News & Updates

We're very excited for Poobah 2026! It'll be a potluck and BYOB this year, like the Poobahs of yore. Doors open and the entertainment starts at noon. There will be lawn games, a bonfire at dusk, and camping is available. No dogs, please. Bring a chair! $20 is the suggested donation but you can pay what you like. Proceeds will benefit The New Land Trust. You can donate online ahead of time here: https://donorbox.org/poobah-2026 Questions? Feel free to message us or call 518-29

Join us on Saturday July 25th at Pie in the Sky at the New Land Trust in Saranac for our annual summer celebration of music and fun! We’ll have the Zip City blues band, with other acts TBD and an open mic. Bring your friends and a picnic! BYOB. Camping will be available. We will not be charging an admission fee this year. All donations will go to support the New Land Trust and pay for the bands and port-a-potties, so your generosity will be greatly appreciated! You can donate

Now that winter is definitely over, it's time to return borrowed skis and snowshoes. Someone will be in the Clubhouse from 10am to 12pm Saturday, May 16th to receive the equipment. If you can't make it then, contact Hal Moore at 518-570-5375 to make arrangements. Thanks and happy Spring!

Now that spring has arrived, the trails are calling—and Earth Day week is the perfect time to get outside and explore the New Land Trust! As people head out to observe Earth Day on April 22 and celebrate the first signs of the changes in the landscape that the warmer weather brings, we’re inspired by the many ways folks are giving back to the planet—from planting trees to joining cleanups and making more sustainable choices every day. Here at the NLT, the retreat of the snow

Adirondack Explorer has published two articles about the New Land Trust this month, one by Holly Riddle which details the history of the NLT, and a nice recap of a recent visit by Tom French, which heaps praise on the NLT's ski trails and conditions. Read them here: New Land Trust: From student dream to Saranac landmark: https://www.adirondackexplorer.org/community-news/new-land-trust-student-dream-saranac-landmark/ New Land Trust: Saranac’s ‘snow bowl’: https://www.adirondac

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...