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ADK Onondaga Chapter

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The ONONDAGA CHAPTER is a very active chapter located in Central New York. We welcome new members! The chapter sponsors approximately 200 outings per year including over 40 trips in the Adirondacks! The outings include day hikes, weekend overnight hikes and backpacking trips, kayak/canoe trips, bicycling, mountain climbing, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing and social events. Come join our organization!

Conservation

The members of the Adirondack Mountain Club share an appreciation of the value of our wild lands and waters; a commitment to their protection and to using them responsibly; and a conviction that the lands of the Forest Preserve should be allowed to respond to natural influences with minimum interference by man. Initiatives and public action by chapters of ADK on local, state and national conservation issues are essential to the effectiveness of the Club and are coordinated with Club Conservation-oriented advocacies. We work to help protect lands across the state, in addition to those of the Adirondack and Catskill Parks. Outings and field trips, hikes and letter writing, participation in state land use planning processes---just some of the Conservation Committee activities. Contact Mary Kunzler-Larmann at mk-l@juno.com for more information or view the Conservation News at the ADK website.

Trail Stewardship

ADK -ON has constructed over 100 miles of Finger Lakes Trail over the past 40 years. Presently it maintains 98 miles and is extending the trail 20 miles eastward as part of both the Finger Lakes Trail and the North Country National Scenic Trail. Also ADK-ON maintains the 5 mile West Mountain Trail and 6 mile Norridgewock Trail in Pigeon Lake Wilderness Area in the Adirondacks. For more information, view the Trail Stewardship page.

Volunteers

Chapter members are involved in trail construction, trail maintenance, and ADK committees. If you want to volunteer for trail work, contact Tony Rodriguez. To help with a committee, contact Jon Bowen.

Put these events on your calendar

The deadline for entries for the next newsletter is January 28, 2012

ADK: Green River Canoe Camping and Hiking, UTAH,  May 16-24, 2012 $1355
We will paddle down ~45 miles of the Green River on flat water in the Labyrinth Canyon section, tent on the shore and explore side canyons (Canyonlands National Park) by foot and canoe. The canyons are rich in history, geology and Ancestral Puebloan rock art. Contact Mary Coffin 315-687-3589 or maryccoffin@gmail.com.

NCTA : Day Hiking the NCT Adirondack Route, Sept 4-10, 2012, $680
This is a day hiking and tent camping trip on the NCT route in Siamese Ponds and West Canada Lakes Wilderness Areas. We will hike with daypack for 6-8 miles using a van to shuttle between Lewey Lake Campground and trail heads. Points of interest along the way on the North Country National Scenic Trail route include: Pillsbury Lake, French Louie Trail, Jessup River, Rock and Long Ponds, King’s Flow, Puffer Brook Pond, 13th Lake, Kunjamuk Trail, Peaked Mountain, Lewey and Indian Lakes and more. Hiking on most trails will be scenic, remote, and picturesque and imbue a sense of peaceful solitude and oneness with nature. Contact Mary Coffin, 315-687-3589 or maryccoffin@gmail.com.

Announcements

Wanted – Volunteers for The Winter Host Program (WHP)
The Winter Host Program is a group of ADK volunteers that are ADK members, have winter backcountry experience, familiarity with trails in the JBL area and JBL property, and able to provide appropriate public relations for ADK. Volunteers stay in the Henry L. Young cabin Friday evening to Sunday noon on winter weekends starting in December and ending in April. Would you like being part of an ADK presence for socialization and information with outdoor recreationists that are passing by? Interested in getting away from it all? Are you looking for a way to “give back” for conservation and outdoor education? Yes? Then the winter host program is for you! A training session is held in November at ADK Headquarters in Lake George. For more information email Frank Sorbero at franknra@gmail.com.

New Patch -The Onondaga Chapter has a new patch! Check it out on the top of this page. These new patches will be given out on selected hikes - check your schedule.

Trail stewards and hike leaders please read!
Send all Scheduled Maintenance Reports, Scheduled Outings Reports, and Steward's Unscheduled Reports to Barbara Ullrich, PO Box 844, Fayetteville, NY 13066. New forms have been put on the Helpful Information page with the new address.

News

DEC has launched a blog, State of Green, featuring commentary on a wide range of environmental issues and insight into the actions DEC is taking to improve New York’s environment and create a more sustainable future. http://decstateofgreen.blogspot.com