APA vote today marks the first time in the last 40 years to weaken, not strengthen, protections for the Forest Preserve APA removed Essex Chain Lakes tract from Wilderness management by opening bicycle routes and [...]
The Adirondack Forest Preserve, owned by all New Yorkers and protected in the State Constitution as "forever wild" since 1895, is an internationally recognized treasure. It is managed by the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), [...]
Protect the Adirondacks applauds Governor Cuomo for his plans to expand the NYS Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) to $300 million in his new state budget to be released later this month. This expansion marks the [...]
This is the third of three "reflections" on the recent approval of the new Essex Chain Lakes Complex Unit Management Plan that widely violated longstanding state environmental laws and management policies and regulations for the [...]
This fall, Protect the Adirondacks conducted extensive field work on the new class II community connector snowmobile trail under construction from Newcomb to Minerva. This trail was approved by the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) in [...]
Protect the Adirondacks inventoried the newly constructed class II community connector snowmobile trail around Harris Lake. This trail was approved by the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) and Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) in July 2015 [...]
Town of Ohio ATV Law had opened dozens of roads for ATV riding Town ATV Law violated New York Vehicle and Traffic Law, SEQR, among other laws, and resulted in damage to town and state [...]
This is the second of three "reflections" on the recent approval of the new Essex Chain Lakes Complex Unit Management Plan that widely violated longstanding state environmental laws and management policies and regulations for the [...]
New Unit Management Plan violates state snowmobile trail policies and regulations New plan violates the NYS Wild, Scenic and Recreational Rivers Act The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) today approved a widely illegal new Unit Management [...]
As part of a Unit Management Plan (UMP) revision approved by the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Adirondack Park Agency (APA) in July, a new class II community connector snowmobile trail is being built [...]