For Immediate Release: January 28, 2005
Contact:
Andy J. Flynn | Public Relations | Adirondack Park Agency
contact@apa.ny.gov | (518) 327-3000
PAUL SMITHS, NY - The Adirondack Park Agency Visitor Interpretive Center (VIC) at Paul Smiths will offer a birding field trip to the Bloomingdale area on Saturday, Feb. 5.
High Peaks Audubon Society members Joan Collins and Amy Freiman will be leading this snowshoe walk, which starts at 9:30 a.m. Birders will look for boreal species in the Blooomingdale Bog and on the Bigelow Road.
Preregistration is required for this free program. For directions and to register, call the Paul Smiths VIC at (518) 327-3000.
The New York State Adirondack Park Agency operates two VICs, in Paul Smiths and Newcomb, which are open year-round from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily except Christmas and Thanksgiving. They offer a wide array of educational programs, miles of interpretive trails and visitor information services. Admission is free.
The Paul Smiths VIC is located 12 miles north of Saranac Lake on Route 30. For more information about the VICs, log on to the centers’ Web site at www.northnet.org/adirondackvic.