RE: December 2021 hunting incident of gray wolf underscores need for DEC to increase protections

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RE: December 2021 hunting incident of gray wolf underscores need for DEC to increase protections To: Commissioner Basil SeggosNew York Department of Environmental Conservation625 BroadwayAlbany, NY  12233-1010Via: Basil.Seggos@dec.ny.gov CC:     DEC Wildlife Bureau (wildlife@dec.ny.gov)Assemblymember Steve Englegight, (EngleS@nyassembly.gov)Governor Kathy Hochul   Dear Commissioner Seggos, In December 2021, a hunter in New York shot and killed a large…

Adirondack Wild Meets at Paul Smith’s Visitor Interpretive Center.  

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For Immediate ReleaseSeptember 9, 2022 Contact: David Gibson518-469-4081 Adirondack Wild Meets at Paul Smith’s Visitor Interpretive Center. October 14 Meeting Open to the Public.2022 Wilderness and Wild Stewardship Awards announced. Paul Smith’s, NY – The nonprofit advocate Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve announces its Annual Meeting of Members and Friends will begin at…

View of the upper Hudson River

An influential film highlighted Adirondack rivers

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By David Gibson, Managing Partner, Adirondack Wild An influential film highlighted Adirondack rivers As the Adirondacks celebrates the 50th anniversary of the nation’s Clean Water Act (1972-2022), I thought to thumb through a set of old reports to find out what the nonprofit advocate Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks was doing or thinking…

Re. Project 2021-0256, DEC, Wetland Impacts Along Multi-Use Trail

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Re. Project 2021-0256, DEC, Wetland Impacts Along Multi-Use Trail David GibsonManaging PartnerAdirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest PreserveBallston Lake, NY 518-469-4081dgibson@adirondackwild.org Dear Mr. Haralson, Thanks to the Agency’s longstanding study and mapping of Adirondack watersheds and wetlands, the APA has applied a fine filter to the varied characteristics, classifications, and values of Park wetlands over…

Re. Deerwood Subdivision Tree Clearing, Lot 9

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Re. Deerwood Subdivision Tree Clearing, Lot 9 David GibsonManaging PartnerAdirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest PreserveBallston Lake, NY 518-469-4081dgibson@adirondackwild.org Dear Ms. Rice and Mr. Ernst, The undersigned organizations write out of concern for an anticipated future application to the APA from the owners of Lot # 9, Deerwood Subdivision, Upper Saranac Lake, to cut out…

lawn signs with the words: No Quarry

More misinformation about APA formal hearings

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By David Gibson, Managing Partner, Adirondack Wild More misinformation about APA formal hearings by Dave Gibson, Managing Partner, Adirondack Wild Reporter Megan Plete Postol reported on a recent judicial proceeding in Oneida County Supreme Court brought by Adirondack White Lake Association. The lawsuit was brought by neighbors of Red Rock Quarry, a proposed new granite quarry…

Growth in motorized uses as well as miles on the Adirondack Forest Preserve is “material,” Park advocates say.  

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For Immediate ReleaseJune 7, 2022 Contact: David Gibson518-469-4081 Growth in motorized uses as well as miles on the Adirondack Forest Preserve is “material,” Park advocates say. Adirondack Wild calls on the Adirondack Park Agency to account for motorized uses on private as well as public land. In their comment letter to the Adirondack Park Agency…

Re. Public Comment, Wild Forest Guideline No. 4, “No Material Increase”

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Re. Public Comment, Wild Forest Guideline No. 4, “No Material Increase” David GibsonManaging PartnerAdirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest PreserveBallston Lake, NY 518-469-4081dgibson@adirondackwild.org Comment Summary: Adirondack Wild appreciates having the 60-day comment period, as it affords the public sufficient time to try and relate this particular State Land Master Plan guideline for which you are…

Paul Schaefer and Dan Plumley sitting on a couch smiling

A Conversation with Wilderness Champion Paul Schaefer

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By David Gibson, Managing Partner, Adirondack Wild A Conversation with Wilderness Champion Paul Schaefer A 1993 conversation between Friends of the Forest Preserve founder and 20th century Adirondack wilderness coalition leader Paul Schaefer (1908-1996) and Kathy Hargis is one of the best, short interviews Schaefer ever gave. Just 25 minutes long, the interview is accessed at www.adirondackwild.org/media/videos and scrolling…