Adirondack Park within NYS Climate Strategies – Barely Mentioned By Dave Gibson, Managing Partner Adirondack Wild. It is in Chapter 19 of the NYS Climate Action Council’s Draft Scoping Plan, the chapter on “Land Use,” that I expected the words “Adirondack” or “Adirondack Park” or “Adirondack Park Agency” to get some focused attention. I was…
For Immediate ReleaseMarch 30, 2022 Contact: David Gibson518-469-4081 Adirondack Wild Hails Vote for Smarter Development The nonprofit advocate Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve hailed yesterday’s vote in the NYS Assembly in favor of an act to preserve ecological integrity, wildlife and open space in the Adirondack Park. The bill was sponsored by…
Paul Schaefer and the making of an Adirondack map By Dave Gibson, Managing Partner Adirondack Wild. The Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks had hired me the previous winter. It was now the spring of 1987. Windows and doors were again opening to the hope and then the reality of spring’s warmth. The director…
The Hon. Kathy Hochul, GovernorState of New YorkExecutive ChamberState CapitolAlbany, NY 12224 Re. Round Goby Threat to Lake Champlain Dear Governor, Adirondack Wild wishes to join the Adirondack and New York Nature Conservancy, the Lake Champlain Basin Program, the Essex County Board of Supervisors, and many other stakeholders in asking that the Canal Corporation issue…
John BurthEnforcement UnitNYS Adirondack Park AgencyP.O. Box 99Ray Brook, NY 12977 Re. Erosion and Sedimentation into Streams, Woodward Lake Properties Dear John: I write to call the Agency’s attention to an apparent and concerning lack of any basic erosion and sediment control practices at the Woodward Lake subdivision on Collins-Gifford Valley Road in Northhampton. Driving…
Is APA review the equivalent of an Environmental Impact Statement? No. By Dave Gibson, Managing Partner Adirondack Wild. Over the course of time, the Adirondack Park Agency’s permit practice has drifted too far away from what the 1973 Agency Act and the State Environmental Quality Review Act require. The State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQR)…
The Voluntary Professionals Behind the Adirondack Research Library By Dave Gibson, Managing Partner Adirondack Wild. Many organizations introduce their work with the words “were it not for the volunteers, we could not…” That can be justifiably said of the Adirondack Research Library (ARL), formerly part of the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks (AfPA).…
For Immediate ReleaseFebruary 14, 2022 Contact: David Gibson518-469-4081 Adirondack Wild Supports Debar Pond Lodge Land Exchangeand Bill to Support Ecological Integrity in the Adirondack Park Adirondack Wild has endorsed a joint legislative resolution in Albany to amend Article 14 of the New York State Constitution and authorize a land exchange between the Debar Institute and…
Memorandum of Support A. 4074 (M/A Englebright et. al.) An Act to amend the executive law in relation to preserving ecological integrity, wildlife and open space in the Adirondack Park, sponsored by Assembly Member Englebright, et.al. Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve encourages passage of A. 4074 (same as S. 1145) in the…
Matt KendallNYS Adirondack Park AgencyP.O. Box 99Ray Brook, NY 12977 Re. Town of Warrensburg Proposed Land Use Map Changes Dear Mr. Kendall, On behalf of Adirondack Wild, we find the proposed map amendments in Warrensburg, both proposed to be reclassified Hamlet, problematic in terms of the APA Act. The likely adverse environmental impacts of reclassification,…