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May
May 5, 2008 - Denton Publications
Westport Board Clashes on Cell Tower Regulation
WESTPORT — It was
a night of personal interests for two town board members, with
Supervisor Daniel Connell and Councilman Tim Sherman bringing
issues...read
more
April
April 28, 2008 - Watertown Daily Times
Handbook Aims to Protect Adirondack Waters - Team Effort:
Adirondack Council, International Paper Look at Threats to Resource,
Solutions
ALBANY — The
Adirondack Council has teamed up with International Paper to
produce
a handbook on preserving water quality in...read
more
April 27, 2008 - Times Union
OPINION - Letter to the Editor
Instead of Pointing Fingers at APA, Try Fixing the Adirondacks'
Problems
Recently, you have printed
two Perspective pieces from officials in the Adirondack Park
that...read
more
April 26, 2008 - Press Republican
OPINION - Letter to the Editor
APA Was Justified
The Adirondack Council
believes the Adirondack Park Agency is...read
more
April 23, 2008 - Daily Gazette
Plaza Cafeterias Go Green, Other State Initiatives Mark Earth
Day
Among a flurry of environmental
initiatives announced on Earth Day is one that will affect the
thousands of state workers and visitors who...read
more
April 23, 2008 - The Journal News
More Recycling, Protection for Adirondacks Urged on Earth Day
On the 39th annual Earth
Day yesterday, state officials and advocacy groups called for
actions ranging from recycling televisions and cleaner water
in the Adirondacks to a...read
more
April 20, 2008 - Watertown Daily Times
Ranger School to Host Forest Preserve Group
WANAKENA — The state
Forest Preserve Advisory Committee will meet for the first
time Friday at the Ranger School. "We move the meetings
around among the...read
more
April 17, 2008 - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Attorney General Enforces APA Claim Against Lewis Family Farm
ELIZABETHTOWN —
An Essex County farm will not be required to comply with a
state Adirondack Park Agency ruling until its case is resolved
in the Court of Appeals.
State Supreme Court Justice Richard B. Meyer ordered a stay of...read
more
April 15, 2008 - WAMC
Conservation Groups Sue Feds to Protect Bats
PLATTSBURGH - Several
conservation groups plan to sue the federal government for failing
to protect bat populations. Click
to listen.
April 15, 2008 - NCPR
"White Nose" Syndrome Spreads Fast
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to listen.
April 14, 2008 - The New York Times
A Bumper Crop of Bureaucracy
ESSEX, N.Y. — When
Salim B. Lewis and his wife, Barbara, began building three
suburban-style homes in 2006 for the workers on...read
more
April 10, 2008 - NCPR
North Creek Resort Quietly Nears Approval
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to listen
April 10, 2008 - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Budget Will Let State Complete Purchase of Domtar Land
SARANAC LAKE — John
Sheehan, communications director for the Adirondack
Council, said there will be enough money in the state Environmental
Protection Fund this...read
more
April 9, 2008 - Press Republican
Green Groups Concerned About Environmental Fund - Environmental groups eyeing ebb and flow
of funds as negotiations continue
LAKE PLACID -- As budget
talks run further past deadline, environmental spending is
holding steady. Green groups are monitoring with interest the...read
more
April 8, 2008 - WNBZ
Adk Council: State Budget OK for Environment
The Adirondack Council
is giving an overall favorable rating to the environmental component
of the new state budget. John Sheehan, spokesman for the environmental
group, says...read
more
April 5, 2008 - Daily Gazette
Counties Won’t Face Welfare Hike
CAPITOL — Gov. David
Paterson on Friday said he is giving up on proposals in former
Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s executive budget to shift some...read more
April 3, 2008 - Associated Press
Timber Company Buys Tract in Northwest Adirondacks
Timber company Rayonier
has purchased more than 53,800 acres of timberland in the
northwest Adirondacks for $19.1 million, bringing its...read
more
April 2, 2008 - New York Times
OPINION - Letter to the Editor
Cleaner Air by 2015, by John F. Sheehan, The Adirondack Council
“Parks in Peril”
(editorial, March 24) was quite right about the poor record of
the Bush
administration when it comes to air pollution. But one of the
examples cited...read
more
April 2, 2008 - WAMC
Local Officials Concerned Over Snowmobile Trail Cap
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to listen
March
March 31, 2008 - Watertown Daily Times
Adirondack Agency Names New Director
ALBANY — Michael
R. Conway is the new executive director of the Adirondack
Economic Development Corp. His appointment is...read
more
March 28, 2008 - WNBZ
DEC Wants to Work With ADK Park Leaders
Department of Environmental
Conservation Commissioner Pete Grannis is reaching out to local
leaders across the Adirondacks. Grannis, at a meeting in Lake
Placid this week, announced...read
more
March 27, 2008 - North Country Public Radio
Surprising Amount of Love Between Adks and Albany
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to listen
March 27, 2008 - Press Republican
Finding Common Ground in the Adirondacks
LAKE PLACID -- A new
steering committee is charged with driving policy toward an
economically viable...read
more
March 27, 2008 - Post Star
Acousticade Promoters Offer Discounted Tickets
GLENS FALLS - Steve Williams
called Glens Falls "a growing place." On Tuesday afternoon,
Williams and his production partners held a press conference
todiscuss Acousticade, a two-day acoustic music festival they
will bring...read
more
March 26, 2008 - Tupper Lake Free Press
$100,000 Smart Growth Grant Won by Village, Town
Tupper Lake was one of
18 communities awarded a share in $1 million worth of...read
more
March 25, 2008 - Watertown Daily Times
North Country Gets Smart Growth Grants - DEC PROGRAM: Multiple Communities to
Get Part of $1m Awarded for Development Projects
ALBANY — Several
north country communities will share $1 million in Smart Growth
grants in a variety of local, regional and...read
more
March 25, 2008 - Times Union
Big Boost for Adirondacks - $1
Million in State Grants Awarded to Foster Jobs, Housing and Tourism
ALBANY -- The state is
handing out $1 million to help boost employment, business,
housing and tourism in the struggling small communities of the
Adirondacks.
Eighteen projects funded Monday under the...read
more
March 25, 2008 - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Local Municipalities Receive a Total of $1 Million in Smart Growth
Grants
SARANAC LAKE — Gov.
David A. Paterson and state Department of Environmental
Conservation Commissioner Pete Grannis announced $1 million total
in Smart Growth
grants for 18 projects in...read
more
March 25, 2008 - Daily Gazette
OPINION - Letter to the Editor
Fix Environmental Problems With Unclaimed Nickels - By John F.
Sheehan, The Adirondack Council
It’s clear from
your coverage of the state Legislature’s budget talks that
the state’s
finances are...read
more
March 25, 2008 - WNBZ
‘Smart Growth’ Funds Awarded to Tupper Lake
Tupper Lake is among
18 communities across the Adirondacks awarded “smart growth”
grants from the Department of Environmental Conservation. The
awards were announced Monday by...read
more
March 20, 2008 - WAMC
Adirondack Land Sold by Nature Conservancy
KEENE VALLEY, NY (2008-03-19)
The Adirondack Chapter of the Nature Conservancy has sold more
than 15,000 acres in the western Adirondacks to private buyers
who plan to set up a research organization. WAMC's North Country
Bureau Chief Pat Bradley has more. Click
to listen.
March 19, 2008 - Associated Press
15,500-acre Adirondack Tract Sold to Private Owners
ALBANY -- A nonprofit
conservation group announced the sale Tuesday of a 15,500-
acre tract to private owners in...read
more
March 18, 2008 - Watertown Daily Times
Suit Challenges Leyden's ATV Access to Town Roads
LOWVILLE — A former
Lewis County Legislature chairman from the town of Leyden
who has spearheaded legal challenges to...read
more
March 18, 2008 - Post Star
A Little Gentle Ribbing About Bruno's BBQ Ribs
Gov. David Paterson,
in his swearing-in speech, had some good-natured ribbing for
Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, R-Brunswick. Paterson, a
Democrat, said he and...read
more
March 14, 2008 - WNBZ
APA Committe Can't Reach Consensus on Sled Cap
The Adirondack Park Agency's
state lands committee failed to reach a consensus yesterday whether
to...read
more
March 12, 2008 - Post Star
Scandal May Get in the Way of Budget Approval
Political chaos in Albany
could delay the state budget process, area legislators and
spokesmen for...read
more
March 12, 2008 - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
OPINION
How is that a Reasonable Suggestion? By Michael D. Foxman, The
Adirondack Club & Resort
I read Mr. Sheehan’s commentary about the Adirondack
Club & Resort in the Daily
Enterprise with great interest. After years of opposing the ACR,
Mr. Sheehan now has
concluded that it is a...read
more
March 9, 2008 - Daily Gazette
Fund ‘Sweep’ Upsets Many - Environment Money Proposed for General Usage
The state’s Environmental
Protection Fund was created 15 years ago with the goal of...read more
March 5, 2008 - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
OPINION - Letter to the Editor
Tupper Lake Resort Can Work, With Changes - By John F. Sheehan,
The Adirondack Council
The Adirondack Council,
the town of Tupper Lake, Preserve Associates, APA, DEC and other
parties to the Adirondack Club and Resort (ACR) project have
agreed to attempt to...read
more
March 1, 2008 - Post Star
So Far, Most Letters on Snowmobile Trail Cap Have Come From Riders
RAY BROOK — Snowmobile
advocates have submitted the majority of comments to the state
Adirondack Park Agency regarding a potential snowmobile trail
mileage cap on...read
more
February
February 19, 2008 - Post Star
Adirondack Goups Oppose Windmills
NORTH CREEK -- Two Adirondack-based
environmental groups have come out against
the installation of...read
more
February 19, 2008 - Hamilton County News
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
A Moratorium for State Land Purchases
A lawsuit filed by a
town supervisor in western New York’s Chautauqua County
against the Governor, the state Legislature, its leaders and...read
more
February 19, 2008 - Legislative Gazette
Environmentalists Worried About Plan for EPF Money
Environmentalists called
on legislative leaders last week to amend Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s
budget plan, which calls...read
more
February 19, 2008 - Legislative Gazette
Court: ‘Cap and Trade’ System not Allowed for Mercury
Regulations
For the third time in
less than two years, a federal appeals court struck down the
Bush administration’s plan to...read
more
February 19, 2008 - Adirondack Express
State to Purchase 58,000 Acres for Preserve
New York State will purchase
57,699 acres of the former Finch, Pruyn lands for the...read
more
February 17, 2008 - Times Union
EDITORIAL
An Adirondack Moment
It would be easier to
scale the High Peaks one after another than to overstate the
value of the Adirondack land acquisition announced by...read
more
February 18, 2008 - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Conservancy Deal Protects Unique Alkaline Environment
SARANAC LAKE — The
recent deal between The Nature Conservancy and the state to
purchase and protect significant tracts of...read
more
February 17, 2008 - Times Union
Increased Attention on Sales of Land - Park Agency Uses Records, Mapping Software
to Find Illegal Subdivisions
ALBANY -- Chopping up the Adirondacks into illegal lots for sale
might now be harder
than in the past. Up to now, the first time the Adirondack Park
Agency learned about...read
more
February 16, 2008 - Daily Gazette
State’s Road, Bridge, Rail Infrastructure Grim: DOT Chief
The state transportation
system will need more than $175 billion in capital investment
over the...read
more
February 16, 2008 - Press Republican
Finch, Pruyn Considered Momentous by Other Greens
ELIZABETHTOWN -- Early
reaction from environmentalists to the Finch landmanagement plan
is favorable, if not...read
more
February 15, 2008 - The New York Times
State to Preserve Heart of Adirondacks
State environmental officials agreed on Thursday to preserve
a vast swath of wild acreage in the northern part of Adirondack
Park, using a combination of outright purchase and...read
more
February 13, 2008 - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Environmental Groups Warn of Budget Cuts
Environmental activists
asked the state Legislature yesterday to block Gov. Eliot Spitzer's
budget proposal that would shift $125 million from...read
more
February 13, 2008 - Times Union
Deja vu for Grannis in IOU Plan - DEC chief defends borrowing from environmental
fund, an idea he had criticized as a lawmaker in '02
ALBANY -- What goes around
comes around. For state Department of Environmental
Conservation Commissioner Pete Grannis, that bit of street wisdom
hit home Tuesday.
During a hearing at the Capitol, state lawmakers grilled Grannis
over...read
more
February 13, 2008 - WNBZ
Adirondack Council Opposes Environmental Fund Cuts - Spitzer's Budget Could Include $100 Million
Cut To Environmental Funding
ALBANY, N.Y. -- The Adirondack
Council will testify at a legislative hearing in Albany
on Tuesday, calling on lawmakers to amend Gov. Eliot Spitzer's
proposed budget.
The Council opposes Spitzer's plan to remove $100 million from...read
more
February 12, 2008 - The New York Times
Spitzer’s Budget Is Under Fire by Hospitals and Environmental
Groups
Another day in Albany,
another skirmish in the budget wars. Over the weekend, Gov.
Eliot Spitzer began floating some changes to his proposed budget
for...read
more
February 11, 2008 - WNBZ
State Environmental Official Meets with APA
The state's top environmental
official got a warm reception from Adirondack Park Agency commissioners
Friday. Deputy Secretary for the Environment Judith Enck spoke
about the current $4.5 billion shortfall in the state budget
and the...read
more
February 9, 2008 - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Deputy Environment Secretary Says State Will Pay Land Taxes
RAY BROOK — Gov.
Eliot Spitzer’s deputy secretary for the environment, Judith
Enck
assured the state Adirondack Park Agency Board of Commissioners
Friday that the state...read
more
January
January 30, 2008 - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Tax Ruling Adds Friction to State Buying Land - Environmental
Groups Urge State to Purchase 73,300 Acres of Boreal Forest West
of Tupper Lake
TUPPER LAKE —
The Adirondack Mountain Club and Adirondack Council are trying
to convince the state to purchase 73,300 acres of boreal forest
in...read
more
January 30, 2008 - Tupper Lake Free Press
Agreement Reached on Mediation Plan for ACR
Despite a degree of uncertainty
at the start, Friday’s conference on the adjudicatory hearing
process of the Adirondack Club and Resort review took a sharp
twist and...read
more
January 26, 2008 - Watertown Daily Times
Groups Have Mixed Reactions to State Budget
ALBANY — Political
reaction to Gov. Eliot L. Spitzer's proposed state budget has
been
largely predictable, with Democrats generally supporting the...read
more
January 26, 2008 - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Big Tupper Mediation Strategies Ironed Out
TUPPER LAKE — After
more than four hours of debate in the lower level of...read
more
January 25, 2008 - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
Acid-rain Monitoring Program’s Budget Restored to $3.9 Million
WILMINGTON — U.S.
Sen. Charles Schumer announced Thursday that proposed cuts
to an acid-rain monitoring program will not take place. The Clean
Air Status and Trends Network (CASTNET) is a federal program
with...read
more
January 24, 2008 - Press Republican
Tupper Resort Action Moves Forward
TUPPER LAKE -- Hearings
set to continue Friday on development in Tupper Lake
may linger over whether to pursue mediation. Last October, developers
of the proposed...read
more
January 23, 2008 - WNBZ
Spitzer's Budget Gets Mixed North Country Reviews
Governor Eliot Spitzer’s
$124 billion budget proposal is drawing a mixed reaction from...read
more
January 19, 2008 - Watertown Daily Times
Legislators Fail to Halt Park Land Sales - TAX ISSUE: Moratorium on Purchases by
State Sought as Case is Pending
ALBANY — A ruling
by a state Supreme Court judge in Western New York has stirred
up uncertainty over tax payments on state-owned land in the Adirondacks.
Two state legislators, concerned about the region's tax base,
have unsuccessfully...read
more
January 15, 2008 - Hamilton County News
Moratorium Sought on State Land Buys
The Hamilton County Board
of Supervisors has asked the State of New York to stop buying
land in the Adirondack and Catskill forest preserves, at least
until a...read
more
January 13, 2008 - Daily Gazette
Governor Pleases Environmentalists - Speech Contained Green Initiatives
New York's parks are
aging. Many state campgrounds and park buildings are causing
water pollution in nearby lakes and rivers, and a number of...read more
January 12, 2008 - Denton Publications
Ruling Could End State Forest Land Taxes - Assemblywoman Sayward Calls for Moratorium
on Future Land Purchases
ALBANY - A recent ruling
by a state court has captured the attention of Adirondack government
officials. A lawsuit filed by a town supervisor in western...read
more
January 11, 2008 - Associated Press
Adirondack Park Agency Approves Two More Cell Towers Near Highway
RAY BROOK, N.Y. (AP)
_ The Adirondack Park Agency approved permits Friday for Verizon
to erect two more cell phone towers near the Northway, among
almost a...read
more
January 11, 2008 - Press Republican
Two More Verizon Towers Move Ahead at APA
RAY BROOK -- Two more
Verizon Wireless towers for the Northway were approved Thursday
by the Adirondack Park Agency Regulatory Affairs Committee. They
are expected to get final board...read
more
January 11, 2008 - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
APA Approves Two More I-87 Cell Towers
RAY BROOK — The
state Adirondack Park Agency’s Regulatory Programs Committee
unanimously approved two more of 13 proposed Verizon Wireless
telecommunications towers for the...read
more
January 11, 2008 - Adirondack Daily Enterprise
APA May Send Six-Home Cranberry Lake Development to Adjudicatory
Hearing
RAY BROOK — An eight-lot
subdivision proposal on Cranberry Lake that is currently before
the state Adirondack Park Agency is likely headed to...read
more
January 9, 2008 - WNBZ
Adirondack Council Asks Gov Not to Stop Land Deals
An environmental group
is urging Governor Eliot Spitzer to reject a request from two
state legislators who want him to stop purchasing Forest Preserve
lands in the Adirondacks because...read
more
January 9, 2008 - Post Star
Tax Issues Worry Groups
The Adirondack Council
urged Gov. Eliot Spitzer on Tuesday to reject any idea of a moratorium
on purchasing more land to...read
more
January 8, 2008 - Buffalo News
EDITORIAL
Protect Adirondack Forest -
Local Tax Case Threatens Past Practices, but State Should
Buy Acres While It Can
Just when the state has a chance to lock up some 70,000 acres
of good forest land in the northern end of New York, a court
ruling in the...read
more
January 6, 2008 - Daily Gazette
EDITORIAL
’Dacks Need State Tax Payments
When the state started
making tax payments to town and county governments in the Adirondack
and Catskill parks 120 years ago, that was the first time it
had given up its...read
more
January 3, 2008 - Tupper Lake Free Press
Economic Plan Copies Available
Those interested in knowing
a little more about the economics of Tupper Lake should plan
to...read
more
January 1, 2008 - Press Republican
Sayward to State: Stop Buying Land
LAKE PLACID -- Assemblywoman
Teresa Sayward has requested a moratorium on state-land purchases
until legal maneuvering over state property-tax payments ends.
The recent Dillenburg decision in Chautauqua County by Supreme
Court Judge Timothy J. Walker challenged the constitutionality
of...read
more
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