Re. Work Plan for the Wilson Ridge Trail, Arietta

Jonathan DeSantis New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC) Division of Lands and Forests 701 South Main Street P.O. Box 1316 Northville, NY 12134 Re. Work Plan for the Wilson Ridge Trail, Arietta Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve and Adirondack Wilderness Advocates appreciate this opportunity to comment on the July 12…

Hiker standing at the edge of a lake in the Adirondacks

Before there were motor free lakes

By David Gibson, Managing Partner, Adirondack Wild Before there were motor free lakes Although by 1973 Wilderness areas had been officially designated on about one million acres within the Adirondack Forest Preserve, the question of whether waterbodies within those million acres would be similarly free of use by motors was still highly uncertain. In June…