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The Residents’ Committee to Protect the Adirondacks
Formed in 1990, the Residents' Committee to Protect the Adirondacks (RCPA) is the grassroots voice for Adirondack residents, year-round and seasonal, natives and newcomers, who desire to see the natural resources and rural communities of the Adirondack Park protected in perpetuity. The RCPA pursues this agenda through grassroots organizing, advocacy, research, education, and legal action. The RCPA is led by a Board of Directors, has 3,000 member households, and is headquartered in North Creek, in the central Adirondacks.
The Wild Center - The Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks
The “Wild Center” provides a voice to powerfully communicate the rich stories of nature in one of the great natural spaces in North America - the Adirondacks. The museum’s MISSION: To inspire a broad public understanding of the natural systems that shape and sustain life in the Adirondacks. Near the Route 3 & 30 intersection in Tupper Lake, NY - $20 Million raised to build and open the Museum in July, 2006 - 35000 square foot main building on 31 acres.
The Adirondack Museum
Called "the best of its kind in the world," by The New York Times, the Adirondack Museum at Blue Mountain Lake overlooks the lake of the same name. Six million acres of Adirondack Park surround this place and form the basis of the museum’s exhibits and programs telling the stories of how people have lived, worked, played and traveled in the Adirondack region since the early 1800s.
The Adirondack Cooperative Loan Program
The Adirondack Cooperative Loon Program (ACLP) is a collaborative research and education effort studying the natural history of the Common Loon (Gavia immer) and the effects of contaminants and human interactions on the loon population in the Adirondack Park. ACLP evolved from loon contaminant research conducted by the Northeast Loon Study Workgroup in the Park from 1998-2000. ACLP was initiated in the spring of 2001 to further expand upon this work. The ACLP is a partnership of the Wildlife Conservation Society, Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks, NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation, BioDiversity Research Institute, and the Audubon Society of New York State, Inc.
The Adirondack Cooperative Loon Program conducts research to determine the status and trends in the Adirondack breeding loon population, and the effect of mercury contamination on this population's reproductive success.
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