April 7, 2023Megan Phillips, Deputy Director for PlanningNYS Adirondack Park AgencyBox 99Ray Brook, NY 12977 Re. APSLMP Wild Forest Guideline 4, No Material Increase, Alternative #4 Dear Ms. Phillips, Adirondack Wild and other members of the public have again been invited to comment about yet one more Agency interpretation of its Wild Forest Guideline No.…
April 3, 2023Contact: David Gibson, Adirondackwild.org518-469-4081, dgibson@adirondackwild.org Steve Englebright Joins Adirondack Wild’s Advisory Council Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve is pleased to welcome former member of the NYS Assembly, Steve Englebright, as a member of Adirondack Wild’s advisory council. Members of the advisory council provide advice to Adirondack Wild’s staff and board in…
By David Gibson, Managing Partner, Adirondack Wild A Material Increase and Burdens on the Forest Preserve How the Adirondack Park Agency interprets its own State Land Master Plan with respect to public motorized uses of roads on the Forest Preserve (Wild Forest guideline, “No Material Increase”) has been in the news since last spring and…
By David Gibson, Managing Partner, Adirondack Wild APA failure to hold public hearings has consequences Last April, Adirondack organizations wrote to the Adirondack Park Agency asking APA to rediscover their discretionary power to hold adjudicatory public hearings on particularly complex, controversial Adirondack land use projects. No response to our joint letter has been forthcoming from…
March 8, 2023Barbara Rice, Executive Director &John Ernst, ChairNYS Adirondack Park AgencyP.O. Box 99Ray Brook, NY 12977Dear Barbara and John, During the February Agency meeting members and staff continued to debate Wild Forest guideline 4, “no material increase in the mileage of Wild Forest roads and snowmobile trails open to motorized uses by the public”…
By David Gibson, Managing Partner, Adirondack Wild Nearly 100 people attend Adirondack Park Lobby Day in Albany Nearly 100 people from 20 different Adirondack organizations met with 50 state legislators and their staff during Adirondack Park Lobby Day to advocate for funding and policy advancements for the Adirondack Park. A group of Eagle Scouts from…
March 1, 2023Contact: David Gibson, Adirondackwild.org518-469-4081, dgibson@adirondackwild.org Adirondack Park Lobby Day in Albany Photo by Ken Rimany Albany, NY – Nearly 100 people from 20 different Adirondack organizations met with 50 state legislators and their staff during Adirondack Park Lobby Day to advocate for funding and policy advancements for the Adirondack Park. A group of…
By David Gibson, Managing Partner, Adirondack Wild The Heart of the Adirondacks Newcomb is in the heart of the Adirondack Park, and Newcomb’s Adirondack Interpretive Center (AIC) of the State University College of Environmental Science and Forestry is the beating heart of Park ecological science. AIC operates one of the longest, if not the longest,…
Peter FrankNew York State DECDivision of Lands and Forests625 BroadwayAlbany, NY 12233 Re. Comment on draft Commissioner’s Policy: Forest Preserve Work Plans Dear Mr. Frank, While DEC’s Draft Forest Preserve Work Plan Policy contains good logic and structure, and addresses key constitutionally required questions to be answered in Forest Preserve work plans, there are also…
By David Gibson, Managing Partner, Adirondack Wild APA Act at 50 – Interdependence, not Balance Well, it’s happened again. Another state budget is proposed by the Executive wherein the Adirondack Park Agency’s job is mischaracterized by this Governor’s (and former governors’) budget divisions as working “to achieve a balance between strong environmental protection and sustainable…