Coming of age in the Adirondacks Paul Schaefer grew to become a highly influential Adirondack wilderness conservationist. This chapter of “A Force for Nature: Paul Schaefer’s Adirondack Coalitions” reveals a truth: Family units often discover the healing and teaching properties of Adirondack landscapes and Adirondack people together. In the case of the Schaefer family, Adirondack…
The Legacy of Paul Schaefer Events A Force for Nature: Paul Schaefer’s Adirondack Coalitions (2025 by Syracuse University Press), my biography of Friends of the Forest Preserve founder Paul Schaefer will be featured at three events during the month of April 2026. 30th Annual Conference on the Adirondacks Wednesday, April 15th and Thursday, April 16th,…
Feb 25, 2026Josh Clague NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)Division of Lands and Forests 625 Broadway, 5th Floor Albany, NY 12233-4254Re. NYS DEC Other Power-Driven Mobility Devices (OPDMD) Policy NYS DEC Other Power-Driven Mobility Devices (OPDMD) Policy Dear Josh and DEC:In 2024, APA and DEC proposed weakening State Land Master Plan/ Forest Preserve Wilderness protections…
By David Gibson Adirondack Fragmentation and the Illusion of Green At its January meeting, Adirondack Park Agency (APA) staff recommended approval of a seven-lot residential subdivision in a Rural Use zone off Route 73 in Keene, NY (the Aylward project). Staff noted that after several years of work with the applicant the subdivision had been…