Statement to the New York State Legislature Concerning the Executive Budget for the EnvironmentJanuary 28, 2025 To: Senator Krueger, Assembly Member Pretlow, and all Members of the Joint Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means Committee Public Hearing Re. Executive Budget for the Environment for FY 2025-26 Respectfully, Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve…
Hon. Kathy Hochul, GovernorState of New YorkExecutive ChamberState CapitolAlbany, NY 12224 Re. Third Comment Letter, Proposed Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan (APSLMP) amendments Dear Governor Hochul: The undersigned Adirondack Park advocacy groups respectfully urge you to intervene to prevent an unprecedented and significantly damaging change to the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan (Master…
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…
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…
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…
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…
August 12, 2024 Sean Mahar, Acting CommissionerNYS Department of Environmental Conservation625 BroadwayAlbany, NY 12233 30 x 30 Draft Strategies The New York State Draft Strategies and Methods for Conserving Thirty Percent of New York Lands and Waters by 2030 (hereafter “30 x 30”), introduced in early July 2024, is an outstanding first step in an…
June 20, 2024 Sean Mahar, Acting CommissionerNYS Department of Environmental Conservation625 BroadwayAlbany, NY 12233 Group letter to DEC Re. USL Marina Application – Lower Fish Creek Pond Re. USL Marina application 5-1652-00216/00003, Lower Fish Creek Pond, Town of Santa Clara Dear Acting Commissioner Mahar, For the reasons stated below, our organizations believe the USL Marina…