By Gwendolyn Craig Two Adirondack Park museums are working to make the area more welcoming for people of color, with the help of state and federal grant funding. In January 2020, the Adirondack Experience museum in Blue Mountain Lake and The … [Read more...] about Adirondack Experience, Wild Center partner on diversity efforts
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Grants to help diversify two Adirondack destinations
By Gwendolyn Craig People of color are not often visiting two major attractions in the Adirondacks, and more than $330,000 in state and federal funding will go toward figuring out why -- and how to change that. The Adirondack Experience … [Read more...] about Grants to help diversify two Adirondack destinations
Author Bill McKibben: ‘We can no longer solve this crisis one Prius at a time’
By Ben Westcott When Bill McKibben and seven Middlebury College undergraduates started 350.org in an attempt to help put an end to the age of fossil fuels, he might never have dreamed that they would coordinate 5,200 events in 181 countries in a … [Read more...] about Author Bill McKibben: ‘We can no longer solve this crisis one Prius at a time’
Watch Author Bill McKibben’s climate change talk at The Wild Center
On Wednesday, August 28, the Adirondack Explorer presented Climate Action: What We Can do to Protect the Future with Bill McKibben. The sold out event, which featured discussions with McKibben and The Wild Center's Stephanie Ratcliffe, can be watched … [Read more...] about Watch Author Bill McKibben’s climate change talk at The Wild Center
Louisiana otters get warm welcome at Wild Center
By SARA RUBERG Two river otters that were first captured by crayfish farmers in Louisiana have found a home at the Wild Center in Tupper Lake. Farmers in Louisiana often catch otters as nuisance pests and kill them. Luckily for the duo, an … [Read more...] about Louisiana otters get warm welcome at Wild Center