LOCALadk Magazine

W H O ' S W H O ERIC Eric Adsit can't cross a bridge without looking for a river beneath it. He calls Lake Placid home and spends as much time as possible on the rivers, trails, and mountains of the Adirondacks and beyond. When he's not helping with LOCALadk, he can usually be found with a camera in hand producing films and photos celebrating the outdoors and the communities found in the Adirondacks. RHIANNON Rhiannon Berry Adsit runs, bikes, swims, and writes whenever and wherever she can, gets unreasonably excited about beautiful trees, and has yet to meet a dog she didn't love. Born and raised in North Syracuse, NY, she seeks to instill hope, empathy, and kindness (along with vicarious fandom for Syracuse University basketball) in her high school English students and beyond. When she isn't writing, teaching, or playing outdoors, she loves to read, play music, and spend time with loved ones. LOCALadk TROY Troy Tetreault is the Eli K. Price Plant Science Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, Morris Arboretum. With years spent climbing, hiking, living, and doing research in the Adirondacks, he enjoys continuing to learn about its history and culture. ERIKA Erika Schielke lives with her husband and son in Glens Falls, their launchpad for climbing, hiking, paddling, biking, and skiing adventures. Summers at her family's camp in Long Lake fostered her fascination with Adirondack forests and wildlife. Now she is a Senior Teaching Professor of Biology at Skidmore College where she particularly loves introducing students to Adirondack ecology. She's also a local hiking and backcountry skiing guide. ERIK Erik Schlimmer is the author of twelve books and is the dude behind Place Name Dude, a research endeavor that's historically decoding 1,000 Adirondack toponyms. As he likes to say, "Behind every name there's a story, and the story's usually pretty good." Find him at placenamedude.com.

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