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In your January-February issue, you had an extensive article titled “A Consensus Solution.” I would like to comment on the Polaris Bridge section. Dave Gibson from Adirondack Wild is reported as saying in regard to the bridge that it was meant to be temporary and should be removed. “Finch, Pruyn constructed this bridge to allow…
I like to camp and trap in remote areas of the Adirondack Park. I need permits for extended stays at a campsite, but I’m allowed only one permit during hunting season. Then I must remove my tent and gear. But trapping season extends for months past the end of hunting season. Then I’m allowed to…
Governor Andrew Cuomo has demonstrated an appreciation for both the natural wonders of the Adirondack Park and for the economic potential of increased tourism in the region. From whitewater-rafting races, to funding for a refurbished Whiteface Memorial Highway, to his (unfortunate) support for a snowmobile connector trail through the newly acquired Essex Chain Lakes…
In the It’s Debatable section of the November/December issue, Sue Montgomery Corey, then supervisor of Minerva, took the position that Wilderness Areas hurt the economy. To test this theory, on the opening day of the Essex Chain Tract, she polled several businesses in the local area and found that they had no increase in activity…
I am surprised by your reporter’s description of the nonprofit Adirondack Scenic Railroad as “a shoestring operation” [“A trainload of questions,” November/December 2013], especially when you send me requests for a donation to keep your nonprofit magazine afloat! Most of the search-and-rescues and fire protection in the Park are done by struggling nonprofit volunteer organizations.…
The article “A trainload of questions” [November/December 2013] leaves a very negative impression of the Adirondack Scenic Railroad, its paid staff, and scores of dedicated volunteers. In order to set the record straight, I would like to point out the following: Regarding the finances of the Adirondack Railway Preservation Society (ARPS) and the Adirondack Scenic…
Since 1957 I have been a summer resident in the High Peaks. Never a Forty-Sixer, I was a Twenty-Sevener and greatly enjoyed numerous lesser peaks. Now approaching my eighty-ninth year, last summer all I could manage was the lovely one-mile trail through the woods adjoining the Ausable River at the Adirondack Wildlife Refuge in Wilmington.…
I enjoyed the interesting article “The Hudson’s mellow side” in your September/October issue. I thought you would be interested in some additional information I have gathered on the subject. The Blackwell Dam was built for Finch, Pruyn in 1909 by Jack Donohue. The dam was five hundred feet wide with a maximum height of nineteen…
AN ADIRONDACK PARK Agency decision on how to classify new state lands in the central Adirondacks in many ways represents stewardship at its best. It protects priceless natural features and ensures that the public can experience wild areas where the natural world dominates and people are the visitors. And it has created this legacy for…
My wife and family have been visiting the Lake Placid region for the past thirty years. We love the area so much that we recently invested in what we hope will be our future retirement home in Saranac Lake. Since buying our condo back in February, my wife and I have become aware of the…