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I have found many similarities between my new Adirondack Park home and my previous years living in Alberta, with its tradition of a successful mix of private and public land ownership within its national park boundaries. When the Adirondack Park Land Use and Development Plan was passed by the New York state legislature in 1973, I was a law school student with a budding interest in municipal law and land use planning. Now, many years later, I am intrigued to be getting a firsthand look at the dynamics of living in this diverse (and very high profile) mixed use Adirondack environment. Or, as the Director of the Adirondack Museum expresses it, “what appears to many as a wild landscape is actually a special kind of cultural landscape that human activity has shaped and continues to shape to the present day.

We are committed to conserving land and water in Lake Placid and the Ausable and Saranac River watersheds, but we can’t do so without your help. Your support today helps us protect beautiful, unique spaces in your community for generations to come. Your new or increased gift will be matched dollar-for-dollar thanks to a very generous advocate. With your help we can continue working locally on your behalf to protect scenic lands and precious habitats for years to come.

The Lake Placid Land Conservancy (LPLC) is pleased to announce the promotion of Kerry Crowningshield to Executive Director. She will be working with LPLC’s Board of Directors to increase the land trust’s capacity and expand its education, outreach, and land conservation efforts in the Lake Placid area. Board of Directors stated they were happy to promote Kerry to the position due to her outstanding work for the Conservancy and her personal aspirations to meaningfully contribute to LPLC’s overall conservation objectives going forward. She previously worked for the Lake Champlain Basin Program educating the public on water quality issues throughout the Lake Champlain Watershed.

How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants” was written in 2007 by Douglas W. Tallamy, professor and chair of the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware. A recently released study found that flying insects had declined by 75% in Germany during the last thirty years, and entomologist Tanya Latty, research and teaching fellow at Sydney University, says that “there is no reason to think this isn’t happening everywhere. Even the smallest yard can be converted into insect habitat by reducing the lawn and adding and  cultivating well-chosen native species. Red cedar, wax myrtle, yaupon, red bay, groundsel and live oaks are good choices, as are If enough people plant and cultivate with insect habitat in mind, we can make a big difference while enjoying our wonderful yards.