The Adirondack Explorer is a non-profit newsmagazine devoted to the protection and enjoyment of the Adirondack Park.
July/August 2010
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The Legislature acted at the last minute (Friday, May 28) to provide funding to reopen 55 state parks and historic sites in time for Memorial Day weekend. But the same measure that provided $11 million to keep parks open also slashed the state’s main funding stream for environmental programs. Read more.
From: ADK Mountain Club
Two board members of Protect the Adirondacks! will deliver an assessment of the Adirondack Park Regional Assessment Project (APRAP) at the Adirondack Research Consortium’s 17th Annual Conference on the Adirondacks convening this week at the High Peaks Resort in Lake Placid. The presentation will be part of the conference’s Sustainability panel on Thursday, May 20th at 1:30 PM. Read more.
From: Protect the Adirondacks!
Commissioners at the Adirondack Park Agency this week revisited efforts to preserve fire towers on Hurricane and St. Regis mountains. Read more.
From: Protect the Adirondacks!
The ice has gone out on Adirondack Park's ponds and lakes, and another season of water sampling is on the mind of our volunteer lake monitors. Read more.
From: Protect the Adirondacks!
The Lake George Land Conservancy (LGLC) recently received a grant of $75,000 from the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, towards the purchase of a 500-acre property including extensive wetlands in Bolton. Read more.
From: Lake George Land Conservancy
In December 2004, Domtar Industries sold all of its Adirondack holdings to The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the Lyme Timber Company for a total wholesale price of $23,730,000: 20,000 acres to TNC for $6,258,000 and 84,400 to Lyme for $17,472,000. Read more.
From: The Nature Conservancy
In March, Dan Plumley led our efforts to attract federal funding which can help protect 14,600-acre Follensby Pond, and support other conservation programs in the Adirondacks. Read more.
From: Protect the Adirondacks!
After the release of the fire tower study from DEC, management plans call for removal of fire tower in Primitive and Canoe area, consistent with State Land Master plan. Read more.
From: Protect the Adirondacks!
Lake George received the best reading on a measurement for clarity among 113 New York lakes in 2009, the Lake George Association announced today. Read more.
From: Lake George Association
Finch Paper, LLC, recently reacquired from The Nature Conservancy a 1,700-acre tract in Indian Lake, New York. The property was part of Finch Paper’s vast commercial timberland holdings—161,000 acres in the Adirondacks—purchased by The Nature Conservancy in 2007. Read more.
From: The Nature Conservancy
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