17 02, 2024

PROTECT cheers new state conservation easements for Follensby Pond lands

2024-02-18T07:36:28-05:00February 17, 2024|

The Nature Conservancy announced that it has worked out two new conservation easements with the State of New York to protect for all time the 14,645-acre Follensby Pond tract. These easements will protect the world [...]

5 01, 2024

Opposition grows to the proposed Debar Lodge Constitutional Amendment

2024-01-06T09:35:59-05:00January 5, 2024|

Through most of the last few years, Protect the Adirondacks stood alone in its opposition to the proposed amendment to Article 14, Section 1, the famed Forever Wild clause of the New York Constitution, to [...]

4 01, 2024

Protect the Adirondacks supports new legislation to protect wolves in New York State

2024-01-30T11:17:17-05:00January 4, 2024|

Wolves that migrate into New York or are already in the state deserve greater protections Protect the Adirondacks supports new legislation (S.7927/A.8295) in the State Senate and State Assembly sponsored by Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal and [...]

21 11, 2023

Update on legal challenge to APA’s approval of new mine in lakeside residential community around White Lake in the western Adirondacks

2023-11-22T11:16:52-05:00November 21, 2023|

In April 2021, Red Rock Quarry Associates, LLC (Red Rock) submitted a permit application to the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) seeking approval for a new major granite mining project on a 56-acre parcel of land [...]

20 11, 2023

Submit a public comment on the Adirondack Park Agency’s proposed Forest Preserve classifications

2023-12-01T07:22:05-05:00November 20, 2023|

The Adirondack Park Agency is accepting public comments on its proposed land classifications for 5,800 acres of newly purchased Forest Preserve lands in the Adirondack Park. The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) is seeking public comment [...]

14 08, 2023

Carrying Capacity study needed for the Saranac Chain of Lakes

2023-08-24T08:14:46-04:00August 14, 2023|

Assessing the carrying capacity of specific areas of the public Forest Preserve, especially lakes and ponds, has been a requirement of the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan for decades. Despite the plain language of [...]

17 01, 2023

DEC and APA keep unconstitutional trails open in defiance of court decisions

2023-01-20T10:35:29-05:00January 17, 2023|

It’s been nearly two years since the New York Court of Appeals, the State’s highest court, ruled that extra-wide Class II Community Connector Snowmobile Trails designed, approved, and constructed by the Department of Environmental Conservation [...]

19 08, 2019

Protect the Adirondacks plans to cross-appeal Appellate Division, Third Department, decision on Article 14 lawsuit

2019-09-12T13:32:04-04:00August 19, 2019|

Protect the Adirondacks will defend the Appellate Division ruling that the State is appealing, which held that the amount of tree cutting by the State on the Forest Preserve violated Article 14, Section 1, and [...]

6 06, 2017

The Adirondack Lake Assessment Program, a long-term water quality monitoring program, celebrates 20 years in 2017

2022-03-28T12:43:29-04:00June 6, 2017|

The Adirondack Lake Assessment Program (ALAP) celebrates its 20th season this year monitoring the water quality of dozens of lakes and ponds across the Adirondacks. ALAP is a partnership between Protect the Adirondacks and the [...]

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