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…
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…
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…
Christopher Cooper, CounselNYS APABox 99Ray Brook, NY 12977 Re. Agency 2, Public Comment Policy, Unit Management Plans Dear Mr. Cooper, In addition to our earlier, more comprehensive comments of April 12 and March , Adirondack Wild has one additional, final comment to make. It pertains to the APA’s proposal to strike or eliminate from the…
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.…
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”…
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…
Honorable Kathy Hochul, GovernorExecutive ChamberState CapitolAlbany, NY 12224 Adirondack CouncilAdirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest PreserveEnvironmental Advocates of New YorkProtect the AdirondacksSierra Club Atlantic Chapter Dear Governor Hochul: 2023 presents major challenges and great opportunities for the Adirondack Park. The year will kick off with the World University Games in Lake Placid and North Creek,…
Ariel Lynch, John Burth, Barbara Rice, Chris CooperNYS Adirondack Park AgencyP.O. Box 99Ray Brook, NY 12977 Re. P2022-0008 Dear Ms. Lynch, Ms. Rice, Mr. Burch, Mr. Cooper, I recognize the comment period is over for this project before you but hope you would be willing to add this comment on this Tuesday before your Thursday…
RE: December 2021 hunting incident of gray wolf underscores need for DEC to increase protections To: Commissioner Basil SeggosNew York Department of Environmental Conservation625 BroadwayAlbany, NY 12233-1010Via: Basil.Seggos@dec.ny.gov CC: DEC Wildlife Bureau (wildlife@dec.ny.gov)Assemblymember Steve Englegight, (EngleS@nyassembly.gov)Governor Kathy Hochul Dear Commissioner Seggos, In December 2021, a hunter in New York shot and killed a large…