MTC 2024 Event
Plans for the 4th annual MTC event are ongoing.
Dates: August 3 - 11 2024
Registration is now open!
The 2nd annual FREE family-friendly EcoArts Festival at View in Old Forge will be held August 3, 2024 from 10am to 2pm.
Art meets Science at our 2024 EcoArts Festival to launch the Maintain the Chain Event. This family friendly event includes ecology-themed craft projects and booths from conservation organizations including representatives from the Fulton Chain of Lakes Association, Adirondack Council, Adirondack Watershed Institute, Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation, Hamilton County Soil and Water Conservation District, Raquette Lake Preservation Foundation, Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program. LivingADK and ADK Action will share their expertise with festival attendees. We are thrilled to have Bernadette Hoffman and Max, the Canada Lynx attend the EcoArts Festival again this year!
MTC and View Arts Center are sponsoring three FREE educational lectures leading up to the EcoArts Festival and the MTC event. Lectures will be held throughout the month of July at View Arts Center in Old Forge, NY
Thursday, July 11, 2024
Time: 5:30-6:30p
Topic: An Exploration of the Northern Peatlands
Speaker: Charlie Reinertsen
Founder of Twolined Studio, is a photographer, videographer, writer, exhibit developer, naturalist guide, and commercially-licensed drone pilot.
Twolined Studio is the home of the Northern Peatlands Project, a photographic journey through one of the rarest ecosystems on Earth.
Thursday, July 18, 2024
Time: 5:30 - 6:30pm
Topic: Climate Change and its Impact on Adirondack Lake Trout
Speaker: Thomas Detmer, PhD
Senior Research Associate
Adirondack Fisheries Research Program
Cornell University
Department of Natural Resources
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Time: 5:30-6:30pm
Topic: Raptors of the ADK
Speaker: Mark Manske
Founder of Adirondack Raptors, Inc.
Come learn about the importance of raptors in the environment and how to protect them. Come see Adirondack raptors and all their beauty!
