CANTON — The Rensselaer Falls library will get an update thanks to a grant through the Northern New York Community Foundation.

The Youth Philanthropy Council of the Northern New York Community Foundation has awarded Canton Free Library $1,000 to update the collection at the library’s Rensselaer Falls branch.

The Falls branch is one of just a few public spaces in the rural village and is known for being a second home to local teens and sometimes serves the local Amish community, said a press release from the Foundation.

Funding will help improve services and visibility for the one-room library.

The funding award to the library is part of $20,000 in grants awarded to five North Country nonprofit organizations that will support a wide range of community programs and projects.

Also awarded was the ESF College Foundation (SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry) which received $4,500 to support the Muskellunge Citizen Science program on the St. Lawrence River.

The college is organizing a community of concerned anglers to participate in a tracking assessment and recovery of the St. Lawrence River muskellunge population.

Grant funding will help purchase Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) kits for participating anglers. SUNY ESF manages the Thousand Islands Biological Station (TIBS) Observing System on Governors Island near Clayton.