Remembering Carl George By Dave GibsonDecember 28, 2025 Carl George, Professor Emeritus, Biology Dept., Union College, died earlier this month at age 95, leaving his wife Christine, and legions of friends at Union College, and around the world. Carl came from humble origins in Michigan and Ohio, farmed as a young man, and studied and…
Keeping the Wild in Wilderness By Chad P. DawsonDec. 11, 2025 Wilderness recreation management professor emeritus, and former Adirondack Park Agency member Dr. Chad P. Dawson came to Adirondack Wild’s 2025 Annual Members Meeting in Old Forge to present “Keeping the Wild in Wilderness,” a review of his text Wilderness Management: Stewardship and Protection of…
COMMENTARY: Debar Pond Lodge: 2025 DEC analysis falls short, again Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve challenges DEC plan to raze historic Adirondack lodge By Dave Gibson In 2020, DEC issued a draft unit management plan (UMP) for Debar Wild Forest which included the removal of Debar Pond Lodge and in its place the…
Cabin Fever & Adirondack Storytelling By Dave Gibson As big game season and Veterans’ Day align, I tend to think of my friend, the late Don Brightman, who died in 2019. Don, a resident of Burnt Hills, was a founding board member of Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve. Don visited, fished, hunted, rowed,…
August 4, 2025Matthew Kendall, Environmental Program SpecialistNYS Adirondack Park AgencyP.O. Box 99Ray Brook, NY 12977 Re. APA Map Amendment 2025-01, Lake Luzerne Dear Mr. Kendall, On behalf of Adirondack Wild, for the following reasons we oppose the proposed reclassification of approximately 73 acres from Rural Use to Moderate Intensity Use along Hidden Valley Road in…
Gibson: APA Members Must Have Their Questions Addressed By Dave Gibson This month’s pressure placed on Adirondack Park Agency members to accept the APA staff’s permit conditions for a very large expansion of an RV Park (Sunset View) on the Great Sacandaga Lake in Mayfield is part of a pattern of exerting tight staff control…
For Immediate ReleaseOctober 21, 2025 Contact: David Gibson, [email protected] Adirondack Wild Urges “Yes” Vote on Prop. 1 Lake Placid, NY – On November 4, 2025 Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve, the nonprofit advocate for the public’s “forever wild” Forest Preserve, is encouraging state voters to vote YES on statewide Ballot Proposal 1 authorizing…
Devan KornAdirondack Park AgencyP.O. Box 99Ray Brook, NY 12977 Re. “Indian Brook Preserve” Large-Scale Subdivision, Town of Bolton, APA 2025-0195 Dear Mr. Korn, We have reviewed what appears on your website as Phase 1 of the “Indian Brook Preserve,” 30-lot, Large-scale Residential Subdivision in Low Intensity Use, Town of Bolton. To our disappointment, the proposed…
For Immediate ReleaseOctober 2, 2025 Contact: David Gibson, [email protected] More Subdivision Sprawl Proposed in Adirondack Mountains. 30-Lot Subdivision Threatens Forests, Wetlands, Water Quality. Bolton, NY – An environmentally threatening, 30-lot subdivision in the Town of Bolton above Lake George called “Indian Brook Preserve” is now before the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) for approval under the…
For Immediate ReleaseSeptember 24, 2025 Contact: David Gibson, 518-469-4081or Ken Rimany, [email protected] Adirondack Wild Holds It’s 15th Annual Meeting on October 10th Old Forge, NY – The public is warmly invited to join Adirondack Wild as the organization shares its work for the protection and stewardship of Wilderness and other wild lands of the Adirondack…