Join ACLC staff for a special three-hour guided paddle to help kick-off the Great Adirondack Birding Celebration, hosted by Northern New York Audubon! This paddle will be one hour longer than our regularly scheduled paddles as a special offer to those participating in the GABC. This paddle takes place on Little Clear Pond.

Registration is required, and participants should plan to bring their own boats. Information about rentals can be found HERE.

Register at Event Registration - Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation.

More information about the Great Adirondack Birding Celebration can be found at https://www.nnya.org/gabc.

This event takes place rain or shine, but in the event of storms, the rain date will be Sunday, May 31.

One week before the paddle, an email with details about location, driving directions and any other special instructions will be sent.

Help us kick off the Great Adirondack Birding Celebration with a night of bird-themed and bird-adjacent trivia! This event is sponsored by the Northern New York Audubon and all proceeds go to the Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation. Bring your friends and get ready for a night of friendly competition and good company!

This event will be held at the Hotel Saranac Ballroom with a suggested donation of $10 per person. Teams of 2-6 welcome. Come early to claim your table!

Join Bill Swift and Adirondack Lakes & Trails Outfitters staff for a fun, relaxed outing from Middle to Lower Saranac Lakes. All proceeds go to the Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation to further loon research and conservation.

To register and to see more details, visit https://www.adirondackoutfitters.com/swiftweekender .

*This is not an ACLC hosted event - please visit the website above for contact information and to learn more about this event.

Thank you to Swift Canoe & Kayak and Adirondack Lakes & Trails Outfitters for supporting ACLC through this event!

Last summer, ACLC research interns designed a study to help ACLC gather data about boat use on Adirondack lakes and how different types of boat use and congestion levels may be affecting water clarity. With community participation in mind, the interns designed data collection methods that enable anyone to participate in helping us build a meaningful data set..

This summer, ACLC will be rolling the program out to the community. This is the first training being offered to show interested community members how to use the data collection tools and how to submit collected data to ACLC.

If you want to help collect information about boat use on your lake(s), register for this free training to learn how.

Register here to attend: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/dQMyE51lSyuegGNHCyN8bQ

Join ACLC staff for a guided paddle on a local lake (20-30 minute drive from Saranac Lake) to observe loons in their natural habitat while learning about loon behavior and natural history. ACLC staff will answer questions and point out elements of interest related to healthy ecosystems. Participants must provide their own boats, and more information about rentals and recommendations can be found at adkloon.org/outreach.

Rain dates are from 10 am – 12 pm on the Friday after the scheduled paddle, unless otherwise noted.  

Register Here: Event Registration - Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation

One week before the paddle, an email with details about location, driving directions and any other special instructions will be sent.

Gather to celebrate the start of summer with local organizations. Learn about opportunities to get involved and how to recreate responsibly on our lakes and lands. Engage with organizations at their tables and hear short presentations from selected groups. This event is FREE and will take place at Dewey Mountain Recreation Center. Food and drinks will be available for purchase. This event is brought to you by the Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation, Adirondack Invasive Plants Program, and Adirondack Watershed Institute.

Come out to the family-friendly Love Your Lakes & Lands event at Dewey Mt. Recreation Center on Thurs. June 11 from 4 pm - 8 pm, and find the Loon Center table. Bring your tackle box to have ACLC staff and Tackle Box Ambassadors help go through your kit, identifying tackle made of lead and receive free lead-free sample packs and a $10 voucher for more lead-free gear when you turn in lead tackle for recycling!

Join us online for the presentation portion of the training for our Tackle Box Ambassador Program. This new program trains community members on the impacts of lead fishing tackle on loons and other wildlife and provides instruction for how to identify lead fishing tackle. Ambassadors will be equipped to offer Tackle Box Inventories to interested members of their communities to help anglers get the lead out of their tackle boxes. A hands-on portion of the training will be offered to those interested and able to attend. More details coming soon.

This training is also Training #1 for our Loon Friendly Lakes Program, but is open to the public. Registration is FREE but required: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/b9BaoqQdTl2qYr90OFB6Bg

Join ACLC staff for a guided paddle on a local lake (20-30 minute drive from Saranac Lake) to observe loons in their natural habitat while learning about loon behavior and natural history. ACLC staff will answer questions and point out elements of interest related to healthy ecosystems. Participants must provide their own boats, and more information about rentals and recommendations can be found at adkloon.org/outreach.

Rain dates are from 10 am – 12 pm on the Friday after the scheduled paddle, unless otherwise noted.  

Register Here: Event Registration - Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation

One week before the paddle, an email with details about location, driving directions and any other special instructions will be sent.

Join ACLC staff for a guided paddle on a local lake (20-30 minute drive from Saranac Lake) to observe loons in their natural habitat while learning about loon behavior and natural history. ACLC staff will answer questions and point out elements of interest related to healthy ecosystems. Participants must provide their own boats, and more information about rentals and recommendations can be found at adkloon.org/outreach.

Rain dates are from 10 am – 12 pm on the Friday after the scheduled paddle, unless otherwise noted.  

Register Here: Event Registration - Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation

One week before the paddle, an email with details about location, driving directions and any other special instructions will be sent.

Join ACLC staff for a guided paddle on a local lake (20-30 minute drive from Saranac Lake) to observe loons in their natural habitat while learning about loon behavior and natural history. ACLC staff will answer questions and point out elements of interest related to healthy ecosystems. Participants must provide their own boats, and more information about rentals and recommendations can be found at adkloon.org/outreach.

Rain dates are from 10 am – 12 pm on the Friday after the scheduled paddle, unless otherwise noted.  

Register Here: Event Registration - Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation

One week before the paddle, an email with details about location, driving directions and any other special instructions will be sent.

Join us in person at the Hillview Free Library for a presentation about the role of Adirondack loons in freshwater ecosystems and what we learn about the health of those ecosystems from studying them.

Common loons are charismatic symbols of wilderness in the Adirondacks, but they also serve as environmental sentinels that help us understand the health of our lakes and ecosystems. This presentation will define what it means to be an environmental sentinel and describe how the Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation puts loons at the center of their research efforts to inform humans about the health of the ecosystems we all love and rely on. 

This event will streamed live.

Kids ages 5 - 12 are invited to join staff from the Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation at the Old Forge Public Library for a fun, hands-on and science-based activity about how lead fishing tackle harms loons and other wildlife. Kids will learn about how the choices we make individually can protect wildlife, and every child will receive a free lead-free tackle box starter kit! This program is sponsored by Maintain the Chain and is free!

A program for adult audiences will follow at 5 pm.

Lead fishing tackle is a leading cause of death of Common Loons everywhere, including in the Adirondacks. The good news is that deaths of loons and other wildlife from lead poisoning is 100 percent preventable! Join us for a presentation that covers everything from general loon behavior and natural history to the threat of lead to humans and wildlife, to what you can do to help save wildlife.

Volunteer to count loons for one hour during the NY Annual Loon Census! Volunteers register to cover a lake of their choice (as long as it’s not already registered for by another volunteer) and submit their data to ACLC to help create a snapshot of the loon population in the state of New York. Learn more, including how to register, on the census portion of our Research page.

Join ACLC staff for a guided paddle on a local lake (20-30 minute drive from Saranac Lake) to observe loons in their natural habitat while learning about loon behavior and natural history. ACLC staff will answer questions and point out elements of interest related to healthy ecosystems. Participants must provide their own boats, and more information about rentals and recommendations can be found at adkloon.org/outreach.

Rain dates are from 10 am – 12 pm on the Friday after the scheduled paddle, unless otherwise noted.  

Register Here: Event Registration - Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation

One week before the paddle, an email with details about location, driving directions and any other special instructions will be sent.

Join ACLC staff for a guided paddle on a local lake (20-30 minute drive from Saranac Lake) to observe loons in their natural habitat while learning about loon behavior and natural history. ACLC staff will answer questions and point out elements of interest related to healthy ecosystems. Participants must provide their own boats, and more information about rentals and recommendations can be found at adkloon.org/outreach.

Rain dates are from 10 am – 12 pm on the Friday after the scheduled paddle, unless otherwise noted.  

Register Here: Event Registration - Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation

One week before the paddle, an email with details about location, driving directions and any other special instructions will be sent.

ACLC is pleased to partner with wildlife photographer Andrew Hudnut to offer special Wildlife Photography Paddles. Photographers of all abilities are welcome to join this early morning paddle when the light is best. Andrew will provide guidance in using your preferred equipment to best capture images of loons and other wildlife. For more details and to register, please visit Andrew’s site: Adirondack Loon Photography Paddle | Andrew Hudnut Photography

An ACLC staff member will accompany paddlers to talk about loon biology and natural history. A portion of the fees for this paddle will be donated to ACLC.

ACLC is pleased to partner with wildlife photographer Andrew Hudnut to offer special Wildlife Photography Paddles. Photographers of all abilities are welcome to join this early morning paddle when the light is best. Andrew will provide guidance in using your preferred equipment to best capture images of loons and other wildlife. For more details and to register, please visit Andrew’s site: Adirondack Loon Photography Paddle | Andrew Hudnut Photography

An ACLC staff member will accompany paddlers to talk about loon biology and natural history. A portion of the fees for this paddle will be donated to ACLC.

Join ACLC staff for a guided paddle on a local lake (20-30 minute drive from Saranac Lake) to observe loons in their natural habitat while learning about loon behavior and natural history. ACLC staff will answer questions and point out elements of interest related to healthy ecosystems. Participants must provide their own boats, and more information about rentals and recommendations can be found at adkloon.org/outreach.

Rain dates are from 10 am – 12 pm on the Friday after the scheduled paddle, unless otherwise noted.  

Register Here: Event Registration - Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation

One week before the paddle, an email with details about location, driving directions and any other special instructions will be sent.

Join ACLC staff for a guided paddle on a local lake (20-30 minute drive from Saranac Lake) to observe loons in their natural habitat while learning about loon behavior and natural history. ACLC staff will answer questions and point out elements of interest related to healthy ecosystems. Participants must provide their own boats, and more information about rentals and recommendations can be found at adkloon.org/outreach.

Rain dates are from 10 am – 12 pm on the Friday after the scheduled paddle, unless otherwise noted.  

Register Here: Event Registration - Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation

One week before the paddle, an email with details about location, driving directions and any other special instructions will be sent.