Governor Hochul’s Adirondack Park Agency Nominations Senator Peter Harckham, Chair, Environmental Conservation CommitteeSenator Liz Krueger, Chair, Senate Finance CommitteeNYS SenateAlbany, NY 12247 Re. Governor Hochul’s Adirondack Park Agency Nominations Dear Senators Krueger and Harckham, The Adirondack Park Agency badly needs nominees with environmental and natural resource planning experience who share a commitment to protect the…
Memo in Opposition, S. 7164 – Authorizing Anyone 65+ to Use ATV’s on All NY Forest Preserve Lands Memorandum of OppositionS. 7164 / A. 7886 The bill amends the vehicle and traffic law to authorize anyone 65 years and older to operate an ATV on state lands, including the “forever wild” Adirondack and Catskill Forest…
Memo of Support for May-Kelles bill This bill would amend New York’s Real Property Tax Law, specifically the forest tax provisions of 480a, by broadening eligibility of private forest landowners to receive a reduction of up to 80% of taxable assessed valuation in exchange for permanent forest conservation. It reduces the minimum acreage eligible for…
Memo of Support for Amendment of Article XIV Re: Mt. Van Hoevenberg S. 5227 (Harckham) A. 7454 (Jones) Amendment of Article XIV Re. Mt. Van HoevenbergS. 6888 (Harckham) A. 3628 (Jones) Implementing bill, Mt. Van Hoevenberg Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve lends support for second legislative passage of the constitutional amendment of Article…
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…