Last week, we saw news that Governor Kathy Hochul instructed state agencies to develop and submit plans for greater transparency. This is good news and welcome news. Over the past two decades, state agencies have restricted [...]
Vote on November 2, 2021 for Ballot Proposal 2 for the Constitutional Amendment for the right to clean air, clean water, and a healthful environment The purpose of Proposal 2 is to protect public health [...]
Protect the Adirondacks recently visited the proposed multi-use trail in the Sundown Wild Forest in the Catskill Park and a newly recconstructed adjoining trail in the Vernooy Kill State Forest outside the Park. This trail [...]
It’s back to school time in the Adirondacks and New York State. One of the things that always happens at this time is reports about school district enrollments year-over-year in a particular area. These stories [...]
This new trail is a model for the High Peaks Wilderness Area and the Forest Preserve In the late summer of 2019, Protect the Adirondacks visited the trail construction project on Mount Van Hoevenberg. Click [...]
Protect the Adirondacks congratulates Kathy Hochul, of the Town of Hamburg in Erie County, on becoming the 57th Governor of the State of New York. She is the first female Governor in New York's history. [...]
Public Comments Needed Today to Stop the White Lake Granite Quarry The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is taking public comments until September 17th for the new proposed granite quarry in White Lake, in the [...]
Among Adirondack Park leaders, blaming the Park, the Forest Preserve, environmental protections, and environmental groups, is fashionable. Population trends are often cited, along with things like school district trends, to substantiate this narrative. Hardly ever [...]
Adirondack Park management and policymaking would benefit enormously from openness and transparency In its August 12, 2021 edition the Sun Community News ran the editorial below. The embers of a court case disallowing Class II [...]
The US Census released its first cut at the 2020 decennial census last week. This data is limited, delivered for the purpose of redistricting for statewide and federal elected representatives. Much more detailed data will be [...]
