The NYSDEC has started the process to update the State Wildlife Action Plan in 2025. In 2002, Congress created the State Wildlife Grant program to provide funding for the preservation and management of fish and [...]
Do the Top 25 fastest growing rural counties in the U.S. have any lessons for communities in the Adirondack Park and Upstate New York? A previous article pointed out that from 2010 to 2020, 66% [...]
Though incredibly popular and highly used, State Campgrounds in the Forest Preserve raise constitutional questions that should be resolved. Recently, the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) proposed a draft amendment to the Cranberry Lake Campground [...]
A new county-wide plan for "multi-use" trails is heavily geared towards motorized use on state lands and local roads throughout Franklin County. Franklin County has proposed a new 500-mile “multi-use” recreational trail system that will [...]
Progress was made by the State Legislature on bills that will help protect land, water and wildlife in the Adirondacks, but several bills were left on the shelf. Three bills important not only for the [...]
Conversation in the Adirondack Park has long been dominated by the belief that local land use controls under the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) Act and the abundant public land mass in the Forest Preserve drive [...]
Proposed legislation on the classification of historical lands and buildings located within the Forest Preserve poses an acute threat to the Forest Preserve. Proposed legislation (S.0495/Stec-A.2411/Jones) seeks to amend section 816 of article 27 of [...]
Population trends in the Adirondack Park are consistent with the vast majority of communities across the United States. The US Census recently released more in-depth 2020 population data with full age ranges and an assortment [...]
The only way for these closed state prisons to be sold or transferred to private ownership is to first pass a Constitutional Amendment. There are now three decommissioned State correctional facilities on Forest Preserve lands. [...]
The New York State Senate just passed the New York Wildlife Crossings Act (S.4198A/A.4243A) by a landslide margin of 55 yeas to 4 nays. This bill enjoyed widespread and bipartisan support from all corners of [...]
