By Isabella Padrón
Who: PSC students, faculty, and staff; and Paul Smiths residents.
What: Joe Dadey, Jack Drury, and Duane Gould will be presenting their proposed implementation of a hut-to-hut system in the Adirondack Park. This project is funded by the New York State Department of State and conceptually supported by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The ACTLS website relates that “these workshops are designed to inform the public of the project’s objectives and to share work completed to date regarding existing and planned trails, lodging facilities, and tourism destinations. The workshops are also designed to solicit knowledge of existing trails as well as additional input on prospective new trails and connections that would contribute to a hut-to-hut system.”
In other words, we need your help identifying already existing, desired, or unmapped routes within our pocket of the Park. If you grew up in the Adirondacks or are familiar with areas outside of Paul Smith’s College but within The Blue Line, your input would be very helpful.
Where & When: Tuesday, November 15 at 7pm in the Pine Room (located in the student center)
Why: The establishment of a hut-to-hut system in the Adirondacks would help maximize the sustainable tourism economies of the towns, villages, and hamlets across the Park, provide health and wellness opportunities to both Park residents and visitors, and help protect the Park through environmentally-sound nature immersion. This idea, focusing on already-existing trails, and trails in lesser-traveled areas of the Adirondacks, would help address the deterioration of the trails we are seeing today in the High Peaks Region and elsewhere because of increasing visitation and impact.
Meet the team: Duane Gould (left), Joe Dadey, and Jack Drury
Isabella Padron
Isabella, widely known as Izzy, is a second semester senior majoring in Recreation. She lives in Saranac Lake with her cockatiel, Besito. Besides writing, Izzy loves to paddle, travel, and play lots of music.