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News Release
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Wednesday, 21 July 2010 |
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STOP New Snowmobile Roads in the Adirondack Park
The Department of Environmental Conservation proposes to amend the Jessup River Wild Forest Unit Management Plan to allow the construction of new roads for motorized recreation in that unit. We believe that carving up the landscape with 3-ton excavation machines to accommodate large snowmobile grooming machines is road construction, not trail building, and violates the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan. The Jessup River amendment would destroy the wild character of lands the Adirondack Park Agency is charged to protect on behalf of all New York citizens, and must not be approved. Please write to APA Chairman Curt Stiles and tell him to disapprove the proposed Jessup River UMP amendment at the following address: NYS Adirondack Park Agency, PO Box 99, 1133 NYS Route 86, Ray Brook, NY 12977.
Read our comments to DEC regarding our opposition to the draft amendment to the Jessup River UMP
News Release
Monday, 10 May 2010
PROTECT recently investigated sections of a proposed community connector snowmobile trail on Forest Preserve in Lake Pleasant, Hamilton County. We found this section of Wild Forest completely unsuitable for snowmobile trail development
Read about our field work
Read our critique of the State's Management Guidance for Snowmobile Trails
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News Release
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Monday, 28 June 2010 |
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In June 2009, the Adirondack Association of Towns and Villages (AATV) released a report that profiles the 103 municipalities that comprise the Adirondack Park. One oft-cited interpretation of that report asserts that the fundamental reasons why some Park communities are in trouble are the extensive amounts of State-owned Forest Preserve and a regulatory environment that constrains economic activity. PROTECT’s concerns about that dominant interpretation prompted two of its Board members to conduct a critical appraisal of the study. They suggest that the Adirondack Park is actually a net community asset rather than a net liability.
Click here for a full copy of the Appraisal |
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Thursday, 15 April 2010 |
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The ice has gone out on Adirondack Park's ponds and lakes, and another season of water sampling is on the mind of our volunteer lake monitors. |
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News Release
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Wednesday, 31 March 2010 |
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In March, Dan Plumley led our efforts to attract federal funding which can help protect 14,600-acre Follensby Pond, and support other conservation programs in the Adirondacks. |
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News Release
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Tuesday, 16 March 2010 |
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After the release of the fire tower study from DEC, management plans call for removal of fire tower in Primitive and Canoe area, consistent with State Land Master plan.
Read PROTECT'S Action Alert
Read Commentary
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News Release
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Friday, 15 January 2010 |
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Protect the Adirondacks! and the Adirondack Mountain Club filed a lawsuit this week in state Supreme Court in Albany to require the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) to adhere to state law and to classify a state-owned wilderness canoe route in the heart of the Adirondacks. PROTECT has also submitted a letter to Governor David Paterson expressing concern over a pattern of State policy decisions which could negatively impact the future of the Adirondack Park.
Read news release and statement
Read a related article in the Times-Union
Read our letter to the Governor
Read fact sheet and get involved!
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