For Immediate Release
September 24, 2025
Contact: David Gibson, 518-469-4081
or Ken Rimany, [email protected]
Adirondack Wild Holds It’s 15th Annual Meeting on October 10th
Old Forge, NY – The public is warmly invited to join Adirondack Wild as the organization shares its work for the protection and stewardship of Wilderness and other wild lands of the Adirondack Park through advocacy and education.
Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve holds its 2025 Annual Membership Meeting beginning at 11 AM and concluding at 3:30 PM on Friday, October 10, 2025, at View Arts Center in Old Forge, NY. View Arts is located at 3273 State Rte. 28 in
Old Forge. The meeting will be held just miles from where our founder, Paul Schaefer and his Adirondack Moose River Committee (1945-1955), saved the Moose River Plains from inundation by large power dams.
The meeting’s keynote speaker will be Chad P. Dawson, Co-Editor of the new, 5th Edition of Wilderness Management: Stewardship and Protection of Resources and Values to speak with us about fresh challenges to science-based Wilderness management here and around the country. We invite those attending to join us in thinking about the need to advocate for environmental protection with wilderness as its centerpiece.
Come and hear Adirondack Wild’s news and keynote speaker, join the discussion, and help us to celebrate our 2025 award recipients:
- Wild Stewardship Award – will go to Sunita Halasz of Saranac Lake, Climate Strategy Advisor for the Adirondack Research Consortium, Coordinator of the Adirondack Climate Outreach and Resilience Network, or ACORN, and Clean Water Community Advocate for the Adirondack Council.
- Paul Schaefer Wilderness Award – will go to Aaron Mair, former president of the Sierra Club, former campaign director of the Forever Adirondacks Campaign (Adirondack Council), and founder of the Timbuctoo Mountain Club, connecting people of color with outdoor recreation and environmental career opportunities.
- Champion of the Forest Preserve Award – presented to Chad Dawson, whose recreation research has guided Adirondack Forest Preserve stewardship for decades. Chad is Professor Emeritus of Recreation Resources Management and former Chair of the faculty of Forest and Natural Resources Management at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry.of color, with outdoor recreation and environmental career opportunitie
Our meeting is FREE and open to the public, but advance registration is appreciated. To register, please contact Adirondack Wild’s Ken Rimany: [email protected]. To read our 2025 meeting agenda, please visit www.adirondackwild.org/events. Please bring your own brown bag lunch; Adirondack Wild will be providing refreshments.
Thank you for saving the date, joining us at View Arts, Old Forge, on Friday October 10, and for being on the Wild’s Side with Adirondack Wild.
Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve is a not for profit, membership organization devoted to the protection and stewardship of wilderness and other wild lands through advocacy and education. The organization protects wild lands from threats, holds officials accountable and proposes policy reforms. More on the web at adirondackwild.org.
