Charlotte Malmborg of NYS Hemlock Initiative at Cornell University will join LGLC Conservation Manager Monica Dore for this discussion about our hemlock forests and current threats from invasives like the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid. For more information on HWA, click here.

We request registration but it is not required. If you pre-register, your seats will be held until 5:25pm. If you do not arrive by that time, your seats will be given to those that have not registered ahead of time.

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Join Joseph W. Zarzynski, Maritime Archaeologist, author of the recently published book Ghost Fleet Awakened–Lake George’s Sunken Bateaux of 1758, as he presents on this utilitarian vessel and its role during the French & Indian War (1755-1763) at Lake George.  For nearly a quarter-of-a-century, Zarzynski directed the nonprofit research team Bateaux Below that conducted underwater fieldwork studying “Lake George’s Sunken Bateaux of 1758” and many other historic shipwrecks in the waterway.

We request registration but it is not required. If you pre-register, your seats will be held until 5:25pm. If you do not arrive by that time, your seats will be given to those that have not registered ahead of time.

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and uncertainty about what situation this country will be in this summer, we are changing the LGLC’s 21st Annual Land & Water Conservation Celebration into a virtual event. Please continue to keep the Celebration on your calendar! We will hold the online event all weekend, starting at 9AM on July 31st to 9PM on August 2nd.

More details will be coming soon! Check our Celebration page for updates.

Questions? Please email Jamie Brown, jbrown@lglc.org. Thank you!

Holly Ahern MS, MT(ASCP), Associate Professor of Microbiology at the State University of New York Adirondack, has extensive teaching and research experience in bacteriology and molecular biology. As an expert on the scientific literature pertaining to Lyme disease and other tick-borne infections, Ahern has served on the NYS Senate Tick-borne Disease Task Force and on the Testing and Diagnostics subcommittee of the HHS Tick-borne Disease Working Group in 2018. Her talk will inform on the state of the science surrounding ticks and tick-borne diseases like Lyme disease.

We request registration but it is not required. If you pre-register, your seats will be held until 5:25pm. If you do not arrive by that time, your seats will be given to those that have not registered ahead of time.

To register, see full schedule and details, click here.

Join Charles Vendrei, DEC Historic Preservation Officer, as he addresses historic, archaeological and land use issues associated with this site, which, up until recently, contained the remains of over two dozen soldiers and noncombatants of the American Northern Army who died in and around the Fort George small pox hospital in the summer of 1776.

We request registration but it is not required. If you pre-register, your seats will be held until 5:25pm. If you do not arrive by that time, your seats will be given to those that have not registered ahead of time.

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It’s a block party! Come celebrate the summer with food trucks, kids’ activities, free treats, hiking trails, and more! Join us at Up Yonda Farm, Environmental Education Center in Bolton Landing on August 15th as we thank YOU for all you have done to help us protect the land that protects the lake!

For more information, click here!

Activities and Treats:
• Live music TBA (~ 12:15 – 2 pm – bring a chair or blanket for the lawn!)
• Face painting by Casey Beal Designs

• Food for purchase from local food trucks (trucks TBA)
• Nature scavenger hunt, crafts and more from the LGLC
• Up Yonda Farm’s on-site exhibits, butterfly house, children’s nature museum, pond exploration, and hiking trails
• Guided hike by Up Yonda and LGLC staff; approx. 1 mile round-trip, through the woods and to the scenic view overlooking the Farm and Lake George.

*We apologize but according to county rules, dogs are not allowed at Up Yonda Farm.*

Questions? Contact Michele at mvidarte@lglc.org or 518-644-9673.

Join Paul Cummings, LGLC Board Member and planner with the Chazen Companies, along with LGLC staff as we discuss the LGLC’s Bolton Recreational Hub Project. We’ll shed light on the Initiative, show maps of proposed and pending trail linkages, share goals for the plan and how we think the Bolton Hub can combine land conservation with Bolton’s economic growth into the future.

We request registration but it is not required. If you pre-register, your seats will be held until 5:25pm. If you do not arrive by that time, your seats will be given to those that have not registered ahead of time.

To register, see full schedule and details, click here.