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12/19/12
Niskayuna and Keene, NY – Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve believes Governor Andrew Cuomo should have signed legislation on his desk which would have provided $56 million of revenue from the state’s most successful recycling program – its bottle deposit law - over a six year period to the State’s Environmental Protection Fund (EPF). read PDF>
10/24/12
Paul Smith’s, NY – The president and chief executive officer of the Student Conservation Association and Dr. Curt Stager of Paul Smith’s College will be among the speakers featured at a workshop seeking to connect the Park’s various natural resource stewardship programs together to improve communication and potential collaboration. The workshop is underwritten by a grant from International Paper. read PDF>
09/25/12
Old Forge, NY – Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve presents an awards program on Friday, September 28 at its Annual Meeting at VIEW, the arts center in Old Forge. The awards recognize individuals from the area who have made outstanding contributions to the conservation and stewardship of wild lands, to ecotourism based upon the area’s wilderness, and to educating others about the importance of safeguarding wild nature in the Adirondack Park. read PDF>
08/06/12
Keene, NY -- Partners with Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve today hailed yesterday’s announcement by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens that 69,000 acres of the former Finch, Pruyn lands would be purchased by the State of New York and protected as “forever wild” lands of the NYS Forest Preserve. read PDF>
06/19/12
Keene, NY – Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve has issued a report that calls upon Governor Andrew Cuomo and all state agencies to advance and expand upon the many positive values of wild lands in our Adirondack and Catskill Forest Preserve, protected by Article 14 of the State Constitution. The report was issued to mark the 40th anniversary of the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan. read PDF>
03/15/12
Keene, NY – In its decision to permit the Adirondack Club and Resort near Tupper Lake, the NYS Adirondack Park Agency had all the authority it needed to cluster the subdivisions, reduce infrastructure costs, conserve the backcountry, prevent forest fragmentation, protect water quality, wildlife and sensitive ecosystems, and perpetuate forestry and hunting traditions, says the group Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve. read PDF>
Ray Brook, NY – A permit for the proposed Adirondack Club and Resort (ACR) project approved today by the Adirondack Park Agency sets a low standard for the APA, says the organization Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve. read PDF>
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