Dr. Nina Schoch, coordinator of Biodiversity Research Institute’s Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation, will be one of nine individuals inducted to The New York State Outdoorsmen Hall at a banquet to be held Saturday, April 26 in Canastota.

Under Schoch’s leadership the BRI’s loon program has involved hundreds of volunteers, school children, and government agencies in protecting the iconic symbol of the Adirondack wilderness.

The loon census, banding, research on health issues, and public awareness programs of the ACLC have contributed greatly to the dramatic increase in the loon population in the past three decades. Continue reading →