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December
December 31, 2007 - Daily Gazette
Worst Feared in Case of Paying Taxes on Parks - Municipalities
in Mountain Areas Could be Devastated by Decision
A state Supreme Court
decision in Chautauqua County would prohibit the state from paying
property taxes on state land, a development that would...read
more
December 29, 2007 - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Sayward: No New State Land Until Tax Issue is Resolved
ELIZABETHTOWN —
State Assemblywoman Teresa Sayward is asking Gov. Eliot Spitzer
not to OK any state land purchases until a recent court ruling
that the state isn’t required to pay local property taxes
on its land is resolved. Sayward made her request formal Friday
in...read
more
December 29, 2007 - Post Star
Court Rules Against ATV Use
The Appellate Division
of state Supreme Court ruled Thursday against an attempt by the
town of Horicon to allow all-terrain vehicles to ride on...read more
December 28, 2007 - WNBZ
TL Board OK’S Updated Economic Development Plan
The Tupper Lake Town
Board was asked to sign off Thursday on the town and village’s
updated economic development plan. Carmen Lorentz, Economic Development
Specialist for Camoin Associates, has been working with the...read
more
December 28, 2007 - Post Star
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
More Decision-makers Needed in Consensus
No one at the public
hearing held Monday, Dec. 17 in Schuylerville sounded in the
least bit like they were trying to "put the brakes on progress."
All of the speakers identified themselves as cell phone users
and...read
more
December 18, 2007 - Watertown Daily Times
Trail Plan for Riders of ATVs Under Way - LEWIS COUNTY: Focus
of Effort is Review of Environmental Impact
LOWVILLE — While
snowmobile season has just begun, Lewis County officials are
busy laying the groundwork for...read
more
December 14, 2007 - WNBZ
North Hudson Cell Tower OK’d by APA
The Adirondack Park Agency
voted today to approve a Verizon cell phone tower designed to
provide coverage on a six-mile stretch of the...read
more
December 14, 2007 - Press Republican
I-87 Cell Tower Approved in Committee
RAY BROOK -- The Adirondack
Park Agency Regulatory Committee unanimously approved an 84-foot
monopole for Verizon Wireless on Thursday that will expand Northway
cell service. The application goes to full agency...read
more
December 13, 2007 - Press Republican
First Cell Tower to APA Thursday
RAY BROOK -- Adirondack
Park Agency commissioners will review one cell tower this morning,
the first of 11 planned by Verizon Wireless to provide...read more
December 12, 2007 - Tupper Lake Free Press
Town Officials Say Loss of State Tax Revenue Could Have Disastrous
Effects
The Tupper Lake Town
Board went on record Monday protesting the loss of tax revenue
from New York State on...read
more
December 12, 2007 - Associated Press
Cell Towers Planned for Northway Corridor Away from Superhighway
Verizon plans to erect
11 cell phone towers near the Adirondack Northway to fill the
service gap along a remote stretch of the...read
more
December 11, 2007 - WNBZ
Local Projects on APA Agenda this Week
A pair of local projects
will be on the Adirondack Park Agency agenda at its regularly
scheduled monthly meeting on...read
more
December 11, 2007 - Adirondack Express
Adirondack Council State of the Park Report is Released
The Adirondack Council
reserved its highest praise for Governor Eliot Spitzer and Attorney
General Andrew Cuomo, while...read
more
December 6, 2007 - Associated Press
Judge Finds State Tax Payments, Exemptions ``Palpably Arbitrary''
ALBANY -- A judge has
found the mix of tax payments and exemptions on state land "palpably
arbitrary" and issued a...read
more
December 6, 2007 - New York Times
And Cuomo Said, Let There Be Light
Attorney General Andrew
M. Cuomo today unveiled his long-awaited “Project Sunlight,”
a new good-government tool that...read
more
December 1, 2007 - Watertown Daily Times
Eight North Projects Share $921,000 in State Grants
Eight north country projects
will share more than $921,000 in state Environmental Protection
Fund grants. Jefferson, St. Lawrence, Lewis and Franklin counties
received money for...read
more
December 2007 - Lake George Mirror
Town Appreciates Adirondack Council’s ‘Thumbs Up’
In its 2007 State of
the Park report, the Adirondack Council congratulated the Town
of Lake George for its...read
more
November
November 28, 2007 - Watertown Daily Times
Public Meeting Set on ATV Plan - SCOPING SESSION: Input is Solicited on Impacts
of Countywide Trail System
LOWVILLE — Lewis
County is seeking public comment on the scope of its environmental
review of a countywide all-terrain vehicle system. A public scoping
session is set for 7 p.m. Dec. 13 in the Lowville Academy and
Central School auditorium. The meeting will include presentations
on...read
more
November 27, 2007 - Post Star
DEC Releases Plan for National Scenic Trail
A trailhead for the North
Country National Scenic Trail could soon be landing in Crown
Point. The other end would be...read
more
November 20, 2007 - Lake George Mirror
EDITORIAL - New APA Chairman Could be Good for Lake George
Since the Adirondack
Park agency was established more than thirty years ago, more
than a few of its chairmen have been...read
more
November 20, 2007 - Post Star
ATV Park Plans Pulled
The proponents of building
a 700-acre ATV and motocross park in parts of Johnsburg and Thurman
withdrew their Adirondack Park Agency application last week.
A spokesman for the APA confirmed...read
more
November 13, 2007 - Legislative Gazette
Report Looks at the State of the Adirondack Park
The Adirondack Council
reserved its highest praise for Gov. Eliot Spitzer and Attorney
General Andrew Cuomo while...read
more
November 11, 2007 - Press Republican
Sifting Through 40 Views on Tupper Mediation Plan
TUPPER LAKE -- A judge
has asked developers of the planned Adirondack Club and Resort
for details missing in...read
more
November 10, 2007 - Denton Publications
Raquette Lake Well Usage Approved by State Voters
RAQUETTE LAKE -- The
125 year-round residents of Raquette Lake are drinking a little
easier this week after New York voters...read
more
November 7, 2007 - Tupper Lake Free Press
Economic Development Focus Group Dissects Town’s Strengths,
Weaknesses
Nearly three dozen local
leaders and community-minded citizens voiced their views on
Tupper Lake’s strengths and weakness, future opportunities
and threats during...read
more
November 5, 2007 - Post Star
EDITORIAL - State Ballot Proposition Good for Adirondacks
When you go into the
voting booth to select candidates for local office on Tuesday,
don't forget to cast your eye over to the state ballot proposition
in the upper left-hand corner. The proposition is vital to the
health of...read
more
November 5, 2007 - Press Republican
Statewide Vote Required to OK Raquette Lake Water System
PLATTSBURGH -- Tuesday,
voters statewide will decide whether the Town of Long Lake can
give the Adirondack Park 12 acres of land in exchange...read
more
November 5, 2007 - Utica Observer-Dispatch
Be Aware of Propositions on Tuesday’s Ballot
State proposal No. 1
- An amendment to the state constitution - The proposed amendment
would allow the state to convey one acre of...read
more
November 3, 2007 - Buffalo News
EDITORIAL - Yes on Proposition One - Tiny Land Trade in Adirondacks is Essential for
Village, Good for Park
The state of New York
holds its wild forest land so dear that any proposal to give
away even one acre must win approval in a...read
more
November 3, 2007 - Times Union
EDITORIAL Yes on the Adirondacks
Because only local offices
are up for election on Tuesday, there's a good chance that many
voters throughout New York might ignore the one statewide issue
on the ballot -- a constitutional amendment that would help...read more
November 3, 2007 - Poughkeepsie Journal
EDITORIAL - Aid Adirondack Families Tuesday
It's not every day New
Yorkers get offered a "12-for-1'' deal, but they are receiving
that chance on Election Day. They should take it. In the process,
they will greatly aid...read
more
November 3, 2007 - Watertown Daily Times
McHugh's Greenhouse Legislation Gets Help
WASHINGTON — Rep.
John M. McHugh's proposal to reduce acid rain and fight global
warming has gained at least one endorsement from his...read
more
November 3, 2007 - Denton Publications
McHugh Proposes Strict Environmental Legislation
The drizzle that fell
outside the window at Whiteface Mountain only underscored the
immediacy of Congressman John McHugh's new...read
more
November 1, 2007 - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Adirondack Council's State of the Park Released
SARANAC LAKE — The
Adirondack Council released its annual “State of the Park”
report this week praising Gov. Eliot Spitzer, criticizing the...read
more
October
October 30, 2007 - Tupper Lake Free Press
ACR: Mediating a Mediation Process? - Most Questions Remain After Day of Discussion Between
Parties
Last Wednesday’s
conference in the Adirondack Park Agency-ordered adjudicatory
hearing process for the Adirondack Club and Resort project focused
exclusively on...read
more
October 30, 2007 - Watertown Daily Times
Electric Utilities Rip McHugh's Proposal - AGGRESSIVE BILL: Companies Complain Targets
Aren't Feasible
WASHINGTON — Rep.
John M. McHugh's proposal to curb acid rain and slow global warming
is...read
more
October 29, 2007 - The New York Times
Logging Is Part of a Plan to Preserve 161,000 Acres in the Adirondacks
Purchased by a Conservation Group
ADIRONDACK FOREST PRESERVE
— Late in the year, when the campers are gone but the hunters
have not yet arrived, timber trucks rule Boreas Road in the heart
of the Adirondacks, barging through the morning mists with...read
more
October 29, 2007 - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Clean Air Upgrade Touted at Whiteface
WILMINGTON — Acid
rain pummeled Whiteface Mountain on Saturday as U.S. Rep. John
McHugh, the Adirondack Mountain Club and the Adirondack Council
held a press...read
more
October 29, 2007 - Legislative Gazette
Three APA Board Members Receive Senate Approval
Three commissioners to
the Adirondack Park Agency’s board were among Gov. Eliot
Spitzer’s nominations confirmed by...read
more
October 27, 2007 - Associated
Press
State Voters Get Say on Hamlet Water Supply - Proposed Amendment Would Allow for
Wells on Preserve Acre
ALBANY — Every voting
New Yorker will soon have a say whether an Adirondack hamlet
can continue to use a well with clear drinking...read
more
October 28, 2007 - Press Republican
McHugh Unveils Comprehensive Environmental Bill
WILMINGTON -- As rain
doused Whiteface Mountain Saturday afternoon, Congressman John
McHugh unveiled new environmental legislation that targets four...read
more
October 27, 2007 - Associated Press
Proposal Would Require More Stringent Pollution Regulations
WILMINGTON, N.Y. (AP)
_ Proposed legislation announced Saturday would combat acid rain,
smog, mercury contamination and global warming by controlling...read
more
October 25, 2007 - Press Republican
Mediation Hangs on Incomplete Resort Project
TUPPER LAKE -- A status
conference on resort development planned at Big Tupper Ski Area
brought...read
more
October 24, 2007 - Watertown Daily Times
McHugh to Propose Bill to Curb Pollution Causing Acid Rain
WASHINGTON — Aided
by more favorable odds in the Democratic-led Congress, Rep. John
M. McHugh will unveil...read
more
October 24, 2007 - Times Union
Senate OKs Adirondack Agency Appointees - Confirmations Among More than 90 Completed
by Midnight Monday as Spitzer-Bruno Feud Set Aside
ALBANY -- Membership on the Adirondack Park Agency was complete
Tuesday, for the first time in months, after...read
more
October 24, 2007 - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Stiles is Now the Chairman of APA
SARANAC LAKE — The
state Senate approved Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s three nominations
for the Adirondack Park Agency Board of Commissioners late Monday
night, including the appointment of...read
more
October 23, 2007 - Utica Observer-Dispatch
EDITORIAL - Adirondack Land Swap a Good Deal
There’s a state
proposition on the November ballot that might make you wonder
why voters are being asked to approve something that...read
more
October 23, 2007 - Press Republican
Schumer Vows to Fight for Acid-Rain Funding|
PLATTSBURGH — U.S.
Sen. Charles Schumer is seeking to have funding for acid-rain
monitoring restored to the...read
more
October 23, 2007 - Press Republican
Senate Confirms APA Appointees
LAKE PLACID — Curt
Stiles is now chairman of the Adirondack Park Agency Board of
Commissioners. Gov. Eliot Spitzer appointed Stiles, a former
Xerox executive who lives in Tupper Lake, to the post, and...read more
October 23, 2007 - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Spitzer Names His Picks for APA
Lake Placid — Gov.
Eliot Spitzer announced three Adirondack Park Agency (APA) nominations
on Monday to be approved by...read
more
October 22, 2007 - Utica Observer Dispatch
ATV-Damaged Trails Concern Adirondack Group
All-terrain vehicles that stray from designated paths are damaging
land in the...read
more
October 21, 2007 - Syracuse Post Standard
2 Work to Protect Adirondacks From Acid Rain
Two New York members of Congress are about to turn up the heat
in...read
more
October 21, 2007 - Times Union
Statewide Vote Over Small-Town Well - Adirondack Hamlet's Source of Drinking Water Becomes
a Constitutional Concern
RAQUETTE LAKE -- Blink and you might miss this tiny Adirondack
hamlet of 160 souls. But every voter in the...read
more
October 21, 2007 - Post Star
Budget Cut May Hinder Project
Environmental advocates
are worried that cutting $1 million from a federal program that
monitors acid rain would hinder the...read
more
October 19, 2007 - Watertown Daily Times
Schumer Joins Effort to Avert EPA Cuts - ACID RAIN: Bush Administration Would Reduce Funding
for Adirondack Monitoring Stations
WASHINGTON — Sen.
Charles E. Schumer on Thursday joined the call to save acid rain
monitoring stations in the Adirondacks from...read
more
October 17, 2007 - Tupper Lake Free Press
Council Offers to Pay Grant-Writer Fees for $100,000 Grant Application
The Tupper Lake Town
and Village Boards have agreed to apply for..read
more.
October 16, 2007 - Watertown Daily Times
Acid-Rain Polluter Gives to McHugh - CAMPAIGN CASH: Lawmaker Gets $1,000 from Midwest
Utility with Poor Environmental Record
WASHINGTON — Six
years ago, Rep. John M. McHugh was a key player on New York's
"acid rain team" in Congress, leading the...read
more
October 15, 2007 - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
The APA Decides
RAY BROOK — The
Adirondack Park Agency has reached a decision on an enforcement
case concerning...read more
October 11, 2007 - Elmira Star Gazette
EDITORIAL - Constitutional Change: Vote 'Yes' for Land Swap -
Adirondack Deal Provides
Clean Drinking Water for Residents, More Acreage for the Wilds
Those clunky old voting
machines in New York may seem indestructible, but they're not
voter friendly. Eventually they will be replaced with...read
more
October 10, 2007 - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
How Much will Polluter Pay to Fix Adirondacks?
SARANAC LAKE — In
the largest single environmental settlement in U.S. history,
the American Electric Power company must cut...read
more
October 10, 2007 - Times Union
Acid Rain Payout in the Rain - How Much New York will see of $4.6 billion Utility
Settlement is Uncertain
Though a government settlement
with the nation's largest coal-fired utility offers a promise
of less acid rain and clearer summer skies, just...read
more
October 7, 2007 - Forbes
Pataki Gets Back To Nature
When John F. Sheehan,
a spokesman for the Adirondack Council, an environmental watchdog
group, first met George E. Pataki, he thought the former New
York State governor was just...read
more
October 7, 2007 - Times Union
2006 Bird Kill One of Worst Ever
BETHLEHEM -- A year ago
this month, 343 dead loons and 30 other migratory birds were
packed into clear plastic garbage bags and...read
more
October 5, 2007 - Daily Gazette
Cell Tower Plan Moving Slowly I-87 - Coverage Said Unlikely by Winter
Verizon Wireless, which
is seeking approval for three cell towers to provide cellphone
coverage along a northern stretch of the...read
more
October 5, 2007 - Press Republican
EDITORIAL - More Action Needed on Acid Rain
We haven't heard a lot
lately about New York state's fight to curtail acid rain descending
from other...read
more
October 4, 2007 - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Mediation Set for Oct. 24; Much is Up in the Air
TUPPER LAKE — From
the summit of Mt. Morris, the wind roars over a spectacular 360-degree
view of the Adirondack Park and...read
more
October 1, 2007 - Gloversville Leader Herald
Restore Funds to Monitor Rain
Acid rain has devastated
the Adirondacks over the years. Fortunately, government measures
— including...read
more
October 1, 2007 - Gannett
News
New Yorkers to Weigh in on Adirondack Water Issue
ALBANY - The head of
the new well in the tiny Adirondack hamlet of Raquette Lake is
only 10 feet wide and 12 feet long, and it serves only...read
more
September
September 20, 2007 - Times Union
A Symbol of Greener Future - Building
Praised, but Owner's Adirondacks Wind Farm Idea Doubted
GLENS FALLS -- The Barton
Group unveiled a new, environmentally friendly headquarters Wednesday
and promised to...read
more
September 20, 2007 - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
EDITORIAL Council Hurt its Cause with Mass Mailing
All summer, there was
a lull in news about the Adirondack Club and...read
more
September 19, 2007 - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
John Collins to Replace Peter Hornbeck as RCPA Chairman
SARANAC LAKE — The
Residents’ Committee to Protect the Adirondacks Board of
Directors has voted...read
more
September 19, 2007 - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Mediation Meeting Sought for October
TUPPER LAKE — The
administrative law judge presiding over the Adirondack Club and
Resort proposal has postponed...read
more
September 17, 2007 - Associated Press
Snowmobilers, Helped by Change in NY Law, Wait for Snow
With 11,000 miles of
trails and club rosters boosted to 60,000 by changes in state
law, snowmobilers are positioned...read
more
September 13, 2007 - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Developers Ready to Deal; APA Hesitant
SARANAC LAKE — Developers
of the proposed Adirondack Club and Resort say they are ready
to mediate with...read
more
September 8, 2007 - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Bauer leaves RCPA for Lake George
SARANAC LAKE — The
Residents’ Committee to Protect the Adirondacks announced
on Friday that Executive Director Peter Bauer is leaving the
organization to...read
more
September 8, 2007 - Press Republican
RCPA Director Leaving for Lake George
LAKE PLACID -- The longtime
director of the Residents' Committee to Protect the Adirondacks
is leaving to lead conservation efforts in...read
more
September 6, 2007 - Press Republican
Tupper Ski Area Developers Seek Another Delay
LAKE PLACID — Developers
of the proposed Adirondack Club & Resort want to mediate
with opponents of...read
more
September 6, 2007 - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Weeks Later, Council’s Letter Still Raises Hackles
SARANAC LAKE — Almost
a month after the Adirondack Council sent a mass mailing soliciting
membership and criticizing the proposed...read
more
August
August 24, 2007 - Lake George Mirror
Grants to Help Protect Water Quality Announced
Three separate organizations,
the Lake George Land Conservancy, the Lake Champlain Watershed
Improvement Coalition, and the Institute for Ecosystem Studies,
have all announced this week that they have received...read
more
August 24, 2007 - WNBZ
Environmental Group Solicits Support in Tupper
An Adirondack environmental
group has sent a mailing to residents in Tupper Lake asking them
to support their...read
more
August 22, 2007 - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Spitzer Says 'No Way' to Segway
SARANAC LAKE - Gov. Eliot
Spitzer has vetoed a bill that would have allowed Segway personal
transportation devices to...read
more
August 15, 2007 - Tupper Lake Free Press
Meetings in the Offing to Work Out Concerns Prior to Restart
of APA Adjudicatory Hearings
An attorney for the investors
in the Adirondack Club and Resort project is trying to bring
some of the parties together this month to work...read
more
August 14, 2007 - Leader-Herald
APA Approves Mayfield Cell Tower
Mayfield — The Adirondack
Park Agency says it is sending out a “loud and clear message”
that a permit is required for any cell...read
more
August 9, 2007 - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Segway Hopes to Leave the Sidewalk
SARANAC LAKE — A
bill that classifies Segway personal transporters as non-motorized
vehicles will become law this month if Gov. Eliot Spitzer doesn’t
veto it. The two-wheeled, battery-powered vehicles can travel
at speeds up to 12.5 miles per hour and several environmental
organizations have called on Spitzer to veto the bill, which
was...read
more
August 7, 2007 - Long Island Business News
No Segways on the Sidewalk
Two-wheeled wonder scooters
have changed mall patrols forever, but do we really want these
Segways clogging up...read
more
August 3, 2007 - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Conservancy May Sell Some Finch Land Parcels to Be Able to Buy
the Rest
SARANAC LAKE — The
Nature Conservancy may sell chunks of the newly acquired Finch-Pruyn
lands in an effort to recoup part of...read
more
August 1, 2007 - Post Star
State Seeks Input on Park's Disabled Access
Comments on the state
Department of Environmental Conservation's rules on recreational
opportunities for disabled individuals can be...read
more
July
July 29, 2007- Press Republican
Unearthing the Life's Work of a Unique Adirondack Legend
SARANAC LAKE ""
The first Adirondack 46er inspired millions of acres of environmental
preservation throughout North America. He did it in word and
deed. Bob Marshall, born in New York City in 1901, spent summers
at...read
more
July 28, 2007- Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Former EarthFirst! Editor Talks on Activism
ELIZABETHTOWN —
One local no-compromise-turned-moderate environmentalist said
that a lot of good can be done through...read
more
July 28, 2007- Tri-Lakes Today
Bicknell’s Thrush Habitat Protection Fund Announced
WILMINGTON — A unique
group of partners, including The Adirondack Community Trust (ACT),
announced Tuesday, July 17 at Whiteface Mountain the creation
of...read
more
July 24, 2007- Hamilton County News
Group Seeking to Chart Course in Adirondacks
LONG LAKE—A diverse
group met Wednesday, July 18, to further chart the course of
what is known as The Common Ground Alliance of the Adirondacks
(CGAA) by refining its “Blueprint for the Blue Line”
plan...read
more
July 23, 2007- Adirondack Daily Enterprise
WCS Honored by Adirondack Council
SARANAC LAKE — The
Wildlife Conservation Society’s Adirondack Program received
the 2007 Conservationist of the Year award during a dinner held...read more
July 21, 2007 - Tri-Lakes Today
Adirondack Program Awarded Conservationist of the Year for 2007
SARANAC LAKE—The
Wildlife Conservation Society’s Adirondack Program was awarded
the 2007 Conservationist of the Year award by...read
more
July 20, 2007 - Times Union
Environment Gains Millions More - Spitzer waits until last minute to approve fund
for recycling, landfill closure, other actions
ALBANY -- Environmental
advocates breathed a collective sigh of relief Thursday after
Gov. Eliot Spitzer signed a bill to...read
more
July 20, 2007 - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Brookies, Bridges and Birds; But First, an Award
The Wildlife Conservation
Society’s (WCS) Adirondack Program was awarded the 2007
Conservationist of the Year Award by...read
more
July 19, 2007 - Press Republican
Gov. Spitzer Appoints New Chairman at ORDA
LAKE PLACID — Chairmanship
at the Olympic Regional Development Authority has changed hands
again. Gov. Eliot Spitzer appointed...read
more
July 19, 2007 - DEC Press Release
New York State Announces $1 Million in Grants to Promote Smart
Growth in the Adirondacks
ALBANY - Saying sustainable
development and environmental protection go hand-in-hand, New
York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner
Pete Grannis and other state officials announced...read
more
July 18, 2007 - Daily Gazette
ORDA Gets New Chairman, Joins Effort to Save Bird Habitat
The Olympic Regional
Development Authority has gotten a new chairman, and also announced
creation of a new fund and...read
more
July 18, 2007 - Daily Gazette
State to Provide $1M for Land Planning in Adirondack Region
The Spitzer administration
announced Tuesday that it will provide $1 million for local...read
more
July 17, 2007 - Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin
State Earmarks $1 Million for Adirondack Communities
ALBANY - In a bid to
marry upstate economic development and environmental protection,
the state Tuesday announced it would make...read
more
July 15, 2007 - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
International Fund Established for Elusive Songbird
WILMINGTON — Most
folks who have done any wandering in the forests of the Adirondacks
have at some point heard...read
more
July 13, 2007 - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
APA Approves Windmill to Get Household Off the Grid
RAY BROOK — The
State Adirondack Park Agency, at its monthly meeting Thursday,
approved one project for a wind...read
more
July 13, 2007 - Times Union
OPINION - Spitzer's Actions Regarding Environmental Fund Mystifying
Eliot Spitzer is perplexing,
even to his allies. Midweek, the panic word went out in the environmental
community that the one...read
more
July 7, 2007 - Times Union
Spitzer Ends Push for Park Chairman - Governor Bows to Local Opposition in Having Cornell
Professor Lead State Adirondack agency
ALBANY -- Opposition
from local leaders in the Adirondack Park has helped scuttle
Gov. Eliot Spitzer's choice for...read
more
July 3, 2007 - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Cornell Prof Won’t Chair APA After All
SARANAC LAKE — Richard
Booth will not serve as chairman of the state Adirondack Park
Agency. Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s office withdrew its first choice
following...read
more
June
June 28, 2007 - Daily Gazette
Land Sale Prompts Concern
Officials anxious
about Finch acreage
An organization representing
Adirondack communities is raising concerns that some or all of
the 161,000 acres of Finch, Pruyn land purchased by...read
more
June 27, 2007 - Watertown Daily Times
McHugh Fights for Acid Rain Stations - ADIRONDACKS: House Moves to Restore $1m for Monitoring
Effort
WASHINGTON — Congress
took a first step Tuesday toward preserving acid rain monitoring
stations in the Adirondacks, led by...read
more
June 27, 2007 - Watertown Daily Times
Comments Sought on County's ATV Trail Plan Draft
LOWVILLE — Lewis
County officials are seeking comments on the all-terrain-vehicle
trail plan draft. And they started the process Tuesday night
by...read
more
June 22, 2007 - Lake George Mirror
Value of Vacant Land Soaring
While the demand for
lake front property in Lake George and Bolton is undiminished,
and its value continues to...read
more
June 20, 2007 - Post Star
It's a Sign of the Times
Sale of the Finch, Pruyn & Co. forest land to The Nature
Conservancy is the latest example of a...read
more
June 19, 2007 - The New York Times
Conservancy Buys Large Area of Adirondack Wilderness
The last big piece of
privately owned timberland in the Adirondacks — a craggy
161,000-acre wilderness of hardwood forests, 80 mountain peaks,
70 crystal-clear lakes and...read
more
June 19, 2007 - Daily Gazette
Groups Praise Sale of Forest Acreage - Conservancy Buys 161,000 Acres
Adirondack environmental
groups praised Monday’s deal selling all 161,000 acres of...read
more
June 19, 2007 - Times Union
Land Deal is a Natural - Conservation
Group Buys Adirondack Tract Once Owned by Finch, Pruyn
GLENS FALLS -- Ending
months of speculation, The Nature Conservancy has bought 161,000
acres of Adirondack woodlands formerly owned by...read
more
June 19, 2007 - Daily Gazette
Lumber Company Plans to Sell 4,300 Acres Inside Adirondacks
A Warrensburg lumber
company is looking to sell nearly 4,300 acres of woodland it
owns in the Saratoga County towns of...read
more
June 18, 2007 - Associated Press
Nature Conservancy Buys 161,000 Adirondack Acres
KEENE VALLEY (AP) —
A nonprofit conservation group purchased 161,000 acres of timberland
in the central Adirondack Mountains under...read
more
June 17, 2007 - Saratogian
Adirondack Land Put Up for Sale
EDINBURG - A private
landowner has put about 2,800 acres of timber land inside the
Adirondack Park west of...read
more
June 11, 2007 - WNBZ
Tupper Lake Resort Developer Asks for Delay
An attorney for Adirondack
Club and Resort Developer Michael Foxman has asked an administrative
law judge to...read
more
June 10, 2007 - Times Union
Sale Marks End of a Stewardship
GLENS FALLS -- When longtime
paper manufacturer Finch, Pruyn & Co. Inc. completes the
sale of its assets to a...read
more
June 7, 2007 - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Ad'k Resort Seeks Hearing Delay
SARANAC LAKE — Developers
of the Adirondack Club and Resort have asked for three to five
months’ delay in the hearings held by...read
more
June 5, 2007 - The New York Times
Monitoring for Acid Rain
Officials with the Adirondack
Council, an environmental group, are lobbying to reverse planned
reductions in the...read
more
June 5, 2007 - Daily Gazette
Council Fights to Restore Funding for Adirondack Pollution Monitoring
The Adirondack Council,
an environmentalist group, called on the state’s congressional
delegation Monday to...read
more
June 5, 2007 - Watertown Daily Times
Adirondack Council Raps Cuts to Acid Rain Monitoring
Two years ago, the Adirondack
Council broke ranks with other environmental groups and cheered
a Bush administration clean air proposal that it said would end
acid rain damage in the Adirondacks. On Monday, however, the
council accused the administration of undermining its own plan
by...read
more
June 4, 2007 - Legislative Gazette
Report Encourages More Conservation of Private Land
The Adirondack Council,
an environmental group dedicated to protecting open spaces, released
last month a formal action plan focusing on...read
more
June 3, 2007 - Daily Gazette
New DEC Official Praised for ‘Vision’ - Lowe Long a Champion of Adirondacks
If there is any consensus
about Elizabeth “Betsy” Lowe, other than that she is
a fine choice to be the Department of Environmental Conservation’s
new Region 5 director, it is...read
more
May
May 31, 2007 - Associated Press
Study Shows Hundreds of Dead Birds, Bats at Wind Turbines
ALBANY, N.Y. -- While
generating megawatts of electricity, windmills on the Tug Hill
Plateau in northern New York are also killing hundreds of...read
more
May 24, 2007 - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Errors in Constitutional Amendment Complicate Plan for New Power
Line
TUPPER LAKE — Choose
your words carefully when amending a state Constitution. That’s
been the lesson for legislative staff charged with...read
more
May 18, 2007 - Times Union
Adirondack Slide Shows on Tap
Phil Brown, editor of
the Adirondack Explorer newsmagazine, will present two free slide
shows next week on...read
more
May 17, 2007 - Times Union
Tax Breaks for Wilderness Preservation Urged - Adirondack Council Report Recommends
Benefits for Private Landowners as Way to Limit Building Projects
ALBANY -- As second homes
sprout across the Adirondacks, more generous and wide-ranging
tax breaks for wilderness preservation should be...read
more
May 17, 2007 - Watertown Daily Times
DEC Not Planning to Consolidate Adirondack Regions
ALBANY — The state
Department of Environmental Conservation has no plans to consolidate
into a single region the 12 counties that are within or...read
more
May 15, 2007 - Hamilton County News
Betsy Lowe New Director of Region 5
ALBANY — One of
the first things New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
(DEC) Commissioner Alexander “Pete” Grannis has done
in his new post is to dismiss...read
more
May 13, 2007 - Daily Gazette
State Joins Toxics Fight - Effort
Targets Mercury Levels
Blue Neils was studying
at the state forest ranger school in the western Adirondacks
in 1996, the year nearby Cranberry Lake was declared contaminated
with toxic mercury. “I remember everybody thinking ‘what
is this?’ Cranberry Lake is far from any industrial source,”
said Neils, now Saratoga County’s storm water management
coordinator. The source, investigation would prove, wasn’t
local: It was primarily power plants hundreds of miles away that...read more
May 10, 2007 - Post Star
Museum Director to Head DEC Office - Position Includes Role on APA, ORDA Boards
The woman who spearheaded
development of The Wild Center -- Natural History Museum of the
Adirondacks has been named to a key position dealing with...read
more
May 10, 2007
DEC Press Release: Commissioner
Names Elizabeth Lowe to be Region 5 Director
ALBANY, NY - New York
State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner
Pete Grannis today announced the selection of...read
more
May 10, 2007 - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Betsy Lowe Appointed to Head DEC's Region 5
SARANAC LAKE — A
face familiar in the Adirondacks has been appointed to head the
state Department of Environmental Conservation’s Region
5. Elizabeth “Betsy” Lowe, managing director of the
Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks in Tupper Lake, has
been tapped...read
more
May 9, 2007 - Press Republican
New DEC Region 5 Director Named
LAKE PLACID — Betsy
Lowe has been named Region 5 director for the Department of Environmental
Conservation. The announcement was made Wednesday morning by
newly...read
more
May 4, 2007 - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
EDITORIAL - APA Chair Should Live in the Park
We know we’re not
alone in our concern about Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s nomination
of Richard Booth as chairman of the Adirondack Park Agency. On
principle, we’re against...read
more
May 3, 2007 - Times Union
Address an Issue for Park Nominee - Some oppose Spitzer pick for Adirondack Agency
because he lives outside preserve boundary
ALBANY -- Gov. Eliot
Spitzer's nominee for chairman of the Adirondack Park Agency
has raised the ire of local politicians while pleasing environmentalists.
Spitzer put forward Richard Booth's name for state...read
more
May 3, 2007 - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Many Issues to Face Potential Ad’k Park Agency Chairman
Dick Booth
LAKE PLACID — Dick
Booth’s nomination from Gov. Eliot Spitzer to chair the
state Adirondack Park Agency’s Board of Commissioners Tuesday
will come with a...read
more
May 2, 2007 - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Governor Would Replace Whaley with APA Chairman from Outside
Adirondacks
LAKE PLACID — Gov.
Eliot Spitzer’s first nomination for state Adirondack Park
Agency board chairman has been met with both praise and skepticism.
The governor’s office announced the nomination of...read
more
April
April 29, 2007 - Daily Gazette
Adirondack Groups Oppose Annual Trail Run
At 54, Pat Gallagher
said he has reached that age he describes as “between bifocals
and real glasses.” The Lake Placid carpenter and guide said
his body has also lately been forcing him to take notice of...read
more
April 27, 2007 - Press Republican
Big Tupper hearing postponed six weeks
TUPPER LAKE -- The first
day of pre-trial hearings on development in Tupper Lake ended
with a six-week postponement. Thomas A. Ulasewicz, attorney for
developer Michael D. Foxman and Preserve Associates LLC, asked
for...read
more
April 25, 2007 - Tupper Lake Free Press
Two APA Hearings Wednesday Draw Light Crowds, But Passionate
Speakers
The crowds were much
smaller than they had been at past Adirondack Club and Resort
Hearings here but...read
more
April 23, 2007 - Lake George Mirror
State Budget’s Local Impacts - New Budget Signals State’s Direction Under
New Governor
Communities within the
Lake George region fared reasonably well under the state budget
approved in April, the first to be drafted by...read
more
April 20, 2007 - Daily Gazette
Northway Cell Tower Plan Will Save Lives
It can now be said that Alfred Langner, the 63-year-old Brooklyn
man who froze to death last winter when his car went off...read
more
April 19, 2007 - Times Union
Pact Allows Cell Towers - Verizon deal with Spitzer, environmentalists
will allow phone service along remote stretch of Adirondack Northway
ALBANY -- Verizon Wireless reached an agreement Wednesday with
Gov. Eliot Spitzer and state environmental groups to...read
more
April 19, 2007 - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
27 People Offer Judge Diverse Views on Resort
TUPPER LAKE — About 27 people spoke at a two-part public
hearing Wednesday to express a mix of support and opposition
to...read
more
April 19, 2007 - Press Republican
Northway Cell-phone Agreement Reached - Gov. Spitzer, Verizon among parties at table
PLATTSBURGH — An
agreement has been reached among the key players involved in
trying to settle the Northway cell-phone dispute. A "statement
of principles" has been formed to...read
more
April 19, 2007 - Post Star
Northway Cell Phone Plan Moves Ahead - Effort Might Not Get Service in Place Before Winter
Governor Eliot Spitzer
announced today that Verizon Wireless and environmental groups
had reached an agreement for an approach to...read
more
April 19, 2007
- Daily Gazette
Agreement May Yield I-87 Cellphone Coverage
An agreement was announced Wednesday evening that is likely
to bring cellphone coverage throughout the length of the Adirondack
Northway, where the...read
more
April 19, 2007 - Post Star
Tower Plan Clears Hurdle
Governor Eliot Spitzer
announced Wednesday that Verizon Wireless and Adirondack environmental
groups have reached an agreement for the carrier to...read
more
April 18, 2007 - Associated Press
Deal Reached on Northway Cell Phone Service
ALBANY, N.Y. -- An agreement
was announced Wednesday that could provide cell phone coverage
for a remote stretch of...read
more
April 18, 2007 - Governor Spitzer's Press Release
Verizon Wireless And Adirondack Groups Reach Consensus On “Statement
Of Principles”
April 18, 2007 -- New
York Governor Eliot Spitzer announced that his office has reached
an agreement today with Verizon Wireless and the five major environmental
groups dedicated...read more
April 18, 2007 - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
APA Director to Retire; Replacement TBA
SARANAC LAKE — State
Adirondack Park Agency Executive Director Richard Lefebvre is
retiring. The 67-year-old Lefebvre said it was time to spend
more time with his...read
more
April 17, 2007 - Hamilton County News
Environmental Group Against Indian Lake Hydropower Plan
INDIAN LAKE — Supervisor
Barry Hutchins had some good news and possible bad news regarding
the Town’s plan to build a...read
more
April 15, 2007 - Watertown
Times
County Wants ATV Plan Later This Year - Trail System: Environmental Quality Review
Being Sought
LOWVILLE — While all-terrain-vehicle riding opportunities
in Lewis County will be somewhat limited this season, county
officials hope...read
more
April 12, 2007 - Associated Press
DEC issues Draft Plan to Cut Mercury in New York Waters
ALBANY, N.Y. -- The state
Department of Environmental Conservation has issued a draft plan
intended to cut smokestack mercury emissions to the...read
more
April 12, 2007 - Times Union
State Joins Mercury Fight - Northeast
States Seek Cut in Toxic Pollution from Midwest Power Plants
ALBANY -- New York joined
six other Northeastern states Wednesday to recommend reductions
in toxic mercury that winds up in their...read
more
April 9, 2007 - Legislative Gazette
State Budgets $1M for Northway Cell Plan
Should the need for government
assistance arise, the state has earmarked $1 million in the 2007-2008
budget to help bring...read
more
April 8, 2007 - Post Star
Mercury Rising - Adirondack
Levels Alarmingly High According to Recent Study
A recent study warns
of widespread mercury contamination in the Adirondacks after...read more
April 4, 2007 - Post Star
Finch Suitor Earns Praise - Potential
Buyer's Reputation is on Solid Ground
The Connecticut-based
holding company poised to buy the assets of Finch, Pruyn &
Co. is regarded...read
more
April 4, 2007 - Watertown Daily Times
Lewis to Review ATV Trail Plans
LOWVILLE — Lewis
County legislators on Tuesday took the first step toward unsegmented
review of a countywide all-terrain vehicle trail system and...read more
April 4, 2007 - Press Republican
Sale of Adirondack Timber Lands Concerns Some Communities - Newcomb
to Lose 'Good Neighbor'
NEWCOMB — Town officials are waiting to see what kind
of impact results from the sale of Finch Pruyn & Co. lands
in...read
more
April 4, 2007 - Troy Record Editorial
Adirondack Park Comes up Winner in New State Budget
Noteworthy items...read
more
April 3, 2007 - Saratogian Editorial
Adirondacks Win Big in New State Budget
The 6-million-acre Adirondack
Park and the people who enjoy them, live in them and travel through
them emerged as winners in the...read
more
April 3, 2007 - Saratogian
Finch Pruyn Sold to Firm
SARATOGA SPRINGS - Finch,
Pruyn & Co. Inc., one of the area's largest private employers,
has been sold to...read
more
April 3, 2007 - Post Star
Conservation Easements Include Thousands of Acres of Local Forest
The state's purchase
of a conservation easement on 213,255 acres of land in the Adirondacks
includes...read
more
April 3, 2007
- Times Union
Forest Land Boosts Finch Sale - Private Equity Firms' Deal for Papermaker Would
Include 161,000 Acres in Adirondacks, Worrying Some Conservationists
GLENS FALLS -- Finch,
Pruyn & Co. Inc.'s 161,000 acres of Adirondack forest would
be...read
more
April 2, 2007 - WTEN-TV10, ABC
A Cool Million Going Toward Cell Towers Along Northway
A new bill that is part
of the budget could save lives along sections of the Northway.
One-million dollars will go toward putting up...read
more
March
March 20, 2007 - Watertown Daily Times
ATV Club Loses Suit Over Road Closings - ADIRONDACK PARK: Judge Says DEC Decision Within
Agency's Expertise; Trail Damage Noted
ALBANY — A state Supreme Court judge here has ruled
against the Black River Valley Four-Wheeler Club in its two-year-old
lawsuit against the...read
more
March 16, 2007 - Watertown Daily Times
Judge Nullifies Lewis All-Terrain Vehicle Measure - ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW LACKING: Decision
says plan needs to be reconsidered as a whole
LOWVILLE — A judge
has nullified a law allowing all-terrain vehicles on Lewis County
reforestation land on the grounds that...read
more
March 15, 2007 - Associated Press
Judge Strikes Down Lewis County's New ATV Law
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A
state judge has voided a new law intended to legally open 1,900
acres of reforestation lands to all-terrain vehicles...read
more
March 9, 2007 - Press Republican
Cell Phone Representatives Say Plans are in the Works - Forum: Comprehensive plan needed
SARANAC LAKE — Somebody said "comprehensive plan,"
and the crowded room lit up like fireworks. It was AT&T/Cingular
representative...read
more
March 8, 2007 - WCAX TV
Cell Service Summit
Representatives of cell
phone companies, state representatives, emergency workers and
environmental regulators met today to try to forge...read
more
February
February 23, 2007 - Saratogian Editorial
New Wireless Era Makes Cell Towers a Necessity
Cell phones have taken
over our communication industry and daily lives. For many, their...read
more
February 22, 2007 - Associated Press
Alternate Plans Proposed for Northway Cell Service
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Four
years ago, state officials approved a plan for cell phone service
along the Adirondack Northway that never materialized, but two
recent...read
more
February 21, 2007 - Daily Gazette
State Senator Renews Call for I-87 Cell Towers - Letter cites pair of roadside deaths
State Sen. Betty Little,
R-Queensbury, stepped up the pressure on the Spitzer administration
Tuesday to provide cellphone towers and service along...read
more
February 21, 2007 - Times Union
State Senator Calls for Northway Cell - Suspend environmental rules, build units at rest
stops, legislator says
A state senator Tuesday
called for the state to suspend environmental rules, and possibly
competitive bidding restrictions, to install...read
more
February 16, 2007 - Times Union
A Close Look at Tupper Lake Project Will Benefit Residents
In a triumph of common
sense, the Adirondack Park Agency has decided that an adjudicatory
hearing before an administrative law judge is...read
more
February 8, 2007 - Metroland
Dying for Coverage
- A 2002 Plan for Cell-Phone Towers in the Adirondacks Could
Have Saved a Motorist’s Life
Last month, a Brooklyn
couple traveling the Northway after midnight ran their car off
the road in the Adirondack Park and were...read
more
January
January 31, 2007 - Times Union
EDITORIAL Death on the Northway - Cellphone signals should be accessible along the
entire stretch of roadway
It's good to hear that
Gov. Spitzer and state lawmakers are looking into the unconscionable
lack of cellphone service along...read
more
January 30, 2007 - Times Union
Can You Hear Me Now? Money at Root of Cellphone Problem
Now comes the blame game
over the death of a Brooklyn man along a deserted length of...read
more
January 30, 2007 - Times Union
Orthodox Jews Pulled into Cell Tower Dialogue - Community rallies after one of its own
dies, unable to call 911
The horrifying ordeal
of a Brooklyn couple trapped inside their car...read
more
January 30, 2007 - Daily Gazette
No Signal in Call for Help Leads to Debate on Cellphone Service
The death of a Brooklyn man stranded in his car off the Adirondack
Northway while his wife repeatedly tried in...read
more
January 30, 2007 - Press
Republican
Northway Death Seen as the Last Straw - Agencies, Politicians, Jewish Community Demand
Cell coverage
ELIZABETHTOWN —
Last week's tragic accident on the Adirondack Northway could...read more
January 29, 2007 - The New York Times
Death Upstate Renews Phone-Tower Controversy
An accident on Thursday
that resulted in a Brooklyn man freezing to death while he and
his wife were trapped in their car for 32 hours has...read
more
January 29, 2007 - Associated Press
Northway Death Renews Calls for Cell Phone Towers
ALBANY, N.Y. -- The death
of a Brooklyn man trapped in his car in the Adirondacks has sparked
renewed calls for...read
more
January 29, 2007 - New York Post
'DEAD ZONE' RAGE
A Brooklyn man who froze
to death in front of his wife after their car skidded off an
icy stretch of...read
more
January 29, 2007 - WCAX
Accident Renews Call for Cell Phone Service on Northway
NORTH HUDSON, N.Y. A
North Country lawmaker says a death could have been avoided if
there had been more cell phone service in...read
more
January 29, 2007 - Times Union
Outrage at Death for Lack of Signal Couple's 32-hour Ordeal on
Remote Northway Spurs Demand for Cell Towers
The tragic death of a
63-year-old man who was unable to get cellphone service and was
stranded for about 32 hours after...read
more |