For Release January 19, 2024Contact: David Gibson, [email protected] Adirondack Wild calls for End of Mineral Exploration in the Jay Mountain Wilderness The nonprofit advocate Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve is encouraging first passage of an amendment to Article XIV of the NYS Constitution that would sunset or limit the time when NYCO Minerals…
by David Gibson When it comes to the Adirondacks and the “forever wild” provision of our state constitution, a number of us just lost a great, very determined, and very influential teacher in that field of green. Charles C. “Charlie” Morrison died this week in his mid-90s. After a long career as a natural resource…
Hon. Deborah Glick, ChairEnvironmental Conservation CommitteeNYS AssemblyRm 625 LOBAlbany, NY 12248 Hon. Pete Harckham, ChairEnvironmental Conservation CommitteeNYS SenateRoom 315, LOBAlbany, NY 12247 Dear Assemblywoman Glick, and Senator Harckham, We write to request that you consider passage of a constitutional amendment to rectify an open-ended threat to one of the premiere wilderness areas in the Adirondack…