Champlain-Adirondack Biosphere Reserve

[2] The Champlain-Adirondack Biosphere Network straddles the border of north-central New York and northwestern Vermont.

It includes extensive temperate coniferous and deciduous forests as well as large numbers of lakes, bogs, and freshwater wetlands.

The primary goal of the Champlain-Adirondack Biosphere Network is to use education, research, and demonstration projects to encourage social and economic vitality and to preserve and improve the environmental health of the region.

[3] The Champlain-Adirondack Biosphere Network is managed by co-chairs Jim Brangan, Cultural Heritage and Recreation Coordinator for the Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP) and assistant director of the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership (CVNHP), Professor Kelly Cerialo from Paul Smith's College, and a steering committee composed of members from New York and Vermont.

[5] Forestry and tourism are the economic base in the Adirondack region on the New York side of Lake Champlain.