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I thoroughly enjoyed and “huzzah!’d” several articles and opinion pieces in the March/April Explorer, but none more so than Phillip Terrie’s insightful (and prophetic) Viewpoint on the cumulative impact of development, which is the Achilles’ heel of the Adirondack Park Agency, and the sound, humane argument against the trapping and hunting of one of our…
Thanks for the essay by Neil Woodworth, “Natural Not Always the Best” [January/February 2012], arguing that synthetic materials can be best for backcountry construction. It is right on target. In these days of shrinking budgets, it makes zero sense to build structures like bridges and privies out of stuff that is going to quickly rot.…
It has been a very sad time for the Adirondack Park as personal interest and money have won out to the detriment of the many. The 6,200-acre Adirondack Club and Resort just recently approved by the Adirondack Park Agency, I believe, will prove to be the most massive, destructive boondoggle in the history of the…
The article on Adirondack Park Agency approval of plans for the Adirondack Club and Resort [“Green Light for Resort,” March/April 2012] pointed out a glaring problem for business ventures in the Adirondack Park: business plans must be scrutinized by an unbelievable number of agencies and advocacy groups. A short list of those groups taken from…
Many years ago, state Senator Ron Stafford was asked what his position was on an Environmental Conservation measure. He replied, “Some of my friends are in favor, and some are opposed. I’m for my friends.” Some of my friends are for the Adirondack Club and Resort project in Tupper Lake, and some are opposed. I’m…
On January 20, seven years after it was first proposed, an application for a misbegotten sprawl of a development in Tupper Lake known as the Adirondack Club and Resort won approval from the Adirondack Park Agency. The project became marginally less bad during a process that included more than a year of failed mediation, hearings…
Bobcats are intelligent and extremely elusive native cats in the Adirondacks. Everyone who sees one brags about it, as many of us have spent our whole lives roaming the forests seeing only tracks in winter, when we are lucky. The state Department of Environmental Conservation wants to allow longer hunting and trapping seasons for bobcats…
The Adirondack rail/recreational trail controversy continues to command attention in the media, and it appears a substantial number of people favor removing the existing track to establish a multi-use recreational trail from Lake Placid to Tupper Lake. These advocates fail to consider the long-term consequences of track removal. The existing track, if restored, would provide…
My family loves to visit the Adirondacks once or twice a year—it is my children’s favorite place to go. Over the years we have taken advantage of many activities the area has to offer—biking, hiking, skiing, snowmobiling, camping, canoeing, you name it. We recently learned of the campaign to convert the old railroad tracks to…
I hope the Adirondack Club and Resort is a great success, but having visited the Adirondacks for sixty years I very much doubt that it will be. The poor folks of Tupper Lake and the state taxpayers will be burdened with another bailout. Any real-estate agent will tell you it’s all about location, location, location.…