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Little Tupper Lake

Gibson: DEC & APA Should Reform Managing Adirondack Lakes and Ponds

November 5, 2022 by David Gibson 1 Comment

Chad Dawson speaking at Paul Smith's VIC Oct. 2022At Adirondack Wild’s October meeting at the Paul Smith’s Visitor Interpretive Center, lakes and ponds came under the spotlight in a panel discussion about Cooperative Stewardship of Adirondack Lakes. Of particular interest was a given lake’s classification and subsequent comprehensive study, planning and management.

If Adirondack waterbodies are considered part of the Forest Preserve, and for the last fifty years the State Land Master Plan talks about land and water, then the law requires that lakes and ponds be classified, just as forests are. That raises important questions. [Read more…] about Gibson: DEC & APA Should Reform Managing Adirondack Lakes and Ponds

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondack Wild, Adirondacks, Big Moose Lake, boating, development, Essex County, Franklin County, Hamilton County, Lake Placid, Little Tupper Lake, Lower Saranac Lake, Lows Lake, nature, paddling, Raquette Lake, Saranac Lakes Wild Forest, Siamese Ponds Wilderness, State Land Master Plan, Thirteenth Lake, Warren County, water quality, wilderness, Wildlife, William C. Whitney Wilderness

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