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“What are the climate impacts of this project”?

By David Gibson, Managing Partner, Adirondack Wild “What Are The Climate Impacts Of This Project”? On July 18, 2019, Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (Climate Act) was signed into law.  To quote from the NYS Climate Council website, “New York State’s Climate Act is the among the most ambitious climate laws in the world and requires New York to…

Adirondack Resort Developer Fails to Deliver

For Immediate ReleaseNovember 11, 2021Contact: David Gibson, 518-469-4081 Adirondack Resort Developer Fails To Deliver Requested Information To The APA A Miami, Florida developer has sent the NYS Adirondack Park Agency Part 1 of an application for a proposed 350-acre resort in Jay, NY near Whiteface Mountain and Lake Placid. However, in this Part 1 phase…

Adirondack Wild Endorses Proposal 2

Contact: David Gibson, 518.469.4081dgibson@adirondackwild.org Adirondack Wild Endorses Proposal 2: Right of New Yorkers to Clean Air, Clean Water and a Healthful Environment On Election Day, November 2, Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve is encouraging passage of Proposal 2 which would add to the existing Bill of Rights in New York State’s Constitution the…

Adirondack Wild Thanks Governor Hochul

Contact: David Gibson, 518.469.4081dgibson@adirondackwild.org Adirondack Wild Thanks Governor Hochul for Appointing a Chair of the Adirondack Park Agency Ray Brook, NY – The nonprofit park advocate Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve today hails the decision by Governor Kathy Hochul to appoint fresh leadership to the board of the NYS Adirondack Park Agency. “APA’s…

Debar Lodge

It’s Debatable: Debar Pond Lodge

By David Gibson, Managing Partner, Adirondack Wild Historic and forest preservationists are at odds about the future of Debar Lodge, but formerly they joined hands. In 1983 their collaboration saved historic buildings at Camp Sagamore while expanding adjacent Forest Preserve by amendment of Article XIV of the NYS Constitution and saved the structures at Camp…