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News updated: 2012-02-17
  The March - April 2012 Newsletter PDF is Available to View Online!  
February 23: Program - Hiking the Catskills 100 Highest with Alan Via, 7 pm at Crandall Library
The program will begin at 7pm, Thursday Feb. 23rd at Crandall Library. Long time Albany Chapter member and former Outings Chair, Alan Via, will present a slide show on hiking the Catskill 100 highest peaks.

The ADK is publishing Alan's new book, The Catskill 67 - A Hiker's Guide to the Catskill 100 Highest peaks under 3,500'. Alan will have beautiful color photos and speak about places and things few people have seen. He is one of only a small handful who have climbed both the Adirondack and Catskill 100 highest summits.
March 10,11: Friends of the IBA's second annual Winter Raptor Fest at the Gallup Ridge Farm
April 28: Trail Maintenance on Tongue Mountain!
Starting at the north end we will work south clearing blowdown and drainage ditches as needed. If time allows, we will check the trail to Neal's lean-to. Leader has tools. Don’t forget June 2nd is National Trails Day! Contact Trails Chair Tim Ellis at trails@adk-gfs.org
May 19: Volunteers Wanted for Cleanup Help for ADK Lake George Headquarters Workday
Welcome Jen Shepard as our new Publicity Chair!
Thank you to Bill Bechtel who has helped so much in keeping our publicity department strong.
Please fill out information report if you recently hiked Pharaoh Lake Wilderness Area
Wanted: Volunteers for Newsletter Mailing or Helping Membership Booth at Raptor Fest
Hydraulic Fracturing Puts State Forests, Trails at Risk!   View important information!
Viewing Saratoga County Trails using Google Maps and Mapping Data from Saratoga Plan
Looking to Identify Members for Non Scheduled Hikes?   Go to our Classified Page!

For those who enjoy birds, Presidents’ Day weekend brings a chance to combine the pleasure of birdwatching with contributing to science’s understanding of current bird populations and their conservation. The 15th annual Great Backyard Bird Count, organized by Audubon and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology ( and Bird Studies Canada north of the border), is a nationwide mid-winter bird census that calls on bird enthusiasts everywhere to help assemble a picture of bird numbers and distribution. This year’s count dates are this week, February 17 – 20.

For an essay by Wally Elton, a writer and long-time birder Saratoga, birder, click on Wally Elton Essay. The web site for the 15th annual Great Backyard Bird Count is: Bird Count Website.
 

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