Adirondack Park Institute

06/01/2023

We are happy that API can fund these important educational and experiential learning opportunities. Welcome to Adirondacks Will.

We are excited to have Will join us as our 2023 summer interpretive naturalist intern! He'll be at the AIC sharing his knowledge and experience with visitors through out the summer so be sure to stop in and join him on one of his walks!

Thank you to the Adirondack Park Institute for sponsoring our internship program!

03/25/2023

One of the many programs that we support is the Mud Season Movies series at the Adirondack Interpretive Center . Looks like a good lineup for 2023.

We are happy to announce our slate of films for Mud Season Movies which starts next Saturday and continues throughout the month of April. Join us at 1:30 every Saturday for some education and entertainment, and of course, popcorn! This film series is free thanks to sponsorship from the Adirondack Park Institute

09/11/2022

Wonderful Awards Reception today at the Hotel Saranac. Thank you to all who came out to honor E. Phil Saunders who was presented with the Frank and Jeanne Hutchins award and Glenn and Carol Pearsall who were presented with the Adirondack Community Award.

08/27/2022

Don’t miss this wonderful event!!

07/01/2022

Artist-in-Residence Shannon Klotz will be working at Adirondack Interpretive Center during the month of July. Shannon will be hosting 2 workshops, working plein air on the trails, and hosting open studio every Thursday during the month. This is just one of the programs supported by API.

02/12/2022

Just one of the many events we support at the Adirondack Interpretive Center and Paul Smith's College VIC . Join API and help us support outdoor environmental education the Park.

Some of the folks from Outdoor Afro Albany and Upstate NY joined us today for a viewing of "An American Ascent" and a very windy snowshoe on the trails. Thank you to Town of Newcomb and Adirondack Park Institute for helping support this event.

09/13/2021

Join Us for the 10th Annual Awards Gala via ZOOM
Friday, September 17th, 2021, 5:00-6:00
Sponsored by Paul Smith's College

We are delighted to present the 2021 Frank Hutchins Adirondack Environmental Education Leadership Award to Caroline Draper Lussi, longtime Adirondack philanthropist. The Special Guest Speaker is author and Paul Smith's College Professor Curt Stager who holds the Draper-Lussi Chair in Lake Ecology and Paleoecology. Additionally, we will be awarding the Third Annual Community Service Award to Adirondack musician and educator Dan Berggren. Mr. Berggren will also offer a tribute to his longtime friend Peter Hornbeck, to whom this Gala is dedicated. Assemblyman Dan Stec will be offering remarks, as well as Paul Smith’s College President Scott Dalrymple and SUNY ESF College President Joanie Mahoney. For more information about the program or to get a link to join in the program, please call Gala Chair Susan Goodspeed at 518-582-3376. All net proceeds from the Gala directly support educational and interpretive programs at SUNY ESF’s Adirondack Interpretive Center in Newcomb and the Paul Smith’s College VIC. Pictured above, top left and clockwise: Caroline Draper Lussi; Dan Berggren; Curt Stager; and Peter Hornbeck.

09/02/2021

The API Annual Awards Gala will be a virtual event this year. Caroline Draper Lussi will be awarded the 2021 Frank M. Hutchins Environmental Education Leadership Award and Dan Berggren will be the recipient of the third annual Community Award. Visit our web site or call the number in the press release to learn how to attend the gala and how your donations help support education in the Adirondacks.

NEWCOMB — Local businesswoman and philanthropist Caroline Draper Lussi will be awarded the 2021 Frank M. Hutchins Environmental Education Leadership Award at

08/28/2021

API supports art in the Adirondacks by sponsoring the Artist in Residence program at Adirondack Interpretive Center. This year's artist, Christopher Rosier, provided two oil painting workshops, open studio time, and worked on the trail system at the AIC teaching visitors about different ways to engage with the natural environment.