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  • May 20, 2013 PROTECT & Sierra Club win two motions in lawsuit challenging Adirondack Park Agency’s approval of 6,000-acre Adirondack Club & Resort development. PROTECT and the Sierra Club win two motions in lawsuit pertaining to its appeal of a motion for discovery of ex parte communications and filing of final papers. Read more here
  • May 11, 2013 Why the proposed Forest Preserve Constitutional Amendment with a mining company is a bad idea. Read why this proposed Constitutional Amendment should not get "second passage" in the State Legislature this year. This bill is riddled with distortions and deliberate misrepresentations. The Forest Preserve deserves better. Read more here
  • May 11, 2013 APA organizes Forest Preserve classification public hearings for the Essex Chain Lakes and Hudson River. APA announces seven alternatives for upcoming Forest Preserve classification public hearings for the Essex Chain Lakes and Hudson River. PROTECT supports alternative 1A. Read more here
  • May 6, 2013 PROTECT opposes swapping Forest Preserve lands with a mining company; sees ruinous precedent in first Constitutional Amendment for private commercial gain. PROTECT opposes undertaking a Constitutional Amendment to swap Wilderness Forest Preserve lands with a mining company. Read more here
  • May 2, 2013 Shoreline regulations are critical for protecting water quality. Shoreline protection is all about protecting a lake's water quality. Maintaining high water quality is important for the environmental and economic health of Adirondack communities. Uninformed commentators who mock shoreline protections shortchange communities. Read more here
  • April 26, 2013 It's time for APA Commissioners to conduct public field visits to clearcut forestlands to evaluate forest regeneration. PROTECT calls upon the APA Board of Commissioners to visit heavily cut forestlands as part of its decision on controversial clearcutting General Permit. PROTECT recommends five hammered landscapes to visit. Read more here
  • April 25, 2013 PROTECT calls on the APA to include new Hudson Headwaters Wilderness Area as an official alternative during Forest Preserve classification public hearings. APA public hearings on new Forest Preserve lands classification for Essex Chain Lakes and Hudson River must review the popular Wilderness option. Read more here
  • April 23, 2013 Governor Cuomo finalizes state purchase of OK Slips Falls, Blue Ledges and Hudson River Gorge for the Forest Preserve. PROTECT says hats off to Governor Cuomo on this Earth Day as he announces completion of OK Slips Falls tract in the Hudson Gorge. PROTECT sees this tract as part of a new Hudson Headwaters Wilderness Area. Read more here
  • April 22, 2013 PROTECT files formal papers in lawsuit challenging APA and DEC management of road-like snowmobile trails in the Forest Preserve. PROTECT has filed legal papers to formally begin its lawsuit against the state challenging snowmobile management on a specific class of trails in the Forest Preserve. Read more here
  • April 6, 2013 Myths & Reality 2: Land use regulations and public lands are driving people from the Adirondack Park. PROTECT busts this myth. A wide variety of factors shape changes in the rural populations of the U.S. and the Adirondack Park that opponents of environmental protection refuse to investigate. A better understanding of these pressures will help policymakers move forward. Read more here
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