Peter D’LuhoschConservation Easement SpecialistNYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation6739 U.S. Highway 11Potsdam, NY 13676 Re: Comments on the Revised Kildare, Five Mile Recreation Management Plan dated October 2020 Dear Mr. D’Luhosch: Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve (“Adirondack Wild”) appreciates the many important revisions to this RMP since 2017, and the work that DEC Region…
For Immediate ReleaseNovember 30, 2020Contact: David Gibson, 518-469-4081 Adirondack Wild Presents Award to Executive Director of the Adirondack Diversity Initiative Saranac Lake, NY – Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve has honored the work of Nicole “Nicky”’ Hylton-Patterson, the executive director of the Adirondack Diversity Initiative, a project of the Adirondack North Country…
The Department of Environmental Conservation has proposed that the ultimate removal of Debar Lodge from the Debar Mountain Wild Forest in Duane will require a full Environmental Impact Statement, or EIS. The scope of that EIS has been out for public comment on the Adirondack Park Agency’s website. DEC considers the following proposed mitigation for…
For Immediate ReleaseNovember 19, 2020Contact: David Gibson, 518-469-4081 Adirondack Wild Presents 2020 Wilderness Award Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve has presented its 2020 Paul Schaefer Wilderness Award, the organization’s highest honor, to Kevin Chlad, Director of Government Relations for the Adirondack Council with offices in Elizabethtown and in Albany. “Adirondack Wild has…
NYS Department of Environmental ConservationSteven Guglielmi, ForesterNew York Department of Environmental ConservationPO Box 296, 1115 NYS Route 86Ray Brook, NY 12977-0296 Re. Debar Mountain Wild Forest GEIS Scoping Document (Debar Lodge) Dear Steve and DEC Region 5, Adirondack Wild has reviewed the the department’s and the Adirondack Park Agency’s proposed scope of impacts that may…
Back in June something occurred with potentially great significance for the Adirondack Park that flew below the proverbial radar. That month, The stress of our sheer numbers on wild lands, other hikers, summit stewards, forest and assistant rangers and local communities and volunteers bordering Routes 73 and 86 this hiking season – and many before this…
On this 2020 Columbus Day weekend, peak use of parts of the High Peaks and Giant Mountain Wilderness areas in the Adirondack Park were again exceeded. Now is the time to consider a permit reservation or limited entry system for key points of entry into these wilderness areas as necessary, helpful, practical, and practicable. Adirondack Wild…
Back in June something occurred with potentially great significance for the Adirondack Park that flew below the proverbial radar. That month, a letter was mailed from the U.S. Army at Ft. Drum to selected agencies notifying them that “Fort Drum is initiating agency coordination for a new proposed action within the existing nine county Local Flying Area…
Whitney Park – Cradle of American Forestry – is again up for sale. Let’s all work toward another Conservation Success Story. Watch our new Video. Adirondack Wild is outspoken about why the 36,000-acres now up for sale by Whitney Industries near Long Lake and Tupper Lake is of such significance to the Adirondack story and landscape.…
Thank you to reporter Gwen Craig of the Adirondack Explorer (and Times Union) for her recent articles about recreational user pressures created by all of us entering the High Peaks Wilderness from the private lands of the Adirondack Mountain Reserve (AMR)/Ausable Club off of Rt. 73. As reported, user pressures and resulting damage to the private lands have…