There is an ongoing debate in forestry and ecological circles about the role of young versus old forests in absorbing carbon dioxide, and consequently, sequestering carbon to help stabilize the climate. The long prevailing belief [...]
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 [...]
Many call David Sive the father of environmental law. His first major success was the Storm King lawsuit that helped block a power plant and highway project at one of the most beautiful sections of [...]
Protect the Adirondacks cheers the state's purchase of 8,451 acres of new Forest Preserve lands. This marks the completion of phase 2 of the 69,000 acres of former Finch Paper lands being transferred to the [...]