From Left: APA Executive Directory Terry Martino, Ausable River Association Executive Director Corrie Miller, Paul Smiths College Professor Curt Stager, APA Chairwoman Leilani Ulrich, Wild Center Executive Director Stephanie Ratcliffe and Committee Chair Bill Valentino. Courtesy photo.
Representatives of various Adirondack Park organizations presented a program on local climate changes to the Adirondack Park Agency’s (APA) Public Awareness and Communications Committee during the APA’s meeting of November 15.
Stephanie Ratcliffe, executive director of The Wild Center in Tupper Lake, was joined by Curt Stager, a professor at Paul Smith’s College; and Corrie Miller, executive director of the Ausable River Association in presenting an overview of the Adirondack Climate and Energy Action Plan (ADKCAP) program to the committee.
During the presentation, the group outlined what climate change means for the Adirondacks, as well as the need for individuals and municipalities to develop self-defined actions to address climate change and possible future storm events.
Following the presentation, Ratcliffe, Stager, and Miller were given a certificate of appreciation by APA Chairwoman Leilani Ulrich, Executive Director Terry Martino, and Committee Chair Bill Valentino.
