Education

Youth Opportunities Our focus on youth has led us to sponsor area teens to several different programs and opportunities. Each year we try to find 15-18 year olds to participate in Teen Trailwork crews run by ADK. These crews camp out for a week near a work site, usually for the purpose of building or repairing a mountain trail. We look for younger students, aged 12-14, to go to Camp Colby, an environmental camp run by the DEC. This year, we also sponsored an area youth to participate in the 4H's Adirondack Experience. All of these programs promote a sensitivity to proper care and respect of the resources and natural beauty we enjoy in all wild lands, and the importance of proper stewardship to ensure their continuance.

Outdoors-Indoors Our chapter has a tradition of offering a slide presentation series in the winter months which we call our Outdoors-Indoors programs. In recent years, these have been held at the Canton Free Library on a Sunday night each winter month. Refreshments are served. Topics are diverse and have included such things as: rafting the Grand Canyon; mountain hikes of Kilimanjaro and Aconcogua; trips to Alaska, Tibet and Antarctica; and even a camel caravan to Timbuktu. We've also had programs on geology and Adirondack book collecting. Our semi-annual potlucks usually feature presenters of various Adirondack topics.

Workshops Occasionally, we offer workshops on topics of interest to our members. Some examples are: map and compass use, packbasket making, and introductions to snowshoeing and hiking.