PROTECT cheers public purchase of Boreas Ponds
An aerial of the Boreas Ponds with the High Peaks in the background. This is the centerpiece of New York's newest tract of Forest Preserve. Protect the Adirondacks cheers the state's acquisition [...]
PROTECT applauds 2016-17 New York State Budget
State approves $300 million EPF in state budget, significant boost to funding for land protection, invasive species control and state land stewardship Protect the Adirondacks applauds the New York State budget being passed in Albany. [...]
The sad wild forestization of Primitive Areas in the Adirondack Forest Preserve
The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) voted on March 11, 2016 to weaken the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan (APSLMP) by making changes in the 9,990-acre Essex Chain Lakes and Pine Lakes Primitive Area to [...]
APA Commissioner Richard Booth makes bold and thoughtful statement holding the Cuomo Administration responsible for weakening protections for the Forest Preserve
At the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) meeting on Friday March 11, 2016, the APA acted to amend the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan (APSLMP) to make a series of changes, the most controversial being [...]
Adirondack Park Agency Weakens Protections for the “forever wild” Forest Preserve
APA vote today marks the first time in the last 40 years to weaken, not strengthen, protections for the Forest Preserve APA removed Essex Chain Lakes tract from Wilderness management by opening bicycle routes and [...]
Public comments needed on deeply flawed draft amendments to the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan that sets management guidelines for the Forest Preserve
The Adirondack Forest Preserve, owned by all New Yorkers and protected in the State Constitution as "forever wild" since 1895, is an internationally recognized treasure. It is managed by the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), [...]
Major lawsuit launched to challenge Essex Chain Lakes Complex Unit Management Plan
Protect the Adirondacks and Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve filed a lawsuit on January 11, 2016 challenging the State's approval of a new Unit Management Plan (UMP) for the Essex Chain Lakes Complex [...]
PROTECT applauds Governor Cuomo’s historic expansion of Environmental Protection Fund
Protect the Adirondacks applauds Governor Cuomo for his plans to expand the NYS Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) to $300 million in his new state budget to be released later this month. This expansion marks the [...]
Part 3 of Reflections on the Essex Chain Lakes Unit Management Plan: Essex Chain Plan Violates NYS Environmental Laws
This is the third of three "reflections" on the recent approval of the new Essex Chain Lakes Complex Unit Management Plan that widely violated longstanding state environmental laws and management policies and regulations for the [...]
State agencies hammer the Forest Preserve as they build a new road-like snowmobile trail from Newcomb to Minerva
This fall, Protect the Adirondacks conducted extensive field work on the new class II community connector snowmobile trail under construction from Newcomb to Minerva. This trail was approved by the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) in [...]