Bald Peak

Champlain Area Trails (CATS) is an accredited land trust dedicated to the conservation of land and the creation and maintenance of trails throughout New York's Champlain Valley. By connecting people with nature, CATS promotes economic vitality while ensuring that conservation efforts are permanent and effective. With a commitment to excellence, CATS has received reaccreditation from the Land Trust Accreditation Commission, allowing them to display the prestigious accreditation seal. The organization actively engages the community through various events, volunteer opportunities, and educational programs aimed at enhancing local access to natural spaces. Generated from the website

Lakes to Locks Passage was established in 2002 by the New York State Legislature as a New York State Byway, and designated the same year as an All-American Road by the Federal Highway Administration (one of 31 nationally). The Byway follows the interconnected waterway of the Upper Hudson River, Champlain Canal, Lake George, Lake Champlain, Richelieu River and Chambly Canal through six Counties in New York State: Rensselaer, Saratoga, Washington, Warren, Essex, and Clinton. Through the Quebec/New York Trade Corridor, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed in 2005 with the CRE Monteregie Est in Quebec for cross-border promotion of tourism to national and international markets. The Byway is managed by the 501c3 non-profit organization Lakes to Locks Passage, Inc, with twenty board members, five officers, and two staff persons. Goals of the organization include: Create a great place to live -- which is also a great place to establish a business, invest public resources, and to visit! Establish a grassroots forum for voluntary inter-municipal planning and implementation of NYS Byway, waterfront and community revitalization programs. Assist communities through a process of sensitivity, awareness, understanding, appreciation, and finally, a commitment to the stewardship of the historic, natural, and cultural resources that are embodied in Lakes to Locks Passage, as the basis for community revitalization.