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community benefits, including:
• Serving as a living forestry and ecological class-
room for students
• Hosting 25 miles of trail available to the public
for hiking, birdwatching, snowshoeing and Nor-
dic skiing, including the western anchor of the
34-mile Paul Smiths-to-Keene Jackrabbit Ski Trail
• Operating a visitor center, which also provides
event space for activities such as the Great Ad-
irondack Birding Celebration
• Providing native brook trout broodstock for New
York State's stocking program
• Managing a Forest Inventory and Analysis plot
that contributes to a national data set on forest
health
"At Paul Smith's, we teach that conservation is about
more than preserving land—it's about ensuring its
continued value to people and place. The Adirondack
Land Trust is an exceptional partner in that work.
Together, we're protecting these forests so they can
keep serving students, scientists, and the broader
community for generations, " says Paul Smith's College
Dean of the Faculty Dr. Brett McLeod.
The Adirondack Land Trust works to forever con-
serve the forests, farmlands, waters and wild places
that advance the quality of life of our communities
and the ecological integrity of the Adirondacks. Learn
more at adirondacklandtrust.org.
Paul Smith's College —the only four-year college
located in the Adirondack Park in upstate New York—
provides real-world, hands-on learning in fields such
as business and hospitality, culinary management,
forestry, environmental sciences and natural resourc-
es. Learn more at paulsmiths.edu. t
The Boreal Life trail seen from above.
Photo credit: Eric Adsit
People walk along the many trails in the VIC
forestlands. Photo credit: Nancie Battaglia
CONSERVING
STUNNING VIEWS + WILD PLACES
ADIRONDACKLANDTRUST.ORG
GLENVIEW
PRESERVE
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LURA
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