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07, 2015
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07, 2015
Public comments needed by July 27th on the new draft Essex Chain Lakes Complex Unit Management Plan
The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has released a new draft Unit Management Plan for the Essex Chain Lakes Complex area, which includes lands classified as Primitive and Wild Forest. It's a vast, sprawling area [...]
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07, 2015
Article XIV, Section 1 of NYS Constitution has been amended 15 times since 1938 Constitutional Convention, four times since 2007
Article XIV, Section 1, has been amended 15 times since 1938. It has been amended four times since 2007, making this period the most active and intensive in Forest Preserve history. Two other Article XIV, [...]
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07, 2015
PROTECT calls on NYS DEC to study the feasibility of reintroducing wolves and cougars as part of draft Wildlife Action Plan
Protect the Adirondacks has called upon the Department of Environmental Conservation to study the reintroduction of wolves and cougars as part of its new Wildlife Action Plan. The draft Wildlife Action Plan lists 366 wildlife [...]
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07, 2015
PROTECT calls on the Adirondack Park Agency to uphold the Wild, Scenic and Recreational Rivers Act and reject new bridge and snowmobile trail over the Boreas River
July 8, 2015 Hon. Lani Ulrich, Chair NYS Adirondack Park Agency PO Box 99 Ray Brook, NY 12977 RE: Public Comment on Proposed Community Connector Trail UMPĂ‚Â Amendments Dear Chairwoman Ulrich, We respectfully submit these comments, [...]
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07, 2015
Protect the Adirondacks calls for the state to remove the Polaris Bridge and restore the wild Hudson River
The Polaris Bridge over the Hudson River should be removed and the river restored. The bridge crosses a beautiful flatwater stretch of the Hudson, one of the most picturesque spots in the Adirondack Park. The [...]
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06, 2015
Gilmantown class II community connector snowmobile trail shows how a forest is changed to a green lawn
In 2014, the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) built a new class II community connector snowmobile trail called the Gilmantwon trail through a southern part of the Jessup River Wild Forest area. These types of [...]
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06, 2015
APA and DEC willfully omit important information from evaluation of plans to build major snowmobile system through the central Adirondacks
The Adirondack Park is undergoing the greatest expansion of motorized recreational uses in the history of the "forever wild" Forest Preserve. With each new Unit Management Plan (UMP) or amendment, motorized uses are expanded primarily [...]
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05, 2015
Public comments needed by June 15th on new community connector snowmobile trail system in the central Adirondacks
The Adirondack Park Agency is holding a public hearing on a proposed draft plan for new "community connector" snowmobile trails. The proposed new trail network will link the communities of Newcomb with North Hudson and [...]
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04, 2015
DEC seeks public comments on Essex Chain Lakes Complex area as it starts to develop an official Unit Management Plan
The Essex Chain Lakes Complex contains newly purchased Forest Preserve around the Essex Chain Lakes, Hudson River, Pine Lake, and the Cedar River. This 12,000-acre area connects the Blue Mountain Wild Forest area with the [...]