Bogging in Solo Canoes in the Adirondacks
The forests of the Adirondacks, while often wonderfully recovered from clear-cutting and burning 100 years ago, are "spring chickens" compared to my favorite ecological retreats—peat bogs. When the glacier melted back 10,000 years ago, huge [...]
Peter Bauer to Lead PROTECT
PROTECT the Adirondacks! has hired Peter Bauer as its new Executive Director. Starting full-time after Labor Day, Bauer will coordinate PROTECT's citizen advocacy activities and provide leadership to monitor public agencies, conduct research, and manage [...]
Barberry: Alien Enemy of our Spring Ephemerals
Please don't buy, transplant or allow this nasty plant to invade our forests: Japanese barberry (called "red barberry" in nurseries) used to behave itself around here, but as is the case with many invasive plants [...]
How “Sustainable” Forestry Complements the Forest Preserve
The Adirondack Park, larger than Connecticut and the largest park in the lower 48 states, is a unique mix of public (52%) and private (48%) ownership. The private forest lands are fundamental to the landscape [...]
Why Ice? Stories behind the Stories
How important a role has ice played in the Adirondacks? That is the question I set out to discover as I traveled the Adirondack Park three years prior to publishing my book on that subject, [...]
PROTECT legal action challenges the approval by the Adirondack Park Agency of the Adirondack Club & Resort project in Tupper Lake
PROTECT legal action challenges the approval by the Adirondack Park Agency of the Adirondack Club & Resort project in Tupper Lake March 2012: PROTECT and the Sierra Club file lawsuit against the APA to challenge [...]
PROTECT details reasons for lawsuit against APA for ACR approvals
PROTECT legal action challenges the approval by the Adirondack Park Agency of the Adirondack Club & Resort project in Tupper Lake March 2012: PROTECT and the Sierra Club file lawsuit against the APA to challenge [...]
PROTECT and Sierra Club file lawsuit against APA over decision to approve ACR project
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, March 20, 2012 For More Information: Protect the Adirondacks! Bob Glennon 518-891-5195 oseetahbob@yahoo.com John Caffry 518-792-1582 jcaffry@caffrylawoffice.com Sierra Club Roger Downs 518-426-9144 roger.downs@sierraclub.org Charlie Morrison 518-583-2212 charlescmorrisonjr@gmail.com PROTECT THE ADIRONDACKS!, SIERRA [...]
65 and Full Speed Ahead!
The Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK) has been around since 1922 dedicated to the protection and responsible recreational use of the NYS Forest Preserve. There are 27 ADK chapters scattered around New York. Our particular one [...]