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Strengthening the APA Ideas for a better Adirondack Park A special publication of the Adirondack Explorer January 2014   The Adirondack Explorer would like to thank the following underwriters of our “Strengthening the APA” project, … [Read more...] about Cover

A new era for the Adirondacks FORTY YEARS after the signing of historic legislation protecting the Adirondacks from exploitation and overdevelopment, we have arrived at another key moment for the Adirondack Park. Safeguards that once seemed to set … [Read more...] about A new era for the Adirondacks

Decades of experience suggest the state needs to do more to protect shorelines, uplands, and the privately owned backcountry By Philip Terrie In the Adirondacks, we often point with pride to the extraordinary oddness of the Adirondack Park. … [Read more...] about A park like no other

The future of open space Environmentalists and local leaders agree that the privately owned backcountry should be protected—but how? By Phil BROWN Forty years have passed since Governor Nelson Rockefeller, while signing a law regulating … [Read more...] about The future of open space

Weak law hurts shorelines Critics say political compromises in the 1970s have led to a degradation of waterfront and water quality in the Adirondacks. By Brian Mann On a gray, rain-swept morning, environmental activist Peter Bauer points to … [Read more...] about Weak law hurts shorelines