Interested in Becoming A Summit Steward?
We hire and supervise a Fire Tower Steward for ten weeks each summer as a public educator during the most popular hiking season. This Steward is an Environmental Studies major from a regional university, with preparatory coursework and training in the Adirondack’s human and natural history, and techniques for interpretive interaction with the hiking public. He or she also instructs hikers on low-impact use of the mountain’s environment, and carries out maintenance-stewardship tasks on the trails, summit, and fire tower at Poke-O-Moonshine.
"Working on Poke-O-Moonshine, especially under the leadership of David Thomas-Train, solidified my desire to study and preserve wild places."
Brendan Wiltse - 2004/2005