By David Gibson, Managing Partner, Adirondack Wild A Material Increase and Burdens on the Forest Preserve How the Adirondack Park Agency interprets its own State Land Master Plan with respect to public motorized uses of roads on the Forest Preserve (Wild Forest guideline, “No Material Increase”) has been in the news since last spring and…
By David Gibson, Managing Partner, Adirondack Wild APA failure to hold public hearings has consequences Last April, Adirondack organizations wrote to the Adirondack Park Agency asking APA to rediscover their discretionary power to hold adjudicatory public hearings on particularly complex, controversial Adirondack land use projects. No response to our joint letter has been forthcoming from…
March 8, 2023Barbara Rice, Executive Director &John Ernst, ChairNYS Adirondack Park AgencyP.O. Box 99Ray Brook, NY 12977Dear Barbara and John, During the February Agency meeting members and staff continued to debate Wild Forest guideline 4, “no material increase in the mileage of Wild Forest roads and snowmobile trails open to motorized uses by the public”…
By David Gibson, Managing Partner, Adirondack Wild Nearly 100 people attend Adirondack Park Lobby Day in Albany Nearly 100 people from 20 different Adirondack organizations met with 50 state legislators and their staff during Adirondack Park Lobby Day to advocate for funding and policy advancements for the Adirondack Park. A group of Eagle Scouts from…
March 1, 2023Contact: David Gibson, Adirondackwild.org518-469-4081, dgibson@adirondackwild.org Adirondack Park Lobby Day in Albany Photo by Ken Rimany Albany, NY – Nearly 100 people from 20 different Adirondack organizations met with 50 state legislators and their staff during Adirondack Park Lobby Day to advocate for funding and policy advancements for the Adirondack Park. A group of…