30th Annual Conference on the Adirondacks

The Adirondack Research Consortium’s Annual Conference on the Adirondacks will be held at the High Peaks Resort, Lake Placid on Wednesday and Thursday, April 15 & 16, 2026. 

Speakers

Featured speakers are Dr. Curt Stager and David Kanietakeron Fadden discussing their recently published book, “First Adirondackers: 12,000 Years of Indigenous Peoples in the Adirondack Uplands” and a keynote presentation given by SUNY college of Environmental Science and Forestry professor Dr. Jamie Shinn, “Insights from Appalachia” which focuses on bridging social and ecological sciences through research.

Award presentations

During the conference the 2026 Elizabeth Thorndike Adirondack Achievement Award will be given to Jon Erickson, Assistant Dean or the Rubenstein School at the University of Vermont and the Richard H Morse Student Award will be presented to SUNY Plattsburgh graduate student Alexander Amann.

Programming

More than 16 panel discussions over the two days, with topics including water resource management and protection, wildlife biodiversity, changes in wildlife movement patterns, the timber industry and the “built environment”, invasive species, diversity, and publishing in AJES, the peer-reviewed journal published by the Adirondack Research Consortium. Table displays and posters will cover student research and the activities of several prominent environmental groups, and a visual and auditory art Installation will be set up throughout the conference space by students from the  University of Rochester.

For more information and links to registration please visit WWW.ADKRESEARCH.ORG