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9:00 – 11:00am  |  Flatwater Paddles (boats available or bring your own)

• Boreal Life Paddle on Barnum Pond starts with a guided, short walk through a spruce swamp, bog, conifer forest, and mixed conifer-hardwood forest to the VIC dock where you can explore Barnum Pond (no portage required and space limited)
  
  
• Lower St. Regis Lake Paddle begins at the Paul Smith’s College boat launch where you can (1) take an easy venture to a wetland and/or lean-to; (2) take a moderate paddle to Rabbit Island on Spitfire Lake; or (3) take a challenging upstream paddle to Keese Mill Dam 

9:00 – 11:00am  |  Walk in the Woods at the Paul Smith’s VIC

• Heron Marsh Trail travels through a variety of habitats, including wetlands, hardwood forest and mixed conifer-hardwood forest - there is a boardwalk, two platforms and an elevated tower for viewing marsh wildlife
  
  
• Self-Guided Walk around the many nature trails combined with visit to the Butterfly House
  

10:00 – 11:00am or 1:30 - 2:30pm  |  Adirondack Council Staff Q&A 

• Clean Water with David Miller, Clean Water Program Coordinator & Blake Neumann, Clean Water Advocate
  
  
• Essex Farm Institute with Dillon Klepetar, Farm Advocate