Adirondack Wild’s 15th Annual Membership Meeting

Friday, October 10, 2025 – 11:00 – 3:30 PM

View Arts Center, 3273 State Rt. 28, Old Forge, NY

Large conference center building with a painted statue of a moose in front of it

View Arts Center in Old Forge, NY.

Please join Adirondack Wild as we share our work for the protection and stewardship of wilderness and other wild lands of the Adirondack Park through advocacy and education. Adirondack Wild holds its 15th Annual Membership Meeting beginning at 11 AM on Friday, October 10, 2025, at View Arts in Old Forge, NY, just miles from where Paul Schaefer and his Moose River Committee (1945-55) saved the Moose River Plains from inundation by large power dams.

This year we invite 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 join the discussion, and help us to celebrate our 2025 award recipients:

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.

Wild Stewardship Award

  • 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

  • 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. particularly people of color, with outdoor recreation and environmental career opportunities in the Adirondack Park.

Our meeting is FREE, open to the public – and to you and to your friends and family as well.

Please bring your own brown bag lunch; we will be providing refreshments.

REGISTRATION: Please R.S.V.P. by or before Wed. October 8, 2025
to Ken Rimany: [email protected]

Thank you for coming to Old Forge and being on the Wild’s Side with us!