PRESS RELEASE Contact: Doug Haney, Cycle Adirondacks Co-Director 518.524.4674, doug@cycleadirondacks.com SARANAC LAKE — A new partnership aims to support charitable projects in Cycle Adirondacks host communities. Cycle Adirondacks is a fully supported road cycling tour of the Adirondack region, founded in 2015 by the Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS) Adirondack Program. This year, WCS and Cycle Adirondacks are teaming up with Adirondack Foundation’s crowdfunding platform, Adirondack Gives, and the Glenn & Carol Pearsall Adirondack Foundation to raise funds for community projects in Saranac Lake, Schroon Lake, and Keene Valley. The 2017 tour is scheduled for August 19-25 and will feature each project as guests from over 30 states and provinces spend two consecutive nights in each community. “We want Cycle Adirondacks to be as community focused as possible,” said Zoë Smith, director of WCS’s Adirondack Program. “The event itself is an economic driver for the region, but we felt we could do even more.” With a grant from the Pearsall Foundation, Cycle Adirondacks is providing seed funding to three crowdfunding campaigns. The host communities and riders will look to spread the word and generate additional gifts. “Through this program, we’re able to bring cyclists from all over North America directly into the story of our incredible overnight host communities,” said Cycle Adirondacks Co-Director Doug Haney. “Not only will our riders be contributing to the projects, but they will have the opportunity to see, interact and learn more about them during this summer’s tour.” Saranac Lake Youth Center Bike Fund The Saranac Lake Youth Center is working to establish a fund to purchase bikes for Saranac Lake area youth in grades 6-12. The main priority is to get bikes to youth who need them for transportation, recreation, and exercise. In addition to providing bikes, the youth will be taught bike safety and be given helmets and locks. The goal is to have the youth “earn” the bikes through an application process and then be eligible for selection by the Saranac Lake Youth Center Board of Directors. Learn more: http://bit.ly/SLBikeFund. Helping an Adirondack Wild Child in Keene Valley Beavers are habitat engineers, building dams and ponds that make our mountain home biologically and beautiful — but this work can also get them into trouble! Flooding costs our towns money and often leads to trapping and killing beavers to prevent them from causing damage. To protect New York State’s official mammal, we are helping Keene Central School install a “beaver-deceiver” water control structure to prevent flooding and keep this wild child out of trouble while they do their beaver thing, enhancing native habitat. Learn more: http://bit.ly/KeeneBeavers. Schroon Lake School Chicken Coop The goal of the new Farm to Table program at Schroon Lake Central School is to help students understand where their food comes from and how they can use the earth to become self-sufficient and responsible consumers. The centerpiece of our Farm to Table program will be the construction of a chicken coop, not far from our playground and the future camping site of Cycle Adirondacks. Our new coop will be used as a study lab for raising and understanding livestock. Along with the other facets of our Farm to Table program such the construction of raised garden beds and the implementation of a composting system, we hope to instill and teach a lifelong passion for gardening and farming, and responsible use of the land. Learn more: http://bit.ly/SchroonChickenCoop. For more information about Cycle Adirondacks, visit cycleadirondacks.com. To learn how Adirondack Foundation uses crowdfunding to support Adirondack communities, visit www.adirondackgives.org. About Cycle Adirondacks Cycle Adirondacks mission is to grow and support bicycle tourism in New York’s Adirondack Park. Our flagship event is The Ultimate Cycling Vacation, an annual award winning, fully supported weeklong road cycling tour of one of the most spectacular natural landscapes in the world. The success of The Ultimate Cycling Vacation has since led to Cycle Adirondacks support of two incredible day rides, Ride for the River and Bike The Barns. Cycle Adirondacks is now at the forefront of driving and shaping bicycle tourism in the Adirondacks and surrounding region. ###

June 27, 2017 Area businesses please note that the Saranac Lake Visitor Center, which has been located in the North Elba Town Hall on River Street, moved this week to the Harrietstown Town Hall at 39 Main Street. Please direct your guests to this new location for information on the region. The Saranac Lake Welcome Center will serve a dual role of providing information to both visitors and people and businesses looking to relocate to the region. The center is on the first floor of the Town Hall, first office to the left. Hours of operation are 8 a.m. - 4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. Welcome signs indicating the new location are in the works.

Lake Placid, adirondacks, usa — The Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism (ROOST), NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK) and the Adirondack Regional Tourism Council (ARTC) have collaborated to provide a resource web page that aggregates the latest outdoor backcountry recreation notices, news, resource links and downloads at adkalert.com. A dramatic increase in usage on trails in the High Peaks and other areas of the Adirondacks over the past few years contributed to the need to develop an easy-to-access, comprehensive online resource. Originally launched in advance of the busy Columbus Day weekend in the fall of 2016, adkalert.com was developed to be a one-stop resource for Adirondack regional businesses and organizations to provide their customers and guests with information about best practices for using the Adirondack backcountry. “A lot of the visitors to the 46 High Peaks are new to the region and even new to hiking. These visitors may not be properly prepared for the conditions they could encounter and may be less familiar with best practices, including Leave No Trace principles that exist for the hikers’ safety and to make the trail systems sustainable,” said Julia Goren, Education Director for ADK. “We hope that the region’s residents and visitors will become Adirondack backcountry ambassadors by downloading these materials and sharing them with others. In doing so, we can help preserve the recreational experience all are hoping to have.” The DEC has a large library of outdoor recreation resources on their website and that information is also linked from adkalert.com. There is also a download on the site with a more complete list of DEC "Quick Links." “There are numerous lesser-hiked trails for people to enjoy in the Adirondacks,” said David Winchell, DEC Region 5 outreach specialist. “In addition to many other backcountry resources linked from adkalert.com, the DEC has provided a downloadable fact sheet that lists a dozen alternative hikes to the 46 High Peaks trails and provide amazing views in a wilderness setting.” The fact sheet can be found on adkalert.com. Information is updated regularly, including the current status of the High Peaks Information Center hiking parking lot at the Adirondack Loj in Lake Placid. “The parking lot fills quickly during busy periods,” said Kim Rielly, director of communications for ROOST. “As soon as the lot is full, the ADK staff alerts us, the web page is updated almost immediately to reflect that hikers should seek alternate trailheads and hikes, an email alert is distributed to those who have signed up to receive those updates, and all of our organizations will amplify that message via our social media channels.” “The ultimate goal is to ensure that travelers to our region are armed with the information they need to be a champion for responsible use of the backcountry,” said Ron Ofner, executive director of ARTC. “That will ultimately result in a positive overall Adirondack experience, and one that they’ll surely want to share with others.” To learn more, and to sign up to receive Adirondack backcountry email alerts, visit adkalert.com. ### PHOTO: ADK #leavenotracewithADK sticker Hikers can get the sticker by demonstrating best Leave No Trace practices (picking up trash; excellent pre-planning; having a trowel, etc.) at the High Peaks Information Center. ADK staff are handing them out as a way of saying thank you to hikers. Media Contact: Kim Rielly | kim@roostadk.com | @krielly

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