News from the Center for the Forest Preserve
The Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks
Volume 3, No. 5
November 2, 2005
The Association featured in the November Adirondack Explorer
Author Paul Grondahl and Explorer editor Phil Brown have teamed up to feature the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks and our Center for the Forest Preserve and Adirondack Research Library. The story and photo spread runs three pages in the Nov-Dec issue just now becoming available. For a copy (or a subscription, which we strongly encourage) contact the Explorer at 518-891-9352, or at 36 Church St. Saranac Lake, NY 12983.
The Association announces its opposition to the Tupper Lake Club and Resort, a massive and sprawling subdivision above Tupper Lake and Lake Simond.
A summer’s and fall’s worth of research and consultation with APA staff and with local residents and officials by our North Country Director Dan Plumley culminates today, November 2, with the public announcement of our opposition to this application for massive new upland development on and about Tupper Lake’s Mount Morris and adjoining shoreline zoned as Resource Management. The press release will be sent to all major media in the next 24 hours.
Upcoming Events
Please mark your calendars for:
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Friday, November 11, 1:30 pm 504th Board of Trustees Meeting in Keene Valley at the Adirondack Nature Conservancy (please see mailing packet already sent to all Trustees)
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Saturday, November 19, 1:00 pm-5 pm: A celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Reist Wildlife Sanctuary that adjoins our Center – an afternoon-early evening celebration at the Center for the Forest Preserve by the Hudson-Mohawk Bird Club, owner of the Preserve, and the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks. Please RSVP to Dave Gibson, Ken Rimany or Carl George at georgc@union.edu, or 518-388-6330 if you plan to attend.
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Saturday, November 26, 5:00 pm-7 pm: an Evening with Adk photographer Carl Heilman and Adk author Chuck Brumley at the Center for the Forest Preserve, Niskayuna on their new joint project, “Wild New York.” Meet the authors and see their presentation at the Center.
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Friday, December 9, 5-8 pm: Enjoy Holiday and Season’s Cheer at the Center for the Forest Preserve. The “house is open.” Celebrate our successful past year and the season with us.
Kevin Prickett’s Work Featured by NYS DEC
The growth in Recreational Vehicle and other forms of motorized camping in the United States is significantly changing trends in “primitive” camping on the Forest Preserve. At many roadside locations in the Adirondack Forest Preserve today, one finds poorly planned and located access roads, automobiles, pop-ups and RVs and even portable pit privies crowding the actual tent site, leading to natural resource degradation and loss of wild forest character along Adirondack roads. The Association’s Kevin Prickett was asked by NYS DEC to present to the Forest Preserve Advisory Committee last week his research and his “Policy Proposal for Roadside Camping in the Adirondack Forest Preserve.” This draft proposal has been discussed within the Conservation Committee and has advanced considerably since then as a way for DEC and APA to more carefully plan for designated roadside camping that separates motor vehicles and motor roads from tent sites to be accessed by foot. For comparison with the Adirondack situation, Kevin has researched federal USDA Forest Service and National Park Service practices with respect to automobile roadside camping on federal Wilderness areas. Kevin’s presentation has been eagerly sought by the Adirondack Park Agency which is seeking a proactive camping plan that more faithfully complies with the Adirondack State Land Master Plan. Kevin’s presentation and draft paper were favorably received by our state agencies responsible for the care, custody, control and planning for the Adirondack Forest Preserve and will be further discussed within the Association’s conservation committee.
That’s all for now on this beautiful fall day with late color gracing our local oaks and cherry trees. Please stay in touch with us by phone, mail and this web site.
David Gibson, Executive Director
The Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks
897 St. David’s Lane, Niskayuna, NY 12309
518-377-1452, Ext. 301