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Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation

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The Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation works to inspire passion for and promote the conservation of the Adirondack loon as an environmental sentinel.

The Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation is dedicated to promoting and inspiring passion for the conservation of Common Loons.

11/06/2026

Happy Footwag Friday! We hope everyone has a great weekend!

Enjoy this beautiful photograph by Destin Danser from . Check out more of his work at: https://www.adventureaheadphoto.com

11/05/2026

This summer, Wildlife Tech/Lead Programs Coordinator Eden collected lead tackle during tackle box inventories where she helped interested community members sort through their tackle boxes. Like many people who have had tackle boxes passed down to them from previous generations, Eden has her father's tackle boxes. She spent a day sorting through what proved to be a large collection of interesting and unique tackle collected over a lifetime of fishing in and around the Adirondacks.

For Eden, it was a way to remember her father.

Tackle boxes hold stories - memories of fun times, family, quiet mornings and epic adventures - and sorting through them becomes an act of reconnecting and gaining insight through the tools of a beloved past time.

Eden kept a few of her father's lures for herself, and the rest she displayed on a board in the Loon Center office. Many contain lead and therefore we want to keep them out of our waterways, but all of them are fun to look at and to think about where they've been and who they belonged to.

Just because we want to remove lead tackle from our waterways to keep our wildlife and lakes safe doesn't mean we can't appreciate the history and the stories we find in tackle boxes that have been passed down to us.

Thank you to Eden and her family for sharing with us.

11/04/2026

Loon Zooms are back with a great lineup of featured speakers! Register for one Loon Zoom for $10 per presentation, or register for all 6 for $50! Every dollar goes directly to support loon research and conservation.

Loon Zoom #1 is at 7 pm on Thursday, November 12 and will feature ACLC's own Dr. Lizz Schuyler revealing the 2026 NY Annual Loon Census results and what we've learned from our nest camera study and lead tackle programs.

Registration links can be found on our events page - adkloon.org/events or at https://acflc.givecloud.co/2026-2027-loon-zoom-registration-page-nuji3kbt2

11/02/2026

Loon Zooms are back! We have a great lineup of speakers for this year's Loon Zoom series! Check out Loon Zoom #1 featuring ACLC's own Dr. Lizz Schuyler's presentation "Sharing the Lake with Loons: What the Census, Nest Cameras and Lead Tackle Teach Us" on Thursday, November 12 at 7 pm online.

Registration for Loon Zooms is required and costs $10 per presentation, or $50 for all six. See the full lineup of speakers on our events page at adkloon.org/events.

Register here: https://acflc.givecloud.co/2026-2027-loon-zoom-registration-page-nuji3kbt2

11/01/2026

The New York Loon Observation Reporting Tool has reached 500 reports! This is an incredible level of participation in the first year of this new tool to help us track loon sightings around NY State!

As loons are (hopefully) migrating away from the Adirondacks, you can still report sightings at the online tool. These sightings help us gain an even broader picture of the loon population in NY!

You can access the reporting platform on our website at https://www.adkloon.org/research -map

10/30/2026

The Loon Team said goodbye to two team members this month. Temporary Wildlife Tech/Lead Programs Coordinator Eden was finished with her term mid-October, and Education and Outreach Coordinator Sylvie is moving on to new opportunities as ACLC refocuses its conservation and stewardship efforts.

Both Eden and Sylvie brought energy and enthusiasm to their roles, and we will miss them around the office! Thank you for everything you brought to the Loon Center! 💙

10/29/2026

Stop in at the Loon Center tomorrow for trick-or-treat in downtown Saranac Lake between 2:45 - 5:45 pm! Show off your costume and take home some candy! We hope everyone has a safe and happy Halloween!

10/28/2026

The 2026 Living Planet Report has some concerning findings - wildlife populations declined by about 73 percent on average between 1970 and 2022. Freshwater species are faring the worst.

But there is hope, and the report is mostly about that: how we can reverse the decline of the planet's wild species.

Download the full report at https://livingplanet.panda.org/en-US/.

10/27/2026

A new paper from Birds Canada reports widespread decline of common loons across their southern territories. The analysis included 20 years of ACLC data, which supports the overall trend that has been seen in New York, which is a long, slow decline in productivity. If this continues, NY will remain below the threshold rate needed to maintain a viable breeding loon population. With stressors like climate change increasing in their severity, our decline in productivity will likely continue, and the rate of decline may even increase.

Check out Birds Canada's blog about the study, which includes a link to the original paper published last week.

Primary author Dr. Matt Fuirst will be speaking about this study for Loon Zoom #5 on March 11, 2027. Registration links for all Loon Zooms will be live on November 2 - check back then to register!

The unprecedented international effort to understand and reverse declines in one of North America’s most iconic waterbirds.

10/27/2026

Thank you to Chloe and Carter for making their Maintain the Chain project about protecting loons from lead poisoning! They are leading the next generation of responsible anglers and we're super proud of them!

Address

75 Main Street
Saranac Lake, NY
12983

Opening Hours

Wednesday	10am - 5pm
Thursday	10am - 5pm
Friday	10am - 5pm
Saturday	10am - 5pm

Telephone

+15183548636

Website

http://www.adkloon.org/

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