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ORGANIZATION
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Though Shingle Shanty Preserve and Research Station was only established in 2008, the vision of the property as a research station dates back to the 1960’s when it was managed as a research forest by Syracuse University. Forestry research on the property dates back to the early 20th century.
The Preserve is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization accredited by the New York State Department of Education. Day-to-day operations of Shingle Shanty Preserve and Research Station are the responsibility of the Project Manager. Research and education at the Preserve is approved and directed by the Scientific Advisory Committee.
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PROJECT MANAGER
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Stephen Langdon has 20 years of experience working in conservation with government and private organizations in the Adirondacks. He has a Bachelors of Science in Ecology and a Bachelors of Arts in Philosophy and is currently a graduate student at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse. Steve is currently researching the effects of wind disturbances on the flora of lowland boreal plant communities in the Adirondacks. Past research has ranged from wilderness recreation to aquatic invasive plants.
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PRESIDENT/SPECIAL ADVISOR
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Dr. Ross Whaley is emeritus president and professor of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. He has served as a consultant to or member of several state, national, and international commissions devoted to natural resource and environmental issues. In recognition of these activities he has been awarded the Pinchot Medallion by the Pinchot Institute for Conservation, the Professional Conservationist Award by the New York Conservation Council, the Heiberg Memorial Award by the New York Forest Owners Association, and Honor Alumnus of Colorado state University.
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SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE
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The scientific integrity of the research and educational activities that occur on the site are guided by the advice of the SSPRS Scientific Advisory Committee ("SAC"). Members of the SAC include:
- Dr. Michale Glennon, research scientist with the Wildlife Conservation Society.
- Frederick Findlay, Architect, Landscape Designer, Naturalist
- Jerry Jenkins, Author, researcher and educator with the Wildlife Conservation Society.
- Glenn Johnson, Professor of Biology, SUNY Potsdam.
- Stacy Mcnulty, research associate, Adirondack Ecological Center, Newcomb, NY.
- Dr. Craig Milewski, Associate Professor of Fisheries Biology.
- Dr. William Porter, Boone and Crockett Chair of Wildlife Conservation in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Michigan State University.
- Dr. Donald Potter, Emeritus Professor of Geology, Hamilton College.
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PARTNERS
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The Preserve has partnered with various Adirondack research and educational institutions:
- Adirondack Biodiversity Project at Paul Smiths College. Surveying the diversity of life and connect people to natural communities through participation in biological inventories in the Adirondack Park of New York State.
- Adirondack Natural History Museum, Tupper Lake. The Wild Center is a not-for-profit organization overseen by a Board of Trustees with the assistance of its Advisory Board. The Center is located on a 31-acre site in the Town of Tupper Lake, NY near the geographic center of the Adirondack Park. The Adirondacks are unique in the world. Surrounded by people, they house great expanses of nature interspersed with small towns and communities. They can be an example for a future where man and the rest of the natural world find better ways to coexist.
- The Wildlife Conservation Society's Adirondack Communities and Conservation Program. Connecting Communities and Conservation in the Adirondacks.
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