Paul Smith’s College graduates, faculty present at ARC conference

The Adirondack Research Consortium (ARC) held its 26th Annual Conference of the Adirondacks this past May featuring dozens of presentations 和 posters around the theme of “Sharing Science 和 Policy in the Adirondacks – Culture, 保护, 和 Communication.”

Included in the conference’s lineup was a cohort of Paul Smith’s College faculty 和 recent graduates who presented on a wide variety of subjects pertaining to Adirondack issues.

凯瑟琳·盖尔, who graduated this past May with a bachelor’s in environmental science, received ARC’s 2019 Ecology 和 Environment Richard H. 莫尔斯奖. According to the ARC, the $500 award is given annually to students that share Morse’s passion for environmental policy, 音乐, 和/or outdoor activities in the Adirondacks. 盖尔, along with classmate William “Chip” Tobin, also took first prize for their poster presentation “Tick Borne Disease Research in the North Country.”

Courtney Cronk 和 Nicholas Shalayda’s “Identifying Potential Northern Long-Eared Bat Habitat Using LiDAR 和 Survey 123” took third in the poster session.

Another 2019 graduate, 鲍勃Visicaro, presented his “Lake Monitoring Trends in Fish Communities in Lower St. Regis Lake” after being introduced by 宝盈bbin官方登录’s Dr. Craig Milewski, who also served as mentor for four other posters put together by students.

与此同时, a number of faculty members took part, including Janet Mihuc, 凯利Cerialo, 布伦丹Wiltse, Melanie Johnson 和 Joe Henderson. Bobby O’Connor 和 Matt Dougherty also attended to speak about the Adventure Guide Service run through the college.

会议, held at the Conference Center at Lake Placid, is attended by students, 老师, 研究人员, 和 policy makers at local 和 regional levels. This year’s conference included the session “The Past, 现在, 和 Future of Adirondack Social Science Research,” which will be followed by a broader workshop on August 14 at Paul Smith’s College to further develop a research agenda.

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