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State aims to build new duplicative bridge over the Cedar River for new snowmobile trail through the heart of the Essex Chain Lakes area

PROTECT's Public Comments on Proposed Permit/Variance under the NYS Wild, Scenic and Recreational Rivers Act for Construction of a Snowmobile Bridge in a Scenic River Area of the Cedar River See formal public comments in [...]

2019-09-12T10:26:05-04:00September 25, 2018|

Scenes from the Canoe-In for Motorless Weller Pond demonstration held on August 18, 2018 on Middle Saranac Lake and Weller Pond

Protect the Adirondacks held the Canoe-In for a Motorless Weller Pond to demonstrate for state management of Weller Pond and Little Weller Pond as new motorless destinations. These ponds are surrounded by Forest Preserve and [...]

2019-09-12T10:28:07-04:00August 23, 2018|

PROTECT cheers removal of last railcars stored for two years along Hudson River on NYS Route 28

Protect the Adirondacks applauds the removal of 22 old hopper rail cars at the end of July that had been stored on the banks of the Hudson River for more than two years outside of [...]

2019-09-12T23:32:38-04:00August 1, 2018|

PROTECT to honor The Nature Conservancy Heart of the Adirondacks Team for Historic 161,000-Acre Land Protection Campaign with Howard Zahniser Adirondack Award on July 21, 2018

Award will be made at the annual meeting of Protect the Adirondacks at The Grange in Whallonsburg in the Champlain Valley. Dirk Bryant, scientist with The Nature Conservancy, and Mike Carr, the former executive director [...]

2019-09-12T23:34:17-04:00July 13, 2018|

Public comments needed for new Saranac Lake Wild Forest Area Unit Management Plan by July 13th

The Saranac Lake Wild Forest area is one of the most complicated Forest Preserve areas in the Adirondacks due to the wide variety of different public recreational opportunities and the popularity of the area. This [...]

2019-09-12T23:35:47-04:00July 9, 2018|

Public comments needed on new High Peaks Wilderness Unit Management Plan amendment

New High Peaks Wilderness Area UMP amendment contains many proposals to change management of public recreational use in the most popular area in the Forest Preserve State agencies have released a new draft amendment to [...]

2019-09-12T23:38:35-04:00June 26, 2018|

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

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 [...]

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

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

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 [...]

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

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

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 [...]

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

The problem with buildings on the Forest Preserve, part 3

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 [...]

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