Events

2024 Events

Stream Stewardship Symposium

July 25, 2024

Join fellow streamside landowners and experts from the Ausable Freshwater Center and professors and students from SUNY Plattsburgh and University of Vermont for an afternoon of demonstrations and a tour of Adirondack stream habitats at the Stream Stewardship Symposium! Click here to learn more and RSVP.

Ausable River Paddling Cleanup

September 7th, 2024

Join us for our 8th annual paddling clean up and help us restore and protect the Ausable River by removing trash in and along the river. Click here to learn more and sign up.

September Shindig

September 17, 2024

Save the Date for our 3rd annual Shindig! Join the Ausable Freshwater Center's staff, board, and fellow supporters at the Mirror Lake Inn for an evening of good eats, drinks, and friends. Click here for more details.

Past Events

Earth Month Ausable River Cleanup

April 20, 2024

We'd like to thank the 100+ volunteers who joined us on Saturday for our annual earth month clean up! Thanks to you, we were able to remove thousands of pounds of trash and prevent it from entering the river. We're grateful for our partners at the Towns of Keene, North Elba, and Wilmington, Golden Arrow Lakeside Resort, IRONMAN Foundation, Green Goddess, NRS, Valley Grocery, and Origin Coffee for making this year's clean up possible. We hope to see you again next year!

The Great Adirondack Trail Run

June 15, 2024

Thank you to everyone who joined us us at The Mountaineer for the 19th annual Great Adirondack Trail Run & 5K fun run! Proceeds from the event benefitted our work.

Friendraiser

June 20, 2024 - 5pm to 8pm

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our annual Friendraiser! It was a beautiful evening in Saranac Lake celebrating our supporters and 25 years of AsRA. Here's to 25 more as the Ausable Freshwater Center!

Ride for the River

July 14th, 2024

Thank you to everyone who joined us for a beautiful day of biking along the Ausable River! We can't wait to get out and Ride the River with you again next year.

Guided Watershed Tours

Year-Round

Join our staff and expert guest naturalists for outdoor education programming featuring diverse ecological themes in the Ausable, Boquet, and Saranac River watersheds. Click here to learn more about our tours and to sign up.

Spring Tree Plantings

May 5 & 12, 2023

Thank you to the wonderful volunteers who joined our tree plantings in May and helped us plant over 500 trees along the banks of the East Branch. Together we are working to restore the Ausable River.