The New York State Assembly hit a home run in its fiscal year 2021-22 New York State budget with the historic increase of the Environmental Protection Fund. The New York State Senate hit one out of [...]
New High Peaks Advisory Group report calls for broad, long-term reforms of Forest Preserve management. The eagerly awaited final report of the High Peaks Strategic Planning Advisory Group (HPAG) is out. It was worth the [...]
The APA gets low marks for its inability to meaningfully improve or change a 34-lot subdivision in the southern Adirondacks. After 2-year review, the project is barely changed from the original submission. A proposed 34-lot [...]
Current Legislation in the State Assembly and State Senate seeks to reform the APA Act to protect open space and prevent forest and habitat fragmentation. This would be the most important revision of the APA [...]
Briefs Have Been Submitted to the Court of Appeals Updated March 1, 2021 The formal filings by both sides are complete in the lawsuit by Protect the Adirondacks against the New York State Department of [...]
The State of New York Proposes a new 41-acre "Day Use Area" at Debar Lodge and Debar Pond, while supporters of keeping the dilapidated complex of buildings seek an Article 14 amendment for 6 acres [...]
Join Us for Two Virtual Lobby Days to Lobby New York State Leaders for Adirondack Priorities We need you to help us lobby New York State Senators and Assemblymembers to defend and protect the Adirondack Park! [...]
NYS Assembly-Senate Environmental Conservation Budget Hearing on January 27, 2021 via Zoom January 27, 2021 Hon. Liz Krueger, Chair NYS Senate Finance Committee 172 State Street, Capitol Building Room 416 Capitol Albany, NY 12247 Hon. Helene [...]
Save Whitney Park: Sign Your Name to a Petition to Governor Cuomo! Sign our Petition Today For more than 50 years, the 36,000-acre Whitney Park has been the top land protection priority in New York [...]
The COVID19 pandemic changed the nature of Adirondack Park environmental advocacy work in 2020. Like a lot of American life, the pandemic changed things in Adirondacks, depressing many businesses while catalyzing an explosion of public [...]
