The current New York State Forester at the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced that he is retiring in April. This position doubles as the Director of the Division of Lands and Forests, and [...]
A constitutional amendment to privatize Debar Lodge is a bad deal Protect the Adirondacks opposes legislation to amend Article 14, Section 1, of the New York Constitution, to remove six acres of public Forest Preserve, [...]
Protect the Adirondacks is very disappointed that we’ve been forced to go back to court in order to try and get the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Adirondack Park Agency (APA) to comply with [...]
The testimony on February 1, 2022 at the joint Assembly-Senate budget hearing, provided by Basil Seggos, Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), was false and misleading. Steven Englebright, Chairman of Assembly Committee on [...]
The current New York State budget being negotiated by Governor Kathy Hochul and the State Legislature contains significant new spending on a number of things, like $29 million for a new headquarters for the Adirondack [...]
In the time of Covid pandemic, the public Forest Preserve has been indispensable. New Yorkers from far and wide flocked to the public Forest Preserve for safe, socially-distant, outdoor activities throughout 2020 and 2021. The [...]
Will the new boss be the same as the old boss? We’ll know the answer to this question when the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) meets on January 13-14th. On its agenda is a draft permit [...]
APA Board to vote on this project at its January 13th meeting A huge number of public comments requested a formal adjudicatory public hearing for the project, but the APA has refused to hold any adjudicatory public [...]
Governor Kathy Hochul touted new investments in the Adirondack Park and Forest Preserve as part of the 2022 NYS State of the State address that she made in Albany today. In front of a lightly [...]
Protect the Adirondacks has been named to a new working group to help state agencies reform Forest Preserve trails management The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has organized a working group to assist the department [...]
