I appreciate the Adirondack Council’s recent press release, which highlights the many benefits of permit reservation or limited entry systems and how such a system is needed and necessary now in parts of the High Peaks Wilderness Area. (Editor’s note: See the Explorer’s article about it here) Support from the Adirondack Council for such a system…
The 19,000-acre Essex Chain of Lakes between Indian Lake and Newcomb certainly has received lots of public attention. In 2007, it was a major part of the Finch, Pruyn and Company sale of 161,000-acres to the Adirondack Nature Conservancy, with help from the Open Space Institute. Today, the first amendment to the Essex Chain…
Corrie MageeNYS Department of Environmental Conservation232 Golf Course RoadWarrensburg, NY 12885Richard WeberNYS Adirondack Park AgencyP.O. Box 99Ray Brook, NY 12977 Re. Proposed Essex Chain of Lakes Primitive Area UMP Amendments Dear Ms. Magee and Mr. Weber, The proposed amendments to the 2016 Essex Chain of Lakes Management Complex (ECLMC) Unit Management Plan (hereinafter, the “UMP”)…
Ms. Cait SchadockNational Environmental Policy Act CoordinatorDirectorate of Public Works4896 Jones StreetFt. Drum, NY 13602 Re. Programmatic Environmental Assessment/ Combat Aviation Brigade Mission and Training Dear Ms. Schadock, Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve is a not-for-profit advocate and educator about the wilderness and wild lands of the Adirondack Park, including the Park’s constitutionally…
Even during the summer’s pandemic, development submittals to the Adirondack Park Agency have not slowed very much. Case in point: the proposed developer of Woodward Lake in Fulton County has submitted additional information to the Adirondack Park Agency this month of July. APA has issued multiple requests for additional information since the applicant, New York…
For Immediate ReleaseJune 25, 2020Contact: David Gibson, 518-469-4081 High Peaks Recommendations Should Connect to Wilderness Management Plan Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve recognizes the initial efforts of the High Peaks Strategic Planning Advisory Group which issued an interim report this week. “An advisory body of diverse stakeholders, all volunteers, has been meeting…
For Immediate ReleaseMay 29, 2020Contact: David Gibson, 518-469-4081 Adirondack Wild Elects New Board Director and Advisor At its May 2020 board meeting, Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve elected Richard L. (Rick) Hoffman of Easton, Washington County, to join its board of directors and Sunita Halasz of Saranac Lake to join its advisory council.…
For Immediate ReleaseApril 15, 2020Contact: David Gibson, 518-469-4081 Plan for Travel Corridor from Remsen to Lake Placid Fails to Assess Impacts from Climate Change and on the Forest Preserve. A DEC plan for the 119-mile Travel Corridor that runs through the heart of the Adirondack Park does not adequately assess actual and projected impacts on…