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Click above to view the newsletter MONTHLY VISITORS Over the past year, there were over 1000 sign-ins by visitors to the New Land Trust, not including the many Poobah attendees. Poobah 2025 was a great success! It was held again this year at Pie in the Sky across the road from the NLT trails. Ursa and the Major Key organized seven fantastic musical acts, who presented from the newly-expanded stage. This year saw the debut of artisan vendors, who offered some lovely handicraft

Click above for a copy of the article with pictures This article, written by Joe Connelly with photos and photo illustrations by Ben Stechschulte, is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of the New Land Trust. A laminated copy of the article has been on hand in the Clubhouse for years for interested readers to peruse, and it's considered to be a definitive history of the NLT. Read the article at Adirondack Life's website: https://www.adirondacklife.com/2017/01/12

Stay tuned for this year's Winter Newsletter, coming soon!

This delightful essay about the ski trails and history of the New Land Trust surfaced during a perusal of some NLT memorabilia. From the events mentioned in the piece, it appears to have been written circa 2016, but the author is unknown. If anyone recognizes their work, let us know! ------------------- From Guadeloupe, just shy of the swamp, slither along Darkside, where the woods dim and the midday light goes dusky. Turn away from the fen on a serpentine path beckoning you

Thanks to a grant facilitated by the Clinton County Youth Bureau, the New Land Trust is pleased to be able to offer free full season use of cross-country skis or snowshoes to Clinton County youth residents again this year. Return the equipment in the spring. This year's equipment pickup day is Saturday November 15th from 10AM to Noon at the NLT clubhouse, 236 Plumadore Road, Saranac. First come, first served.

In 1978, a group of idealistic and enthusiastic SUNY Plattsburgh students had just acquired the former farmland that was to become the New Land Trust, with a vision of creating a community of ecologically minded co-conspirators in cooperative living. The Barn was in rough shape, but it was their first permanent abode, after several had spent the summer in a tipi and other shelters. Here are some anonymous entries from the "Barn Book" journal, dated October 1978, written as

The NLT has some new historical markers, a project two years in the making.  Jeff Cochran, a spiritual seeker and poet who has been with the New Land Trust since the beginning, and who led many types of community ceremonies, has, at his own expense, created some signs which offer an abundance of information about the spiritual happenings that took place on the land over the years.  From its founding and into the early 2000s, the New Land trust served its members as not just a

The NLT Board of Directors would like to acknowledge that the 281.5 acres that we call the The New Land Trust today are the ancestral lands and original territory of the Algonquin and Iroquois Native Peoples who lived here and traveled through here, for thousands of years. As you set out on these trails, remember the many different footprints that have graced this beautiful place we call the Adirondacks: Indigenous nations that have lived here for thousands of years; Enslaved

The deck of the Scout-built footbridge on the upper Saranac Trail has been patched. Plans are in the works to replace the whole bridge,...

The three moldering privy outhouses on the New Land Trust property have been repaired, with sturdy new steps and the addition of hand...

Poobah 2025 was a fun day of music, art, food and friends! The sound from the bands playing on the newly expanded outdoor stage was...

The New Land Trust has been celebrating Poobah, an annual reunion and musical event, nearly every summer since its inception 40-plus...