Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve

DIALOGUE FOR THE WILD –
Featured Writer: Chris Amato

Ed Zahniser and Eveleyn Green
Chris Amato

Protect the Essex Chain
By Chris Amato

Christopher Amato is an environmental attorney with an undergraduate degree in biology who has served as New York State DEC Assistant Commissioner for Natural Resources, Deputy Chief of the Environmental Protection Bureau at the New York Attorney General’s office, and Senior Attorney at the Adirondack Park Agency. He has worked as a wildlife biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and just recently, joined the Advisory Council of Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve. For the past forty years, Chris has enjoyed hiking, paddling and biking throughout the Adirondack Park read more >

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Protect the Essex Chain of Lakes & the Hudson - Cedar River Headwaters as WILDERNESS

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The mission of Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve is to advance New York’s ‘Forever Wild’ legacy and Forest Preserve policies in the Adirondack and Catskill Parks, and promote public and private land stewardship that is consistent with wild land values through education, advocacy and research.

FIELD NOTES FROM THE PARTNERS

NEW! 05/01/13 The APA Says Science Can Wait –
It’s happened again. The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) has eliminated a permit condition for advance studies to assure no harm comes to sensitive wildlife from new development on four mountain summits. read more >
Only recently considered a separate species from the Gray-cheeked Thrush, the Bicknell's Thrush has one of the most restricted breeding and wintering ranges of any North American bird.

04/27/13 Arbor Day Tree Planting Day of Service –
On April 27 NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers led a day of service for the Forest Preserve along the Upper Hudson River in Warrensburg in recognition of Arbor Day. Joining to lend a hand in planting were Dave Gibson, Tom Cobb and daughter Elizabeth Cobb of Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve, and ten boy scouts and troop leaders from Boy Scout Troop 100 in Warrensburg. read more >
Bank erosion on Hudson River in Warrensburg. Photo © Dave Gibson

04/24/13 Critical Lake George Watershed Added to Forest Preserve –Over 2,000 acres of mountains, lakes and streams critical to the health of Lake George have just been added to the Adirondack Forest Preserve. The land is not only a recreational mecca for hikers, but also a clean drinking water supply for the Town of Bolton, Lake George. read more >
Joe Martens, DEC Commissioner, announces the acquisition from top of Prospect Mountain. Mt. Marcy and the High Peaks in the background.
Photo © Dave Gibson

04/14/13 Where Veterans Stand: Paul Schaefer and the Pack Forest –Paul Schaefer took this photo in the Pack Forest in Warrensburg sometime in the 1940s or 50s when he was fighting elsewhere in the Adirondacks to save ancient groves from dam builders. At Pack Forest Paul told us he took one of his best and luckiest shots. read more >
Pack Forest. Photo © Paul Schaefer

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IN THE NEWS
NEW! 05/15/13 • Daily Gazette - Honor Paul Schaefer by naming new state lands in Adirondacks after him
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IN THE NEWS
NEW! 05/11/13 • Daily Gazette - Schaefer’s legacy may be recognized read more >

IN THE NEWS
05/09/13 • Adirondack Almanack - Group Seeks ‘Paul Schaefer Wild Rivers Wilderness’ read more >

IN THE NEWS
05/08/13 • Adirondack Daily Enterprise - Seven options for former Finch lands read more >

IN THE NEWS
05/07/13 • Adirondack Explorer - APA Lays Out Options For Finch, Pruyn Lands read more >

COMMENTS
05/07/13 • RE: Whiteface Mountain Unit Management Plan Amendment read more >

PRESS RELEASE
05/07/13 • Adirondack Wild Calls for Creation of the “Paul Schaefer” Wild River Wilderness read more >

COMMENTS
03/29/13 • The Weekly Adirondack - Letter: Honored to receive Gateway to Wilderness award
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COMMENTS
03/13/13 • Preliminary Comments on Region 5 Open Space Planning Report for 2013 read more >

Photos: Top left: Loon at Jenny LakePhoto © Ken Rimany; Field Notes From the Partners: Carved 'Beaver House' sign - by Paul Schaefer. Photo © Ken Rimany; Wild Action Now photo: Dan Plumley at the Keene Valley Library, along with Naj Wikoff, sharing what they learned and offered to the gathering of leaders at the Conference of World Parliamentarians on Tibet. Photo © Ken Rimany.