The COVID19 pandemic changed the nature of Adirondack Park environmental advocacy work in 2020. Like a lot of American life, the pandemic changed things in Adirondacks, depressing many businesses while catalyzing an explosion of public [...]
A joint letters was submitted to state leaders in Albany by Protect the Adirondacks, Adirondack Council, Adirondack Mountain Club, and Adirondack Wild Click here for a copy of the group letter January 15, 2021 Honorable [...]
Proposed development seeks an APA permit for 32 houses around Woodward Lake in the southern Adirondacks Protect the Adirondacks has a number of concerns about the proposed Adirondack Park Agency (APA) project 2018-123 submitted by New [...]
The trail to 9 Corner Lake is a short hike and leads to a remote lake with beautiful rocky beaches and swimming spots. 9 Corner Lake 1 mile (2 miles round-trip) Caroga, Fulton County Ferris Lake Wild [...]
The Blue Ledges Trail is a short, easy hike to the Hudson River and provides great views of the famous cliffs and beautiful swimming hole. Blue Ledges Trail 2.5 miles (5 round-trip) Minerva, Essex County Hudson [...]
Peter Hornbeck, founder of Hornbeck Boats and master boatbuilder of lightweight canoes and kayaks with a distinctive red stripe below the gunwales, famous throughout the Adirondacks and beyond, died quietly and unexpectedly at his home in [...]
The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) was rocked last week with the sudden resignation of Chad Dawson, who served as one of three APA Board members from outside the Adirondack Park Blue Line. Dawson is a [...]
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and the Adirondack Park Agency have started a process to deal with the Debar Lodge, a complex of 20 buildings, on the north end of beautiful [...]
A coalition of Adirondack conservationists is calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign into law a bi-partisan bill that would help reduce road salt pollution and protect drinking water in the Adirondack Park. The legislation [...]
The 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum seeks wild areas in the Adirondack Park and the Forest Preserve for intensive air and land training activities In June, the 10th Mountain Division of the U.S. Army, based at [...]
