Adirondack Wild: A Legacy Leader By Dave Gibson Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve was honored to be represented as an Adirondack Legacy Leader at the 50th anniversary of the Adirondack Council on July 19, 2025. Ceremonies were held at the historic Silver Bay YMCA on the shores of Lake George. While it was…
July 10, 2025 Aaron ZiemannAdirondack Park AgencyBox 99Ray Brook, NY 12977 Re. Land Vest Timber Harvest, Indian Lake, APA 2025-0104 Dear Mr. Ziemann, Adirondack Wild has the following concerns about this timber harvest proposal to clear-cut or overstory-cut over 500 acres adjacent to and very near the Cedar River and its tributaries. Our primary concern:…
Norm Van Valkenburgh: Catskill and Adirondack Conservation Champion By Dave Gibson Norman J. (Norm)Van Valkenburgh has slipped his earthly bonds. Of this remarkable Catskill native and champion of the public’s wild forests and wildernesses, I can locate no obituary, just a death notice of Norm’s passing in July 2023 in Orono, Maine at the age…