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Peter Bauer: DEC’s Revised Approach to Forest Preserve Long Overdue

December 23, 2021 by Peter Bauer Leave a Comment

Forest Preserve SignThe Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has organized a working group to assist the department in revising and amending a series of policies for New York State Forest Preserve trails stewardship. The DEC organized this working group through the membership of the longstanding Forest Preserve Advisory Committee (FPAC). The working group includes members from trails building organizations, local government, and the environmental community.

The Department stressed that this is a unified management effort for the entire Forest Preserve, and the working group includes members from the Adirondack and Catskill Parks. [Read more…] about Peter Bauer: DEC’s Revised Approach to Forest Preserve Long Overdue

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondack Park, Adirondacks, APA, Article 14, Catskills, DEC, Environmental History, Forest Preserve, Forest Preserve Advisory Committee, High Peaks, hiking, Kathy Hochul, Legal History, nature, Overuse, Political History, Protect the Adirondacks, trails

Elk Lake Lodge Owner Appointed To Chair Adirondack Park Agency Board

October 20, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

APA Building in Ray Brook NYNYS Governor Kathy Hochul has selected business owner and philanthropist John Ernst as the new chair of the Adirondack Park Agency board. The last person to serve as APA chair was Karen Feldman of Hudson, NY, who resigned in May of 2019.

Ernst owns and operates Elk Lake Lodge in North Hudson, Essex County.  He also owns a home in New York City.  Like Feldman, Ernst was initially appointed to one of three APA board positions reserved for state residents who reside outside of the park boundary.  The APA board has five seats for park residents and three more reserved for state officials, for a total of 11. [Read more…] about Elk Lake Lodge Owner Appointed To Chair Adirondack Park Agency Board

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga Tagged With: Adirondack Park, Adirondacks, APA, Environmental History, Kathy Hochul

Adirondack Park Agency Should Embrace Transparency

October 5, 2021 by Peter Bauer Leave a Comment

APA Building in Ray Brook NYRecently, we saw news that Governor Kathy Hochul has instructed state agencies to develop and submit plans for greater transparency. As I wrote in a related piece, this is good news and welcome news.

I’ve watched over the decades as state agencies have restricted more and more of what was once basic and easily accessible public information. [Read more…] about Adirondack Park Agency Should Embrace Transparency

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondacks, APA, FOIL, Kathy Hochul

DEC Should Embrace Gov. Hochul’s Calls For Transparency

October 1, 2021 by Peter Bauer Leave a Comment

Lieutenant Governor Hochul Signs Memorandum of Understanding with China’s Ministry of Commerce to Promote Trade and Economic DevelopmentLast week, we saw news that Governor Kathy Hochul instructed state agencies to develop and submit plans for greater transparency. This is good news and welcome news. I’ve watched over the decades as state agencies have restricted more and more of what was once basic and easily accessible public information. [Read more…] about DEC Should Embrace Gov. Hochul’s Calls For Transparency

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondacks, APA, DEC, FOIL, Forest Preserve, Kathy Hochul, Protect the Adirondacks, wilderness

The Devil’s Due: Adirondack Gentrification & Environmental Justice (Part 1: Displacement)

August 1, 2021 by Eliza Jane Darling 11 Comments

Raquette Lake Rockets 1972“Just close the fucking thing.”

These words of quiet despair were uttered twenty years ago in the aftermath of a meeting at the Raquette Lake School, whose imminent demise was increasingly apparent to the people of the village. The atmosphere at the Tap Room, the unofficial community center where attendees had decamped to face the inevitable over a beer, was raw.

The man who issued the fatal prognosis relished it neither as a parent nor an alumnus. But the writing was on the wall. Pupils had dwindled to single digits, too few for a play or a baseball team, never mind the district budget for utilities, maintenance, transportation and salaries. With no babies on the horizon, the current crop of children would age out, and there would soon be none left to educate. [Read more…] about The Devil’s Due: Adirondack Gentrification & Environmental Justice (Part 1: Displacement)

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Adirondack Gentrification, Adirondack Park, Adirondacks, anthropology, APA, Cultural History, development, Economic Development, Economic History, Education, Environmental History, Hamilton County, Housing, Labor History, Mario Cuomo, Political History, poverty, Raquette Lake, Social History, Tourism

Suggestions In Wake of Historic Adirondack Legal Decision

July 20, 2021 by Peter Bauer Leave a Comment

Class II Community Connector Snowmobile Trail courtesy ProtectThe May 4th, 2021, decision by the New York Court of Appeals ruled that Class II Community Connector Snowmobile Trails violated Article 14, Section 1, of the New York Constitution.

This ruling capped an eight-year legal challenge by Protect the Adirondacks against the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Adirondack Park Agency (APA). In the end, eight of the twelve judges who looked at the evidence found that Class II trails were unconstitutional. [Read more…] about Suggestions In Wake of Historic Adirondack Legal Decision

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature Tagged With: Adirondacks, APA, conservation, DEC, Forest Preserve, nature, Protect the Adirondacks, snowmobiling, trails

John Caffry, Claudia Braymer Being Honored With Adirondack Award

July 15, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

John Caffry and Claudia BraymerProtect the Adirondacks has announced that the Howard Zahniser Adirondack Award for 2021 will be awarded to attorneys John Caffry and Claudia Braymer. The Howard Zahniser Adirondack Award is being presented in honor of John Caffry’s and Claudia Braymer’s efforts over eight years to lead the successful lawsuit Protect the Adirondacks v. Department of Environmental Conservation and Adirondack Park Agency, decided by the New York Court of Appeals on May 4th, 2021. [Read more…] about John Caffry, Claudia Braymer Being Honored With Adirondack Award

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature Tagged With: Adirondacks, APA, DEC, Protect the Adirondacks

The Environmental Movement That Tamed Adirondacks

June 12, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

a wild ideaBook purchases made through this link support New York Almanack’s mission to report new publications relevant to New York State.

A Wild Idea: How the Environmental Movement Tamed the Adirondacks (Cornell University Press, 2021) by Brad Edmondson shares the story of the difficult birth of the Adirondack Park Agency (APA). [Read more…] about The Environmental Movement That Tamed Adirondacks

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Books, Nature Tagged With: Adirondack Park, APA, Books, conservation, development, Environmental History, nature, Nelson Rockefeller, Political History, wilderness

36k Acres in the Adirondack Park Faces Development; Advocates Seek Legal Protection

June 3, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Salmon Lake stands in the foreground, part of the Whitney tract, with Rock Lake and Little Tupper Lake in the backgroundWhen John Hendrickson, the widow of recently deceased Saratoga civic and philanthropic leader Marylou Whitney, announced last July that the 36,000-acre Whitney Park lands were for sale an alarm was raised by advocates for wild lands concerned the sale would subdivide one of the largest privately held contiguous properties in the Adirondack Park.

Last week, Hendrickson said he will apply to the Adirondack Park Agency to do just that – fragment the tract into eleven estate lots for the uber-wealthy. [Read more…] about 36k Acres in the Adirondack Park Faces Development; Advocates Seek Legal Protection

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature Tagged With: Adirondack Council, Adirondack Mountain Club, Adirondack Park, APA, Conservation Development, development, Forest Preserve, nature, Protect the Adirondacks, Sierra Club, Whitney Park, wilderness

Comments Sought On Fish Creek Pond Campground Changes

May 19, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Fish Creek Pond Campground provided by DECThe Adirondack Park Agency (APA) is accepting public comments on Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan conformance for proposed management actions to the Fish Creek Pond Public Campground Unit Management Plan (UMP). [Read more…] about Comments Sought On Fish Creek Pond Campground Changes

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: APA, camping, development, fishing, hiking, nature, paddling

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