Sunita Halasz will deliver the Keynote at the 2025 Sustainability Day & Green Living Fair at 3:30pm, sharing the results of 2024-25 ACORN listening sessions.

Paul Smith's College, a proud founding collaborator of the ACORN network, will host a community climate resilience listening session. In addition to gathering valuable information about climate-related needs and solutions from community members, there will be a presentation on the latest findings on warming trends and seasonal changes in the North Country.

John Brown Farm will host a talk and discussion by Senior Research Scientist Michale Glennon, on grassland conservation and bird research at Heaven Hill and Uihlein Farm. These lands border the historic site, and have a shared history. Northern New York Audubon (NNYA) will cosponsor this event. A short reception will follow the discussion. The talk will take place in the visitor center in the barn at the Historic Site, and is free and open to the public.

Meeting begins at 9:30am with the Executive Director's monthly report, public comment, and other procedural actions. At 10 a.m., the Public Awareness and Communications Committee will hear a presentation from ACORN about the findings of their community listening sessions, online survey, and focus groups.

The Adirondack Climate Conference on March 6, 2025 at The Wild Center in Tupper Lake will bring together residents, government officials, emergency responders, professionals in academia, non-profit organizations, business owners, the media, and other members of the ACORN network.

The Adirondack Climate Outreach and Resilience Network (ACORN)will hold a community listening session at Mohawk Valley Community College, Utica Campus. Participants will engage in a visioning session to identify local needs, partnerships, and solutions for climate resilience.

ACORN will host a listening session at Adirondack Food System Network's 2025 Food Justice Summit on February 27, 2025. This participatory workshop will identify challenges and opportunities in North Country food systems that may be complicated by climate change. Participants will engage in a visioning and solutions implementation exercise. The results of the discussion will be included in the North Country Rural Resilience Roadmap report to ensure that our food systems remain key to supporting the health, ecology, economy, and way of life of our region.

The Adirondack Climate Outreach and Resilience Network (ACORN) will hold a listening session at Chester Town Hall to gather information about climate impacts in Upper Hudson communities. Participants will engage in a visioning session to identify solutions and shovel-ready projects with the goal of bringing federal, state, and private funding to the North Country.

The Northern Forest Center and ACORN are teaming up to offer a virtual listening session as part of the Northern Forest Center's Housing Affinity Group series. We will brainstorm and identify needs and solutions for building local community resilience related to housing challenges in Northern New York, particularly in response to warmer, wetter, and more severe weather. As with all ACORN listening sessions, the topics that get discussed will be up to the participants, but we may hear about things like upgrades to aging housing stock, storm-proofing, electrical supply and other municipal services, land use (clustered development, known flood zones).

The Adirondack Climate Outreach and Resilience Network (ACORN) will hold a community listening session for the Tug Hill region. Participants will engage in a discussion to identify solutions and shovel-ready projects with the goal of bringing federal, state, and private funding to the North Country.

The Adirondack Climate Outreach and Resilience Network (ACORN) will hold a listening session at the Cheel Center to brainstorm and identify key needs and solutions for stormwater resilience in the Raquette and Grass River Watersheds where they pass through Canton and Potsdam with the goal of bringing federal, state, and private funding to our area.

The Adirondack Climate Outreach and Resilience Network (ACORN) will hold a listening session at the Whallonsburg Grange to gather information about climate impacts in Lake Champlain communities. Participants will engage in a visioning session to identify solutions and shovel-ready projects with the goal of bringing federal, state, and private funding to the North Country.

Join Michale Glennon, AWI Senior Research Scientist and organizer of the Wool and Water Project currently on view in the North Branch Nature Center gallery, for a fun, hands-on workshop on translating watershed data into art. Participants will use felt balls to visually represent data from the lake while learning about the Lake Champlain watershed. Participants will work collaboratively on a large project that will be displayed at NBNC for the rest of the Wool and Water show, then create a small individual project to take home.

Join Michale Glennon, AWI Senior Research Scientist and organizer of the Wool and Water Project currently on view in the North Branch Nature Center gallery, to learn how to create knitting and crochet projects that represent scientific data in beautiful and approachable ways. Wool and Water blends fiber art with science to visually represent changing water quality conditions in the Adirondacks and Lake Champlain and provide inspiration to protect our waterways.

Please join AWI Senior Research Scientist, Dr. Michale Glennon at North Branch Nature Center for an evening celebrating Wool and Water.

The Adirondack Climate Outreach and Resilience Network (ACORN) will hold a listening session at the Adirondack Ecological Center to gather information about climate impacts in Central Adirondack communities including Raquette Lake, Indian Lake, Blue Mountain Lake, Long Lake, Newcomb, and Minerva. Participants will engage in a visioning session to identify solutions and shovel-ready projects with the goal of bringing federal, state, and private funding to the North Country.

The Adirondack Climate Outreach and Resilience Network (ACORN) will hold a listening session with 2024 Fall Forestry Roundtable participants to gather information about climate impacts to forests, forest management, and the forest products industry, and lead a visioning session to identify solutions and shovel-ready projects that will keep forestry vibrant and key to meeting NYS's climate goals.

Learn about the impacts of climate change on boreal bird populations from AWI Senior Research Scientist, Dr. Michale Glennon in Hudson Hall 106 at SUNY Plattsburgh.

The free full-day event includes speakers, presentations, live demos, and panel discussion with experts in the field, municipal leaders, politicians, and vendors dedicated to the reduction of winter road salt use. 

Join us at Union College on Monday, September 23rd at 5:30pm for a conversation with Michale Glennon, Senior Research Scientist for the Paul Smith’s College Adirondack Watershed Institute and creator of Wool and Water, a unique project that blends fiber art with scientific data to create visual representations of water quality conditions in the Adirondacks and Lake Champlain Basin.

Visit with AWI staff at the Adirondack Harvest Festival and learn more about Wool and Water, a community data art project that highlights Adirondack waters and related environmental issues.

Join us during Adirondack Water Week for an introduction and workshop developed from Wool and Water - a collaborative data art project of the Paul Smith's College Adirondack Watershed Institute which uses fiber art to illustrate issues affecting our Adirondack waterways and to inspire their careful stewardship.

Join the Ausable Freshwater Center during Adirondack Water Week for a Purple loosestrife pull. Purple loosestrife is a common invasive plant that harms the health and biodiversity of stream sides in the Adirondacks and other parts of New York.

During Adirondack Water Week, the non-profit Friends of Moody Pond (FMP) invites everyone to their 5th Annual Ice Cream Social on Moody Pond at 331 Forest Hill Ave, from 4p-7p. This free and family-friendly event celebrates the group’s efforts to eliminate the aquatic invasive Eurasian water milfoil from Moody Pond.

Join AWI staff at the Plattsburgh farmers market to learn more about water quality and aquatic invasive species. AWI staff will have information about opportunities to get involved to protect your watershed.

Join AWI Education staff at Fish Creek Campground for a family focused program on Adirondack wildlife. Learn about the species that call our watersheds home, and what you can do to protect them! This program will take place at Fish Creek campground, in the Ampitheater.

Cast a line with Adirondack TrOutfitters at The Wild Center’s Adirondack Water Week Fly Fishing Workshop. With equipment provided, participants of all ages and experience levels can learn the basics of fly fishing, and test their skills with guests Ryan Baker and Jon Herman of Adirondack TrOutfitters guide service. Drop in any time between 11am and 3pm outside by Greenleaf Pond and the Animal Viewing Area.

During Adirondack Water Week, organizers and storytellers from Talking Rivers will host a workshop/circular conversation, in which they will invite participants to explore how human beings can speak with and alongside Water and all their relatives.

As part of Adirondack Water Week, the MLWA is celebrating with an Open House to highlight the importance of keeping Mirror Lake free of invasive species. AWI Chief Scientist, Dr. Brendan Wiltse will share information on AIS spread prevention efforts.