ACR Hearing Update
As a Member of the Board I spent March 22 and 23rd with PROTECT's lawyer, John Caffry, at the adjudicatory hearing in Tupper Lake for the Adirondack Club and Resort. I first want to say [...]
WHY PROTECT THE ADIRONDACKS! BELONGS IN THE ACR HEARING
Letter to the Editor, Adirondack Daily Enterprise, March 10, 2011 The last few weeks have seen a spate of editorials and letters condemning the participation of environmental groups in the decision-making process about the proposed [...]
Navigation Rights Rulings
Here is the latest on the lawsuit against Phil Brown of the Adirondack Explorer for unlawful navigation on Shingle Shanty Brook. See Protect's report Navigation Rights Brochure, under Publications, for a thorough discussion on the [...]
Adirondacks Don’t Need Real Estate Scheme
February 28, 2011 Adirondack Daily Enterprise To the editor: Last week's resolution of the Tupper Lake town board and recent Guest Commentaries in this newspaper, attacking the environmental organizations that are questioning the proposed Adirondack [...]
Squelching Dissent
To the editor: From the tone of several letters and op-editorials published recently, it would appear that no one may express an opinion anywhere regarding the proposed Adirondack Club and Resort except its most vociferous [...]
Position Statement: Snowmobile Use of the Forest Preserve
By Michael Wilson, Conservation Advocacy Committee, Protect the Adirondacks Protect the Adirondacks calls upon the new Cuomo administration to review the compliance with the SLMP of the "Management Guidance: Snowmobile Trail Siting, Construction, and Maintenance [...]
Don’t Blame the Park
Editorial: Don't blame the Park Copied from ADIRONDACK EXPLORER, July/August 2010 It seems like a no-brainer. A rural area like ours, with much of it designated as "forever wild" or subject to regional development controls, [...]
A Lows Lake Experience
By Lorraine Duvall, Protect the Adirondacks I'm concerned that I'm unable to experience the woods and waters in the Park as I could when I was younger. So are my paddling buddies. We limit our [...]
Adirondack Groups Win Round in Suit to Protect Wilderness Canoe Route
Friday, Oct. 1, 2010 Adirondack Groups Win Round in Suit to Protect Wilderness Canoe Route ALBANY, N.Y. -- The Adirondacks' leading conservation groups, the Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK) and Protect the Adirondacks! (PROTECT), have won [...]
APRAP Appraisal
There has been a tendency among some Park leaders to think of the blue-line as a noose that constricts the economic growth of Adirondack communities. In particular, the 2009 Adirondack Park Regional Assessment Program (a [...]