Adirondack Place Names: Why Is That Thing Over There Called That?

Erik Schlimmer Friday, April 5, 2019 5:30 p.m. Lecture, Refreshments from 5:00 p.m. Old Chapel, Union College Campus Author and explorer Erik Schlimmer historically decodes 100 Adirondack place names in rousing detail, these histories supported by a backdrop of his gorgeous photos from the wilderness.  As Erik likes to say, “Behind every name there’s a […]

Birding and Breakfast at the Kelly Adirondack Center

Birding and Breakfast at the Kelly Adirondack Center   Saturday, February 16, 2019 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.   Refreshments will be served. Free and open to the public.     Chickadee, Arcadian Chickadee, Red-breasted Nuthatch, White-breasted Nuthatch, Tufted Titmouse Birds of New York, University of the State of New York, 1914   Please join […]

Colvin: Hero to the North Woods

with filmmaker Bill Killon     January 24, 2019 at the Kelly Adirondack Center Film at 7:00 Refreshments from 6:30 This event is free and open to the public.   This documentary film tells the story of Verplanck Colvin, the father of the Adirondack Park. Colvin explored, surveyed, and mapped the northern reaches of upstate […]

White-nose Syndrome, the darkest of nights for New York bats

Presented by the Kelly Adirondack Center and UCALL     Reamer Auditorium Tuesday, September 25, 2018 5:30 p.m. Lecture, Refreshments from 5:00 p.m. Free and Open to the Public Join Alan Hicks, retired bat biologist for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, as he discusses the history of bat research and management in […]

Environmental Science Education vs. Nature-Deficit Disorder

Students hiking the trail at Tennant Creek Falls with Tom Mowatt Associate Professor of Biology SUNY Adirondack   October 3, 2018 Old Chapel Lecture at 5:30 Refreshments from 5:00 This event is free and open to the public.   Human beings, especially children, are spending less time outdoors resulting in a wide range of behavioral […]

Still Here, Gone, Introduced, and Returned: People and Mammals in the Adirondacks

with Professor Phil Terrie Professor Emeritus, American Culture Studies and Environmental Studies Bowling Green State University November 8, 2018 Olin Building Room 115 5:30 presentation, refreshments from 5:00 Co-sponsored by UCALL Free and Open to the Public   A presentation on the history of the relationships between people and the large, charismatic mammals of the […]