Directions & maps to:

• Saratoga Springs Public Library
• Crandall Public Library, Glens Falls
• First Presbyterian Church of Glens Falls

Wildlife photographer Gerard Lemmo will present a photo journey of the Northeastern Woodland Habitat. Images include a stealthy black bear, brilliant scarlet tanager, an iridescent-green tiger beetle and yellow lady’s slippers. Keep your eyes open, or you may miss some of the more common forest dwellers hiding within the shadows!

Gerard Lemmo is one of the Northeast’s most prolific wildlife and travel photographers in the world, having traveled to six of the seven continents in pursuit of adventure, and the thrill of capturing beautiful images of elusive wild creatures, plus the landscapes and cultures that surround them. His images regularly appear in both local and international circulation.

His clients include The National Geographic Society, International Paper Company, National Audubon, The Nature Conservancy, General Electric, the San Diego Zoo, The London Times, and the National Wildlife Federation. He has also written several photo-illustrated articles for Adirondack Life and the New York State Conservationist. While on assignment, Mr. Lemmo has photographed in Vermont and New Hampshire for the Nature Conservancy and in New York for the Backpacker, Adirondack Life and Adirondack Explorer magazines.

In July 1989, Morzillo started flying aircrafts and now holds a commercial pilot certificate for airplanes, including land and sea, and gliders. He also instructs in both airplanes and gliders. Now in his early 60s, aviation has become his principal form of recreation, but being retired, he makes time to fish, hike, snowshoe, canoe, kayak, geocache and hunt.

Morzillo is a retired middle school science teacher and has been a member of ADK off and on for many years, especially in the late 1970s and 1980s. During that time, he spent a great deal of time in the Adirondacks hiking, canoeing, kayaking, camping, fishing and hunting with friends and/or with his wife and children. During the summers in the 1980s, Morzillo’s family spent one-and-a-half years’ worth of days traveling around the U.S. and Canada in their two Volkswagen Campers; the longest trip being almost 10 weeks long. He visited all the states in which reach by driving, all the provinces of Canada and the Yukon Territory. In the West, he hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon twice and and on another trip, across the Grand Canyon. He has hiked repeatedly in Yellowstone, Teton, Glacier, Denali and most of the other national parks throughout the country.

Morzillo finds that the same types of folks who enjoy flying in general, and specifically soaring, are the same types of folks who enjoy many of the outdoor actives promoted by ADK.

A talk and slide show with steve mackey

Chapter member Steve Mackey hiked the entire 2,178 miles of the Appalachian Trail this past summer. He started April 8, 2009, on Springer Mountain near Atlanta, Georgia, and finished Aug. 23, 2009, on the summit of Mount Katahdin in Maine.

Along the way, he saw 21 black bears, got stung by bees five times, pulled off at least 14 ticks, saw four rattlesnakes, lost about 25 pounds, and wore out two pairs of boots. Near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, Steve did a really big day and stood in four different states in 24 hours.

Come hear and see a trip of a lifetime!

Called the “magnificent obsession” by the New York Times, this inland water trail traces traditional Native American travel routes across 740 miles in New York, Vermont, Québec, New Hampshire, and Maine.

Join Kate Williams, NFCT Executive Director since 2004, for a virtual journey along this diverse and enchanting route. Learn about the variety of opportunities available along the route for trips of various lengths, from an afternoon to a lifetime.

NFCT maps and a newly released guidebook will be available for sale, along with other information about the Trail.