Homecoming Weekend Open House
Saturday, October 19, 2019 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. The Kelly Adirondack Center will be hosting an Open House on October 19 from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Students from this summer’s Adirondack Mini-term course “A Peopled Wilderness” will share their experiences and […]
Great Camps and the Rustic Tradition
The Kelly Adirondack Center and UCALL present Steven Engelhart Executive Director of Adirondack Architectural Heritage October 22, 2019 5:30 p.m. lecture, refreshments from 5:00 Reamer Auditorium This event is free and open to the public. New York State’s Adirondack Park, a six-million-acre mixture of public and private lands, is the largest park […]
2019 Summer Research Fellows’ Presentations
at the Kelly Adirondack Center August 13, 2019 7:00 p.m. Each summer, the Kelly Adirondack Center funds two summer fellowships. The goal of the program is to support students doing scholarly work on the Adirondacks under the guidance of a faculty sponsor. The range of inquiry supported is broad and ideally interdisciplinary. This […]
Falling for the Adirondacks: Autumn Photography with Manuel Palacios
With Manuel Palacios Thursday, September 19, 2019 7:00 p.m. Reamer Auditorium Manny is a local freelance outdoor photographer. He has spent countless days and nights wandering around and basking in the beauty of the Adirondack State Park in New York. For him, landscape photography is not just a means for documenting moments, but rather […]
Defending a Changing Landscape: A History of Forest Rangers in New York State
Exhibit May 23, 2019 – September 20, 2019 These images are made available through the generosity of Lou Curth and Protect the Adirondacks. In many ways Forest Ranger history mirrors the history of conservation in New York State. Since the establishment of Fire Wardens in 1885, the evolution of priorities and circumstances for both public […]