Gather at Dewey Mountain Recreation Center to celebrate the start of summer with local organizations, just in time for New York’s Invasive Species Awareness Week! Love Your Lakes and Lands is a free, family friendly event taking place at Dewey Mountain Recreation Center. There will be fun, educational opportunities for attendees of all ages to learn about how they can do their part to protect the lakes and lands that they love.

Event Schedule:

4:00-8:00pm

Workshops

• Boat wash demonstration with Adirondack Watershed Institute

• Tackle box inventories with Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation

• Mobile boot brush clinic with Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program

Interactive tabling with:

• Wool & Water

• The Wild Center

• Lake Champlain Basin Program

• Adirondack Lakes Alliance

• Adirondack Council

• Adirondack Rail Trail Association

• and more!

5:00pm-6:00pm

Presentations:

• 5 – 5:15 pm: Aquatic Invasive Species Spread Prevention Program: A Watershed-Level Approach to Protecting Clean Water in the Blue Line with Brett Wimsatt from Adirondack Watershed Institute 

• 5:20 – 5:35 pm: Ausable Conservation Nursery: From Seed to Sale with Kiana French from Ausable Freshwater Center

• 5:40 – 5:55 pm: Upper Saranac Watershed AIS Management with Guy Middleton from Upper Saranac Foundation

6:00 – 6:45 pm

Become a community seed scout: Learn how to scout for native seeds and become part of the Community Seed Scouting Initiative with Ausable Freshwater Center.

7:00 – 7:45 pm

Join Northern New York Audubon on a guided walk to look for native birds.

Food & Drink

Two Jerks BBQ & ADK Mobile Bar will be serving food and drinks for purchase the whole night!

This event is brought to you by Paul Smith’s College, Adirondack Watershed Institute, the Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation, and Adirondack Park Invasive Plants Program.