For Immediate ReleaseMarch 18, 2026 Contact: David Gibson, [email protected] DEC Mobility Device Policy for State Lands Requires Oversight, Comments from the Adirondack Park Agency Ray Brook, NY – The nonprofit wilderness advocate Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve is asking the Adirondack Park Agency’s State Land Committee this week to review and comment on…
For Immediate ReleaseOctober 21, 2025 Contact: David Gibson, [email protected] Adirondack Wild Urges “Yes” Vote on Prop. 1 Lake Placid, NY – On November 4, 2025 Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve, the nonprofit advocate for the public’s “forever wild” Forest Preserve, is encouraging state voters to vote YES on statewide Ballot Proposal 1 authorizing…
For Immediate ReleaseOctober 2, 2025 Contact: David Gibson, [email protected] More Subdivision Sprawl Proposed in Adirondack Mountains. 30-Lot Subdivision Threatens Forests, Wetlands, Water Quality. Bolton, NY – An environmentally threatening, 30-lot subdivision in the Town of Bolton above Lake George called “Indian Brook Preserve” is now before the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) for approval under the…
For Immediate ReleaseSeptember 24, 2025 Contact: David Gibson, 518-469-4081or Ken Rimany, [email protected] Adirondack Wild Holds It’s 15th Annual Meeting on October 10th Old Forge, NY – The public is warmly invited to join Adirondack Wild as the organization shares its work for the protection and stewardship of Wilderness and other wild lands of the Adirondack…
For Immediate ReleaseAugust 20, 2025 Contact: David Gibson, 518-469-4081or Ken Rimany, [email protected] Adirondack Wild Announces 2025 Awards Old Forge, NY – The nonprofit advocate Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve will present their annual awards during the organization’s meeting on Friday, October 10, 2025, at View Arts Center (viewarts.org) in Old Forge. The public…
Steve GuglielmiNYS Department of Environmental ConservationDivision of Lands and Forests1115 State Route 86Ray Brook, NY 12977 DEC SCOPING DOCUMENT RE. Debar Pond Lodge Dear Steve,Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve appreciates the chance to think through the scope of environmental impacts resulting from DEC’s preferred alternative: removal of Debar Pond Lodge (herein, “the Lodge”)…
For Immediate ReleaseMay 2, 2025Contact: Dave Gibson, 518-469-4081, [email protected] A Force for Nature: Paul Schaefer’s Adirondack Coalitions The nonprofit advocate Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve is pleased to announce that a biography of its founder, Paul Schaefer, has just been published by Syracuse University Press. To quote Syracuse University Press, A Force for…
For Immediate ReleaseFebruary 13, 2025Contact: Dave Gibson, 518-469-4081, [email protected] Announcing Wilderness Management: Stewardship and Protection of Resources and Values, 5th Edition The 5th edition of Wilderness Management: Stewardship and Protection of Resources and Values will be published by Waveland Press later this month. The classic textbook contains the most comprehensive and updated information available about…
For Immediate ReleaseOctober 21, 2024Contact: Dave Gibson, 518-469-4081, [email protected] Adirondack Wild 2024 Honorees North Creek, NY – Tannery Pond Community Center in North Creek played host this month to Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve’s annual meeting and 2024 award presentations. The Paul Schaefer Wilderness Award, named after 20th century wilderness preservation leader Paul…
For Immediate ReleaseSeptember 27, 2024Contact: Dave Gibson, 518-469-4081, [email protected] Ken Rimany, [email protected] 60th Anniversary of the National Wilderness Preservation Act Preservation Act, October 11 in North Creek North Creek, NY – Adirondack Wild’s 2024 Annual Meeting on Friday, October 11 at Tannery Pond Community Center in North Creek, NY will also serve as a celebration…