By David Gibson, Managing Partner, Adirondack Wild Wild Forest roads: “No Material Increase” needs context Fifty-one years ago (1971) the newly created Adirondack Park Agency was granted the authority to draft, revise, and interpret the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan, or APSLMP. That plan was signed by the Governor in 1972 and revised by…
Comments to: the New York State Climate Action Council David GibsonManaging PartnerAdirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest PreserveBallston Lake, NY 518-469-4081dgibson@adirondackwild.org On behalf of the nonprofit advocate Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve, we are pleased to submit these comments on the Draft Scoping Plan. Your visionary scope extending to specific strategies that reach…
For Immediate ReleaseMay 17, 2022 Contact: David Gibson518-469-4081 Congratulations to new Adirondack Park Agency Member Benita Law-Diao Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve hails today’s NYS Senate confirmation of Albany’s Benita Law-Diao as a new member of the NYS Adirondack Park Agency. She will be the first person of color to serve on the…
The Hon. Steve Englebright, Chair, Environmental Conservation CommitteeThe Hon. Charles Lavine, Chair, Judiciary CommitteeNYS AssemblyAlbany, NY 12248 David GibsonManaging PartnerAdirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest PreserveBallston Lake, NY 518-469-4081dgibson@adirondackwild.org Re. A. 794, an amendment of Article XIV, “Forever Wild,” at the former Camp Gabriels Dear Assembly Members Englebright and Lavine, We write out of concern…
By David Gibson, Managing Partner, Adirondack Wild It’s Mud Season Again. Past Time to Close those Gates It’s mud season again in the Adirondacks. During mud season, we are all warned by our NYS DEC to stay off designated hiking trails in or near the High Peaks or Giant Mountain Wildernesses at this time of…
An Act to amend the executive law in relation to preserving ecological integrity, wildlife and open space in the Adirondack Park, sponsored by Senator Kaminsky, et.al. David GibsonManaging PartnerAdirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest PreserveBallston Lake, NY 518-469-4081dgibson@adirondackwild.org Memorandum of Support for S. 1145 – To Senator Kaminsky, regarding Conservation Design Adirondack Wild: Friends of…
Letters to the EditorThe Adirondack Explorer David GibsonManaging PartnerAdirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest PreserveBallston Lake, NY 518-469-4081dgibson@adirondackwild.org Letter to the Editor – Adirondack Explorer In your May/June issue, Brad Edmondson, author of A Wild Idea, reviews another book just out, Inside the Green Lobby, by Bernard Melewski. Brad’s book review is factually misleading in…
By David Gibson, Managing Partner, Adirondack Wild Cost to Lake George of Not Holding APA Hearings The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) last held an adjudicatory public hearing in 2011 – the kind of hearing that involves sworn testimony and cross-examination of evidence before a law judge, followed by a full hearing record on which to…
By David Gibson, Managing Partner, Adirondack Wild Civic Conversations about Wilderness – with Ed Zahniser As reported in Adirondack Almanack this winter (www.adirondackalmanack.com) , the Warren County Department of Planning and Community Development has launched a collaboration with Cliff & Redfield Interactive (CRI), a Saratoga Springs-based rich-media communications organization, for a year-long campaign to promote…
John Ernst, Chair, Members and DesigneesNYS Adirondack Park AgencyP.O. Box 99Ray Brook, NY 12977Dear Chairman Ernst, Members, and Designees, Letter to APA Re. Adjudicatory Public Hearings The undersigned organizations and individuals have great concerns about the spread of adverse environmental impacts across the Adirondack Park and what appears to be an ongoing resistance by the…