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Proposed Article 14 Amendment for Debar Lodge undermines Forest Preserve protections and values and is a programmatic and financial boondoggle

A constitutional amendment to privatize Debar Lodge is a bad deal Protect the Adirondacks opposes legislation to amend Article 14, Section 1, of the New York Constitution, to remove six acres of public Forest Preserve, [...]

2022-03-28T16:30:20-04:00March 2, 2022|

PROTECT goes back to court to try and get the NYS DEC and APA to obey the courts

Protect the Adirondacks is very disappointed that we’ve been forced to go back to court in order to try and get the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Adirondack Park Agency (APA) to comply with [...]

2022-04-09T19:16:42-04:00February 9, 2022|

DEC Commissioner’s Budget Hearing testimony was false and misleading regarding state’s lack of compliance with forever wild court decisions

The testimony on February 1, 2022 at the joint Assembly-Senate budget hearing, provided by Basil Seggos, Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), was false and misleading. Steven Englebright, Chairman of Assembly Committee on [...]

2022-02-09T12:44:52-05:00February 9, 2022|

No major changes for Forest Rangers in the Adirondacks, State must do more

The current New York State budget being negotiated by Governor Kathy Hochul and the State Legislature contains significant new spending on a number of things, like $29 million for a new headquarters for the Adirondack [...]

2022-02-09T15:03:23-05:00February 6, 2022|

Comments on draft New York 2022-23 budget: Invest in the Forest Preserve and Uphold the Forever Wild Clause

In the time of Covid pandemic, the public Forest Preserve has been indispensable. New Yorkers from far and wide flocked to the public Forest Preserve for safe, socially-distant, outdoor activities throughout 2020 and 2021. The [...]

2022-02-01T15:38:51-05:00February 1, 2022|

First Major Test at Adirondack Park Agency for Governor Hochul and Chairman Ernst

Will the new boss be the same as the old boss? We’ll know the answer to this question when the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) meets on January 13-14th. On its agenda is a draft permit [...]

2022-01-11T16:47:23-05:00January 11, 2022|

Adirondack Park Agency releases draft permit for controversial new granite mine in White Lake; Help call for an official adjudicatory public hearing

APA Board to vote on this project at its January 13th meeting A huge number of public comments requested a formal adjudicatory public hearing for the project, but the APA has refused to hold any adjudicatory public [...]

2022-01-13T14:08:31-05:00January 7, 2022|

Governor Hochul touts new investments in Adirondack Park and Forest Preserve stewardship as part of 2022 NYS State of the State address

Governor Kathy Hochul touted new investments in the Adirondack Park and Forest Preserve as part of the 2022 NYS State of the State address that she made in Albany today. In front of a lightly [...]

2022-01-05T15:31:57-05:00January 5, 2022|

The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation organizes a new working group for Forest Preserve trails stewardship

Protect the Adirondacks has been named to a new working group to help state agencies reform Forest Preserve trails management The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has organized a working group to assist the department [...]

2021-12-23T20:11:40-05:00December 23, 2021|

New 120-unit luxury housing development proposed in the Adirondacks in the Town of Jay, Essex County

Protect the Adirondacks has a number of concerns about the proposed new project submitted to the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) in the Town of Jay in Essex County by Eric Stackman, a land developer from Miami, [...]

2021-12-22T15:59:29-05:00December 22, 2021|
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