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PRESS RELEASE

 

For Immediate Release:                               Contact: John J. Kettlewell, 

May 14, 2008                                                   Publications Director,

                                                                      (518) 668-4447 ext 23,                                                                       johnk@adk.org

2009 Adirondack Mountain Club Calendar Published

Lake George, N.Y. -- The 2009 Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK) Calendar: With Wilderness at Heart has been published and is available for purchase from ADK and bookstores and outdoor retailers throughout the Northeast.

The latest edition of ADK’s award-winning calendar features accomplished Adirondack nature photographers Nancie Battaglia, Mark Bowie, Joanne Kennedy, Mark Meschinelli, and Hardie Truesdale.

Among the monthly photographs are views of Lake Placid, Mount Marcy, the Shawangunks, Lake Champlain, Lake George, Lake Colden, and the Catskills. These classic, full-color photographs are complemented by smaller spore-print images created by Sam Ristich and Carol Shaw. These are produced by placing mushrooms or woody fungus on paper. The late Sam Ristich, known as “the mushroom guru of Sligo Road,” was a well known teacher and speaker on things mycological.

ADK Publications staff Ann Hough of Keene, N.Y.; Andrea Masters, of Ballston Spa, N.Y.; and John Kettlewell of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., produced the calendar.

Purchase of this and other publications helps support ADK’s programs in conservation, education, and recreation. Also available are hiking, canoeing, rock-climbing, and cross-country skiing guides; natural history guides; and cultural and literary histories of the Adirondack and Catskill Parks.

To place an order contact ADK, 814 Goggins Road, Lake George, N.Y. 12845, (518) 668-4447, (800) 395-8080 (orders only), or click here.

The Adirondack Mountain Club, founded in 1922, is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to protecting the New York State Forest Preserve and other wild lands and waters through conservation and advocacy, environmental education and responsible recreation.