The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) has released various draft materials that describe how they plan to implement and manage the Constitutional Amendment that authorized "mineral exploration" and possible sale of Forest Preserve lands. These actions [...]
A new study by the U.S. Global Climate Research Program, as part of the National Climate Assessment, shows far-reaching impacts already occurring across the U.S. from climate change. This reports lays out current impacts in [...]
Protect the Adirondacks cheers a 6-2 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that upholds the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate air pollution between states. The Supreme Court decision enables to the EPA [...]
The Appellate Court, Third Department, has set a date of April 28th for oral arguments in PROTECT-Sierra Club's lawsuit challenging the approvals by the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) for the 6,000 acre, 700-lot Adirondack Club [...]
Protect the Adirondacks and the Sierra Club launched a lawsuit to challenge the Adirondack Park Agency's approval of 6,000-acre Adirondack Club & Resort project in Tupper Lake in March 2012. This followed years on monitoring [...]
The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Adirondack Park Agency (APA) have released various draft materials that describe how they plan to implement and manage the Constitutional Amendment approved last fall to sell 200 acres [...]
The proposed Lake Flower Inn is a $15 million 90-room luxury hotel that will replace three long-operating motels squeezed together on the shores of Lake Flower around Pontiac Bay is currently being evaluated by the [...]
Protect the Adirondacks has a number of concerns about the proposed 120-room Lake George Marriott hotel and convention center on Canada Street in the Village of Lake George. As a 6-story building, the project will [...]
Last fall, the Roedel Companies purchased the historic Hotel Saranac. The Hotel Saranac has long dominated the skyline of Saranac Lake and for decades was owned and operated by Paul Smith's College where it was [...]
One persistent myth in the Adirondack Park population debate is that environmental regulations and the Forest Preserve drive young people out of the Adirondack Park. In certain quarters this is treated as gospel in the [...]