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ATV Policy

2005 May 02 - Letter to Editor, The Post Star, Glens Falls, N.Y. re: Wind Towers
2005 April 18 - Association Opposes Barton Mines Wind Power Proposal

News Release, 2005 January 3 - Two major development projects require more scrutiny and public input - Preserve on Tupper Lake and Saratoga County Communication Towers
Letter, 2004 December 1 - to George Outcalt, Jr., APA Re. Application No. 2001-0245, Saratoga County Communication Towers

Letter, 2005 May 23 to NYS APA - re: Completeness Determination for Project Application 2005-0100, Preserve Associates, LLC, for the proposed Adirondack Club and Resort
Comments, 2004 December 28 - to APA re: conceptual review of the "Preserve" on Tupper Lake. Association encourages all to write APA with concerns about the project concept as proposed

Letter to Peter Frank at NYSDEC, 2005 April 11 - Roads Policy must reflect Comprehensive Plan
Association coordinates response to ill-conceived proposal for wilderness campground
Group Letter to APA regarding Siamese Ponds Wilderness Area UMP and Indian Lake Islands Campground
News Release, 2005 February 9 - The Association today calls upon the Adirondack Park Agency to reject several management proposals that would damage sensitive parts of the Siamese Ponds Wilderness and Vanderwhacker Wild Forest.
Newsletter, 2005 January (PDF 793KB) - Wild Split Rock Forest, Domtar Deal, and more...
Letter, 2004 December 13 - Advocates for Wilderness Stewardship Comment to: Stewart Brown, NYSDEC re: Split Rock Wild Forest UMP

Statement, 2005 February 11 - Court Decision Reverses Federal Attempt to Reduce Protected Status of Wolves
Summary of Court Decision - Defenders of Wildlife News Release
News Release, 2004 November 17 - Association objects to Proposal to Remove Wolves from the federal list of threatened and endangered species
Letter, 2004 November 10 (PDF 113KB) - Letter to US Fish & Willdlife Service regarding Eastern Gray Wolf

Opinion & Order in U.S. District Court (PDF 76KB) - January 31, 2005
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (PDF 94KB) - Summary of the Proposal to Delist the Gray Wolf Eastern Distinct Population Segment
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (PDF 120KB) - Q&A About the Proposal to Remove the Eastern Distinct Population Segment of the Gray Wolf from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Species
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (PDF 157KB) - Gray Wolf - Canis Lupus (bio info)
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (PDF 75KB) - Gray Wolf - Eastern Distinct Population Segment
Jody W. Enck and Tommy L. Brown (PDF 250KB) - Preliminary Assessment of Social Feasibility for Reintroducing Gray Wolves to the Adirondack Park in Northern New York
Conservation Biology Institute (PDF 205KB) - Wolf Reintroduction Feasibilty in the Adirondack Park
International Wolf Center (PDF 307KB) - Gray Wolf Reintroduction in Adirondack Park?