Photo by Aponi Aerial Service
Borealis Consulting LLC completed an ecological communities assessment.
Wildlife biologists surveyed for northern long-eared bat habitat.
Stewardship & GIS Manager Becca Halter shared trail plans with reporters.
The Adirondack Land Trust received $3 million in grant funding for accessible wildland trail networks at two nature preserves, including Glenview.
Conservation Program Director Chris Jage shares the Adirondack Land Trust’s vision for wildland accessible trails at Glenview and expresses thanks to New York State DEC and Land Trust Alliance NY for supporting this project with a $100,000 grant. Learn more.
A preserve volunteer checks trail cameras, sifts through images on memory cards, and adds the best ones to our image library. The information helps us learn about animals that use the land.
Fields were mowed at Glenview to maintain the open view. If left alone, trees and shrubs would continue to grow and eventually obscure the view. Mowing made possible in part through a grant from the Ellen Lea Paine Nature Awareness Fund of the Adirondack Garden Club.
Community members attend an information session at Mount Pisgah in Saranac Lake to share their input on public access for the use and enjoyment of Glenview.
The Adirondack Land Trust contracts Saratoga Associates, a Saratoga Springs firm that specializes in landscape design and community engagement, to guide the outreach and planning process.
Volunteers do essential work at Glenview, and in summer 2022 they removed 360 pounds debris. Jon Kislin (above) took home a license plate from 1934 as a keepsake.
Adirondack Land Trust Stewardship Manager Derek Rogers leads a bird walk at Glenview, where the mix of grasslands and boreal forest welcomes a wide range of species.
Ecologist Steve Langdon installs a bioacoustic monitor at Glenview. These recording devices pick up morning birdsongs during migration and breeding season, information that will help Langdon understand the low-elevation boreal system.
Artist Sandra Hildreth made a special visit to Glenview for plein air painting, a method where artists leave the studio to paint in the outdoors.
Stewardship staff regularly visit conservation sites to monitor conditions. Here, Adirondack Land Trust Stewardship & GIS Manager Becca Halter uses a drone, or unmanned aerial vehicle, to check in on the property from the air.
As part of their orientation, new staff gain experience at Glenview that informs their work at this site and across the Adirondacks.
Staff and volunteers rake and seed the pollinator habitat plot.
Residents of Harrietstown Hill, the neighborhood around Glenview, meet with Adirondack Land Trust Stewardship & GIS Manager Becca Halter to learn more about the project.
Adirondack Land Trust staff and volunteers prepare a plot for pollinator habitat by covering soil with plastic. This process, called solarization, uses the sun’s warmth to kill pests and weeds.
Paul Smith’s College students Zackary Yauger and Matthew Arena help thin trees and remove brush from the fields to maintain views of the McKenzie Range.
Glenview is managed to facilitate maple syrup production, maintain the scenic vista, conserve pollinator and wildlife habitat, and protect water quality.
The Adirondack Land Trust completes assessment and documentation of habitats and other natural features.