Megan Phillips, Deputy Director for PlanningNYS Adirondack Park AgencyP.O. Box 99Ray Brook, NY 12977 Re. Third Comment Letter, Proposed Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan (APSLMP) amendments Dear Ms. Phillips, During the Agency’s public comment period, Agency and Department staff have made the public statement that the proposed APSLMP amendments on Accessibility, including the Motor…
Megan Phillips, Deputy Director for PlanningNYS Adirondack Park AgencyP.O. Box 99Ray Brook, NY 12977 Re. Additional Comments, Proposed Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan (APSLMP) amendments Dear Ms. Phillips, As we have re-read the Agency’s proposed amendments pertaining to Unit Management Plan Development, we now wish to augment our earlier letter with additional concerns about…
COMMENTARY: APA Proposes to Weaken Wilderness Protection On behalf of the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks, I was one of the intervenors to sign the 2001 Galusha v. NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Adirondack Park Agency (APA) consent order before U.S. Federal Judge Kahn in Albany. Following the lawsuit in federal…
Group Letter to Governor Hochul on Whitney Park Adirondack CouncilAdirondack Mountain ClubAdirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest PreserveAdirondack Wilderness AdvocatesCitizens Campaign for the EnvironmentNew York League of Conservation VotersProtect the Adirondacks!Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter October 29, 2024 Hon. Kathy Hochul, GovernorExecutive ChamberState CapitolAlbany, NY 12224RE: Whitney Park Dear Governor Hochul: As you are well aware,…
October 24, 2024 Megan Phillips, Deputy Director for PlanningNYS Adirondack Park AgencyP.O. Box 99Ray Brook, NY 12977 Re. Proposed Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan (APSLMP) amendments Dear Ms. Phillips, We have serious concerns about the speed by which major amendments to the APSLMP have been authorized to proceed to public hearing and comment. The…
For Immediate ReleaseOctober 21, 2024Contact: Dave Gibson, 518-469-4081, [email protected] Adirondack Wild 2024 Honorees North Creek, NY – Tannery Pond Community Center in North Creek played host this month to Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve’s annual meeting and 2024 award presentations. The Paul Schaefer Wilderness Award, named after 20th century wilderness preservation leader Paul…
Bearing Responsibility for the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan Former member of the Adirondack Park Agency and former chair of its State Land Committee, Dick Booth, offered this advice about the most significant, controversial legal issues facing APA during his time as one of its members (2008-16): prioritize, anticipate, prepare, be transparent, and issue…
October 3, 2024Corrie Magee, Project Review OfficerNYS Adirondack Park Agency (APA) P.O. Box 99Ray Brook, NY 12977David Plante, Regulatory Programs DirectorNYS APAP.O. Box 99 Ray Brook, NY 12977 Barton Mine, Towns of Johnsburg and Indian Lake, APA 2021-0245 Dear Ms. Magee and Mr. Plante, The Barton Mine expansion proposal is one of the most technically…
For Immediate ReleaseSeptember 27, 2024Contact: Dave Gibson, 518-469-4081, [email protected] Ken Rimany, [email protected] 60th Anniversary of the National Wilderness Preservation Act Preservation Act, October 11 in North Creek North Creek, NY – Adirondack Wild’s 2024 Annual Meeting on Friday, October 11 at Tannery Pond Community Center in North Creek, NY will also serve as a celebration…
September 23, 2024 Josh ClagueMcCrea BurnhamForest Preserve BureauYS Department of Environmental Conservation625 BroadwayAlbany, NY 12233 Interagency Guidance for Trail Networks in the Forest Preserve Dear Josh, McCrea, and the DEC Trail Stewardship Working Group, Article XIV: Since the May 2024 draft of this document, all mention of the 2021 Court of Appeals ruling which declared…