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…
Re. Project 2021-0256, DEC, Wetland Impacts Along Multi-Use Trail David GibsonManaging PartnerAdirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest PreserveBallston Lake, NY 518-469-4081dgibson@adirondackwild.org Dear Mr. Haralson, Thanks to the Agency’s longstanding study and mapping of Adirondack watersheds and wetlands, the APA has applied a fine filter to the varied characteristics, classifications, and values of Park wetlands over…
Re. Deerwood Subdivision Tree Clearing, Lot 9 David GibsonManaging PartnerAdirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest PreserveBallston Lake, NY 518-469-4081dgibson@adirondackwild.org Dear Ms. Rice and Mr. Ernst, The undersigned organizations write out of concern for an anticipated future application to the APA from the owners of Lot # 9, Deerwood Subdivision, Upper Saranac Lake, to cut out…
Re. Public Comment, Wild Forest Guideline No. 4, “No Material Increase” David GibsonManaging PartnerAdirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest PreserveBallston Lake, NY 518-469-4081dgibson@adirondackwild.org Comment Summary: Adirondack Wild appreciates having the 60-day comment period, as it affords the public sufficient time to try and relate this particular State Land Master Plan guideline for which you are…