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New leadership coming to Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation 

By Zachary Matson

Founder shifts to science role as organization welcomes new director

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Loons encounter unlikely threat: ice

By Cayte Bosler

Missed migration cues cause some birds to get stuck

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Loon protectors

By Janet Reynolds

How the Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation keeps tabs on the Adirondacks' loon population and conducts rescues across the 6 million acre park.

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Outdoor Afro helps people of color find their Adirondack comfort zone

By Brandon Loomis

“There’s definitely comfort in numbers,” said Peggie Allen, of Troy. “It takes a lot to be the only person of color.”

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Adirondack loon center awarded oil spill funds

By Gwendolyn Craig

Nearly $800,000 in settlement money from a 2003 oil spill is going to the Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation.

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