COMMENTARY: Adirondack Park Agency’s “ADA Explainer” Fails to Fully Explain By Dave Gibson During the June APA meeting, Adirondack Explorer covered the State Land Master Plan discussion, noting that “the leaders of environmental groups, who had raised concerns about the earlier accessibility language, thanked agency officials for removing the proposed changes and called for continued…
Ken Lynch, ChairState Land CommitteeNYS Adirondack Park AgencyBox 99Ray Brook, NY 12977 Re. Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan (“Master Plan”) proposed amendments Dear Mr. Lynch, First, we thank the Agency for finally bringing the matter of substantive draft amendments to a committee discussion and deliberation this week. The highly controversial staff proposals of last…
Governor Hochul’s Adirondack Park Agency Nominations Senator Peter Harckham, Chair, Environmental Conservation CommitteeSenator Liz Krueger, Chair, Senate Finance CommitteeNYS SenateAlbany, NY 12247 Re. Governor Hochul’s Adirondack Park Agency Nominations Dear Senators Krueger and Harckham, The Adirondack Park Agency badly needs nominees with environmental and natural resource planning experience who share a commitment to protect the…
Celebrating Evelyn Greene By Dave Gibson More than a couple of my Adirondack journal entries begin with something like this one dated February 15, 1999: “Evelyn phoned me. Have you been to Nate Davis Pond, she asked? Never, I answered. Wanna go, she asked?” And I was off on another adventure with North Creek’s Evelyn…
APA on Whitney in 1996: “A Significant Open Space and Ecological Resource” By Dave Gibson Adirondack Explorer’s writer Jim Odato recently reported of a pending sale of 36,000-acre Whitney Industries lands and waters in Long Lake to a Texas-based developer named Shawn Todd, known for constructing “high-end housing, golf courses, and resorts.” Given its private…