Squelching Dissent
To the editor: From the tone of several letters and op-editorials published recently, it would appear that no one may express an opinion anywhere regarding the proposed Adirondack Club and Resort except its most vociferous [...]
Position Statement: Snowmobile Use of the Forest Preserve
By Michael Wilson, Conservation Advocacy Committee, Protect the Adirondacks Protect the Adirondacks calls upon the new Cuomo administration to review the compliance with the SLMP of the "Management Guidance: Snowmobile Trail Siting, Construction, and Maintenance [...]
Don’t Blame the Park
Editorial: Don't blame the Park Copied from ADIRONDACK EXPLORER, July/August 2010 It seems like a no-brainer. A rural area like ours, with much of it designated as "forever wild" or subject to regional development controls, [...]
A Lows Lake Experience
By Lorraine Duvall, Protect the Adirondacks I'm concerned that I'm unable to experience the woods and waters in the Park as I could when I was younger. So are my paddling buddies. We limit our [...]
Adirondack Groups Win Round in Suit to Protect Wilderness Canoe Route
Friday, Oct. 1, 2010 Adirondack Groups Win Round in Suit to Protect Wilderness Canoe Route ALBANY, N.Y. -- The Adirondacks' leading conservation groups, the Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK) and Protect the Adirondacks! (PROTECT), have won [...]
APRAP Appraisal
There has been a tendency among some Park leaders to think of the blue-line as a noose that constricts the economic growth of Adirondack communities. In particular, the 2009 Adirondack Park Regional Assessment Program (a [...]
Letter to Governor Paterson regarding APRAP Appraisal findings
October 25, 2010 Governor David L. Paterson State Capitol Albany, NY 12223 Dear Governor Paterson, In their August 2010 report to Gov. Paterson, the Local Government Review Board (LGRB) blames the deterioration of communities in [...]
APRAP report misleads Park’s condition
There has been a tendency among some Park leaders to think of the blue-line as a noose that constricts the economic growth of Adirondack communities. In particular, the 2009 Adirondack Park Regional Assessment Program (a [...]
Adirondack Forest Preserve threatened with destructive motorized use
Your Adirondack Forest Preserve threatened with destructive motorized use Protect the Adirondacks has decided to make an all out effort to oppose an amendment to the Jessup River Wild Forest Plan because it would increase [...]
Don’t Blame the Park
Don't blame the Park Editorial: Don't blame the Park Copied from ADIRONDACK EXPLORER, July/August 2010 It seems like a no-brainer. A rural area like ours, with much of it designated as "forever wild" or subject [...]