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…
For Immediate ReleaseAugust 26, 2024Contact: David Gibson, [email protected] Franklin County Supreme Court Upholds State Law Discouraging Lawsuits Against Public Participation Tupper Lake, NY – A ruling from Supreme Court in Franklin County on August 23 2024 has upheld State laws discouraging strategic lawsuits against public participation (known as SLAPP suits) by dismissing a lawsuit from…
For Immediate ReleaseAugust 21, 2024 Contact: David Gibson, 518-469-4081or Ken Rimany, [email protected] Adirondack Wild Announces 2024 Awards North Creek, NY – The nonprofit advocate Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve will present annual awards during the organization’s annual meeting on Friday, October 11, 2024, at the Tannery Pond Community Center in North Creek. The…
Adirondack CouncilAdirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest PreserveProtect the Adirondacks !Sierra Club Atlantic ChapterUpper Saranac Foundation For Release May 13, 2024 Contact: Raul Aguirre, Adirondack Council, 518-873-2240Claudia Braymer, Protect the Adirondacks, 518-251-2700Roger Downs, Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter, 518-426-9144David Gibson, Adirondack Wild, 518-469-4081Tom Swayne, Upper Saranac Foundation, 518- 796-1052 Groups Call on APA to Bring USL…
For Release April 10, 2024Contact: David Gibson, [email protected] Governor has Big Opportunity to Strengthen the APA, says Adirondack Wild The nonprofit advocate Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve has written to Governor Kathy Hochul asking her to strengthen the make-up of the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) this spring. The organization asks the Governor to…
For Release February 14, 2024Contact: David Gibson, [email protected] Adirondack Wild Hails Conservation Easements at Follensby Pond The nonprofit advocate Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve welcomes the announcement this week of new conservation easements at the historic Follensby Pond, providing public recreational access off the Raquette River, long-term ecological research, guided and managed visitation…
For Release January 19, 2024Contact: David Gibson, [email protected] Adirondack Wild calls for End of Mineral Exploration in the Jay Mountain Wilderness The nonprofit advocate Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve is encouraging first passage of an amendment to Article XIV of the NYS Constitution that would sunset or limit the time when NYCO Minerals…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Monday, December 4, 2023 Paul Smiths Vic, Adirondack Wild, Adirondack Wilderness Advocates and the Adirondack Powder Skier Association Announce The 2024 Jenkins Mountain Open Woods Ski Season Visitor Use Management Project demonstrates the use of VUM to the DEC and APA PAUL SMITHS, N.Y. – Paul Smiths Visitor Interpretive Center (VIC), Adirondack…
Adirondack Wild Meets at the Newcomb Visitor Interpretive Center. Newcomb, NY – The Adirondack Interpretive Center in Newcomb played host this month to Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve’s annual meeting and 2023 award presentations. The Paul Schaefer Wilderness Award, named after 20th century wilderness preservation leader Paul Schaefer, was presented to Steven Englebright.…