This spring, Adirondack Experience museum in Blue Mountain Lake is offering a variety of virtual, food-themed programs:
Maple Sugaring, Adirondack Style MARCH 24 | 7:00pm – 8:00pm
It’s Maple Sugaring Time in the Adirondacks!Join Ivy Gocker, Library Director of the Adirondack Experience, and Matt Thomas, an independent maple syrup historian, as they talk about the history and material culture of maple sugaring in the Adirondack Region: the process, how it was done in the past, and the story of the Horse Shoe Forestry Company near Tupper Lake, which was once the largest syrup production operation in the world.
To register, please click on this zoom registration link.You will receive a confirmation with program link after signing up.
Sponsored by the Adirondack Experience and Albany Public Library
The New York State Association for Reduction, Reuse, and Recycling has announced their 31st Annual Conference, which will take place on a virtual platform over three half days on November 17th through November 19th, 2020.
The NYSAR will be offering their membership and networks the oppertunity to continously expand their knowledge while receiving pertinent information about their industry through this conference. In the spirit of the in-person conference, networking oppertunities will be provided.
The Adirondack Land Trust has announced three live, virtual programs to be held in August. The programs will feature land-protection staff, scientists studying the Adirondack Forests, and a conservation intern who will discuss the ups and downs of conservation fieldwork during COVID-19. The events will be free and open to the public. If you wish to register, or view more information you may do so by visiting the Adirondack land Trust Website.
This week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that the North Country Region is ready to initiate phase one of New York State’s reopening process, with some businesses being able to open as early as Friday. However, many of the disruptions to day to day life made over the past few months will have a lasting impact, and according to the Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA), “back to business” will not be “business as usual.”
State and local organizations are sharing resources in order to help expedite the reopening process, and ANCA has added some reopening resources to their COVID-19 response page including:
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