Moose River Plains

Our Forest Preserve: A Wildland System

By David Gibson, Managing Partner, Adirondack Wild Adirondack Explorer’s reporter and writer Gwendolyn Craig has authored a fine article this month titled “The Long Wait for Forest Preserve Plans,” referring to the lack of unit management plans (herein, “UMP”) for some significant Forest Preserve Wilderness areas, like West Canada Lake and William C. Whitney, and…

Re. Work Plan for the Wilson Ridge Trail, Arietta

Jonathan DeSantis New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC) Division of Lands and Forests 701 South Main Street P.O. Box 1316 Northville, NY 12134 Re. Work Plan for the Wilson Ridge Trail, Arietta Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve and Adirondack Wilderness Advocates appreciate this opportunity to comment on the July 12…

Hiker standing at the edge of a lake in the Adirondacks

Before there were motor free lakes

By David Gibson, Managing Partner, Adirondack Wild Before there were motor free lakes Although by 1973 Wilderness areas had been officially designated on about one million acres within the Adirondack Forest Preserve, the question of whether waterbodies within those million acres would be similarly free of use by motors was still highly uncertain. In June…

Improper use of all-terrain vehicles on Wild Forest Trail in classified Wilderness

Fiona Watt, DirectorDivision of Lands and ForestsNYS DEC625 BroadwayAlbany, NY 12233 Joseph Zalewski, Regional DirectorNYS DECRt. 86Ray Brook, NY 12977 Megan Phillips, Director of PlanningNYS Adirondack Park AgencyP.O. Box 99Ray Brook, NY 12977 Improper use of all-terrain vehicles on Wild Forest Trail in classified Wilderness Dear Ms. Watt, Mr. Zalewski, and Ms. Phillips, The undersigned…

Trees in a dense forest

Proforestation in the Adirondacks and Statewide

By David Gibson, Managing Partner, Adirondack Wild Proforestation in the Adirondacks and Statewide Two recent public forestry panel discussions at Paul Smith’s College and the Adirondack Research Consortium have led me to consider both private and public forests in the Adirondacks in an economically innovative, pro-climate way. Both forestry panel discussions that I attended focused…

Re. Public Hearing, Variance Request, Project 2016-0029A

Mr. John BurthNYS Adirondack Park AgencyP.O. Box 99Ray Brook, NY 12977 Re. Public Hearing, Variance Request, Project 2016-0029A, LS Marina, Lower Saranac Lake We write in response to the June 5 public hearing called by the Agency for a variance to the Agency’s shoreline restrictions. We listened carefully to that hearing.  Although information was presented…