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State Land Master Plan

Adirondack Wild: Rail-Trail Plan Fails to Assess Impacts

April 16, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

adirondack wildA DEC plan for the 119-mile Travel Corridor that runs through the heart of the Adirondack Park does not adequately assess actual and projected impacts on the Park’s public wilderness and natural resources according to the group Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve.

At issue is whether the plan complies with the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan. Adirondack Wild does not believe it does comply. The group filed comments on the Remsen-Lake Placid Travel Corridor Unit Management Plan amendment with the Adirondack Park Agency this week. [Read more…] about Adirondack Wild: Rail-Trail Plan Fails to Assess Impacts

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History, Mohawk Valley, Recreation Tagged With: Adirondack Wild, biking, DEC, Forest Preserve, hiking, Historic Preservation, New York Central RR, railroads, Remsen-Lake Placid Travel Corridor, snowmobiling, State Land Master Plan

Comments Sought On Plan To Tear-Up Historic Rail Line

March 22, 2020 by Editorial Staff 13 Comments

The Adirondack Park Agency has announced a public comment period for Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan conformance on proposals from the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and the Department of Transportation (DOT) to amend the 1996 Remsen-Lake Placid Travel Corridor Unit Management Plan.

The State is planning to tear up part of the historic Adirondack Railroad line between Tupper Lake and Lake Placid for a multi-use trail.

[Read more…] about Comments Sought On Plan To Tear-Up Historic Rail Line

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: DEC, Department of Transportation, Historic Preservation, Lake Placid, Remsen-Lake Placid Travel Corridor, State Land Master Plan, Transportation History

Comments Sought On Historic Lake Champlain Islands, Facilities

August 6, 2015 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

Bluff_Point_Light_on_Valcour_IslandThe New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has issued a Draft Lake Champlain Islands Management Complex Unit Management Plan (Draft UMP) in compliance with the Adirondack State Land Master Plan. The plan includes a number of historic and recreational sites.

Public comments on the plan are being accepted through September 18, 2015. A Public Meeting on the Draft UMP will be held August 20th in Plattsburgh. [Read more…] about Comments Sought On Historic Lake Champlain Islands, Facilities

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Nature Tagged With: American Revolution, Battle of Valcour Bay, Bluff Point Light House, Champlain Islands Wild Forest, Clinton County, Clinton County Historical Association, Crown Point, Economic Development, Environmental History, Essex County, Historic Preservation, Lake Champlain, lighthouse, Maritime History, Military History, Plattsburgh, Public History, Schuyler Island, State Land Master Plan, Ticonderoga, Valcour Island

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