Re. Round Goby Threat to Lake Champlain

The Hon. Kathy Hochul, GovernorState of New YorkExecutive ChamberState CapitolAlbany, NY 12224 Re. Round Goby Threat to Lake Champlain Dear Governor, Adirondack Wild wishes to join the Adirondack and New York Nature Conservancy, the Lake Champlain Basin Program, the Essex County Board of Supervisors, and many other stakeholders in asking that the Canal Corporation issue…

Memorandum of Support

Memorandum of Support A. 4074 (M/A Englebright et. al.)   An Act to amend the executive law in relation to preserving ecological integrity, wildlife and open space in the Adirondack Park, sponsored by Assembly Member Englebright, et.al. Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve encourages passage of A. 4074 (same as S. 1145) in the…

Re. Town of Warrensburg Proposed Land Use Map Changes

Matt KendallNYS Adirondack Park AgencyP.O. Box 99Ray Brook, NY 12977 Re. Town of Warrensburg Proposed Land Use Map Changes Dear Mr. Kendall, On behalf of Adirondack Wild, we find the proposed map amendments in Warrensburg, both proposed to be reclassified Hamlet, problematic in terms of the APA Act. The likely adverse environmental impacts of reclassification,…

Buffalo farm in the Adirondacks

2022 Environment Budget Hearings

By Dave Gibson, Managing Partner Adirondack Wild. 2022 Environment Budget Hearings As one who paused this week to testify and to listen to the Environmental Budget hearing in the State Legislature’s Ways and Means and Finance Committees, I could not help but notice the budget winners and losers. In a year when state revenues are…

Re. Executive Budget for the Environment for FY 2021-22

Statement to the New York State LegislatureConcerning the Executive Budget for the EnvironmentJanuary 27, 2021 To Senator Krueger, Assemblywoman Weinstein and all Members of the Joint Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means Committee Public Hearing Re. Executive Budget for the Environment for FY 2021-22 Overall: Adirondack Wild applauds Governor Cuomo’s executive budget for not…