At the current public hearings by the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) over the classification of the former Finch Paper lands, a common refrain among snowmobile trail expansion advocates has been something like "after the snow [...]
Three new interesting data points have recently come out from the US Census and the NYS Department of Education that provide a state and national context for the Adirondack population debate. In previous posts I [...]
The Adirondack Park is held up as the great wilderness area in the eastern United States. It's the place where people come for a wilderness experience and to enjoy the great outdoors. One great myth [...]
Protect the Adirondacks filed a Memo in Opposition against legislation (S.4282) to create a new Transferrable Development Rights program in the Adirondack Park as well as streamline permit-filing requirements. This legislation has passed the State [...]
On May 16, 2013, the Appellate Division, Third Department, issued two Decisions and Orders in the lawsuit by Protect the Adirondacks and the Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter that challenges the approval by the Adirondack Park [...]
Legislation is pending in the State Legislature for "second passage" of a Constitutional Amendment to transfer 200 acres of Forest Preserve lands in the Jay Mountain Wilderness to NYCO Minerals, Inc. This legislation has strong [...]
The APA is set to take seven alternatives (an eighth is a "no action" alternative) to public hearing for formal Forest Preserve classifications of newly purchased lands around the Essex Chain Lakes and Upper Hudson [...]
Protect the Adirondacks has filed a Memo of Opposition with the State Senate against second passage of a Constitutional Amendment to swap Forest Preserve lands with NYCO Minerals, Inc., a mining company. NYCO currently operates [...]
The protection of water quality is of singular great importance for the Adirondack Park and Adirondack communities. In the coming decades, if we are able to maintain stable water quality trends, this will help Adirondack [...]
The Adirondack Park Agency continues to examine changing its review process to allow a General Permit for large clearcuts on commercial forestlands. Embarking on a new era of big clearcuts has ignited controversy in the [...]