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Podcast: Other Voices
Episode: Aaron Mair of Guilderland, wilderness campaign for the Adirondacks
Description: Aaron Mair of Guilderland is the new director of a wilderness campaign for the Adirondack Council. Following the lead of President Joe Biden, Forever Adirondacks will focus on enhancing carbon sinks in forested land to slow climate change. Mair, who retires this month as a public-health epidemiologist working for the state, will combine his skills in data analysis with his passion for preserving the environment. He served as the first Black president of the Sierra Club, a commitment that sprang from his work as an urban environmental pioneer in the 1990s. When Mair lived in Albany’s Arbor Hill, the pa...