Michael Wilson – A river ran through him Michael died this winter, and I will remember him with much affection and admiration. I remember his laugh, and his eyes lit up when we met. I remember Michael investigating the social, cultural, and class dimensions of Adirondack wilderness, conservation, architecture, and other histories all around his…
Adirondack Park Agency Staff: ‘We Have A Hostile and Toxic Work Environment’ By Dave Gibson On February 12, 2025, the regional field representative for the Public Employees Federation (PEF), the union representing approximately 50,000 State employees with professional, scientific and technical responsibilities, sent an email to each of the eleven members of the Adirondack Park…
For Immediate ReleaseFebruary 13, 2025Contact: Dave Gibson, 518-469-4081, dgibson@adirondackwild.org Announcing Wilderness Management: Stewardship and Protection of Resources and Values, 5th Edition The 5th edition of Wilderness Management: Stewardship and Protection of Resources and Values will be published by Waveland Press later this month. The classic textbook contains the most comprehensive and updated information available about…
Statement to the New York State Legislature Concerning the Executive Budget for the EnvironmentJanuary 28, 2025 To: Senator Krueger, Assembly Member Pretlow, and all Members of the Joint Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means Committee Public Hearing Re. Executive Budget for the Environment for FY 2025-26 Respectfully, Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve…
COMMENTARY: Ten Questions to Challenge Business as Usual at the APA By David Gibson The Adirondack Park Agency’s monthly public comment opportunities and long list of permits issued during the year are duly posted on the APA website and at Adirondack Almanack. This posting of basic Agency information is positive. However, behind the apparent conduct…
COMMENTARY: Is APA OK with ceding its authority over the Master Plan? For decades the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan (APSLMP) has required that State Land Unit Management Plans “will address, on a site specific basis the identification, in intensive use, historic and appropriate portions of wild forest areas accessible by motor vehicles, of…
Hon. Kathy Hochul, GovernorState of New YorkExecutive ChamberState CapitolAlbany, NY 12224 Re. Third Comment Letter, Proposed Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan (APSLMP) amendments Dear Governor Hochul: The undersigned Adirondack Park advocacy groups respectfully urge you to intervene to prevent an unprecedented and significantly damaging change to the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan (Master…
Peter Brinkley: The Adirondack Brand What follows is a guest essay by Peter Brinkley who lives in Jay and is Senior Partner of Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve. This essay was prompted in part by new Almanack contributor Kimberly Rielly’s piece “Understanding the Adirondack Brand“. We hear of the need for businesses in…
Megan Phillips, Deputy Director for PlanningNYS Adirondack Park AgencyP.O. Box 99Ray Brook, NY 12977 Re. Third Comment Letter, Proposed Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan (APSLMP) amendments Dear Ms. Phillips, During the Agency’s public comment period, Agency and Department staff have made the public statement that the proposed APSLMP amendments on Accessibility, including the Motor…
Megan Phillips, Deputy Director for PlanningNYS Adirondack Park AgencyP.O. Box 99Ray Brook, NY 12977 Re. Additional Comments, Proposed Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan (APSLMP) amendments Dear Ms. Phillips, As we have re-read the Agency’s proposed amendments pertaining to Unit Management Plan Development, we now wish to augment our earlier letter with additional concerns about…