23 06, 2018

Public comments needed for the new Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest Area Unit Management Plan Amendment

2019-09-12T23:40:34-04:00June 23, 2018|

The Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest UMP will establish public access to the Boreas Ponds New trails will also access the High Peaks and Hudson River State agencies have released a new draft amendment to the [...]

7 06, 2018

National changes across Rural America shape what’s happening in the Adirondacks

2019-09-12T23:42:10-04:00June 7, 2018|

One of the most striking maps coming out of the 2016 Presidential election is the red-blue county map. Despite Clinton winning the popular vote by 3 million, the county map shows a sea of red [...]

6 06, 2018

Gooley Club buildings should be torn down and Third Lake on the Essex Chain Lakes should be restored

2019-09-13T01:20:35-04:00June 6, 2018|

A decision to retain the collection of a more than a dozen buildings of the "Inner Gooley Club" on Third Lake, deep in the heart of the Essex Chain Lakes, would be terrible. The Gooley [...]

14 04, 2018

The problem with buildings on the Forest Preserve, part 3

2019-09-13T01:14:15-04:00April 14, 2018|

Buildings on the Forest Preserve are limited by state laws, regulations and policies to administrative and historic preservation purposes. The biggest looming threat to the Forest Preserve is the proposal to expand allowable buildings to [...]

10 04, 2018

The problem with buildings on the Forest Preserve, part 2

2020-11-10T16:56:17-05:00April 10, 2018|

The management of historic buildings on the Forest Preserve has been a vexing issue for decades. State management has evolved over the years from a position of building removal to now accommodating historic buildings on [...]

9 04, 2018

The problem with buildings on the Forest Preserve, part 1

2020-11-10T20:27:14-05:00April 9, 2018|

The pressure by local governments and historic preservation groups on the state to keep the inner Gooley Club buildings shows some of the challenges the state has had in organizing a coherent management program for [...]

8 04, 2018

Failed railroad CEO seeks a $5 million payday from the State of New York or local governments

2019-09-15T13:35:24-04:00April 8, 2018|

In March 2016, Ed Ellis stood before the Warren County Board of Supervisors and said that there would be no oil tanker railcars stored in the Adirondacks. He said it again and again as he [...]

29 03, 2018

US Census estimates in 2010 to 2017 that 44 of 52 counties in Upstate NY and 53% of US counties lost population

2019-09-15T13:37:52-04:00March 29, 2018|

The US Census 2017 population estimates are out and 11 of the 12 Adirondack counties lost population. These estimates are based on samples and are not the comprehensive decennial censuses based on extensive surveys and [...]

20 03, 2018

Governor signs classification to create over 25,000 acres of new Wilderness lands in Adirondack Park, including Boreas Ponds

2019-09-14T10:56:11-04:00March 20, 2018|

Governor's signature concludes state's purchase and classification of over 69,000 acres Forest Preserve state acquired 2012-2016. With a stroke of the pen, Governor Cuomo created over 25,000 acres of new Wilderness in the Adirondack Park. [...]

1 03, 2018

Thoughts on 50 Years of Forest Preserve Purchases and Classifications

2019-09-15T13:39:30-04:00March 1, 2018|

When evaluating the final decisions in early February by the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) and Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) on the 2016 Forest Preserve classification package, which included the Boreas Ponds and over 50,000 [...]

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