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New York State lags significantly behind many other states in the U.S. for control and management of aquatic invasive species (AIS). Over the last few years, New York has lost ground in the campaign to stop the spread of AIS. Bold measures are needed by the Cuomo Administration and the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation [...]
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The Molpus Woodlands Group of Alabama recently purchased over 130,000 acres of forestlands in the Adirondack Park for over $57.5 million. Most of these lands are encumbered by state conservation easements and Molpus purchased the forest management rights and an assortment of recreational rights. The averages over $440 per acre for the forest management and [...]
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Protect the Adirondacks submitted public comments on the new draft Recreation Management Plan (RMP) for the 18,000-acre Kushaqua Conservation Easement tract issued by the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). These lands are located in the Towns of Franklin and Brighton in Franklin County and are surrounded on all sides by Forest Preserve in the Debar [...]
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Protect the Adirondacks cheers the decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to reopen the public hearing on a proposed rule to remove the gray wolf (Canis lupus) from the Endangered Species Act. The FWS completed a public hearing in December 2013 on a proposed new rule to officially delist the gray wolf. [...]
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Governor Andrew Cuomo today signed the official Forest Preserve classification recommendations from the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) and Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) for over 42,000 acres. These lands include new and existing Forest Preserve lands that will be classified Wilderness, Primitive and Wild Forest areas. This action involved classification of over 22,000 acres of [...]
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The proposed new regulations (Part 59, Section 59.4, Part 190, Section 190.24 “Aquatic Invasive Species Control at State Boat Launching and Fishing Access Sites”) from the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to help control the spread of aquatic invasive species (AIS) on boats using the hundreds of state boat launches and fishing access sites is [...]
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The Lake George Park Commission voted this week to begin a new mandatory boat inspection and decontamination program to control invasive species. Protect the Adirondacks applauds the new mandatory boat inspection and decontamination program established by the NYS Lake George Park Commission (LGPC) to prevent the transport and introduction of aquatic invasive species (AIS) into [...]
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Protect the Adirondacks and other groups opposed passage of Proposal 5 to amend the State Constitution to allow NYCO Minerals, Inc., to engage in mining activities on the forever wild Forest Preserve on 200 acres of the Jay Mountain Wilderness in the Town of Lewis. Over 1 million New Yorkers joined with PROTECT and other [...]
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Long-term climate change data tells a clear story about a changing planet. The charts are at the bottom of this article and represent decades of scientific study from the leading institutions in the U.S. and around the world, including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Goddard Space Institute, [...]
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Protect the Adirondacks has started a new Cougar Watch project to record public sightings of cougars (Puma concolor) in and around the Adirondack Park. The purpose of Cougar Watch is two-fold. First, there continue to be regular reports of cougars across the Adirondacks. The noted Adirondack Atlas features a map of cougar sightings. PROTECT will [...]
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