ORDA highlights support for Whiteface trail expansion plan
Proposal adding and widening ski trails at Whiteface Mountain heads to Adirondack Park Agency public comment.
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State transparency watchdog: Salt task force constitutes ‘public body’
DOT officials disagree with Committee on Open Government
Barbara Rice gets official start date as APA head
APA board OK’s Rice as executive director starting March 8
A renewed push to protect wetlands
Conservationists inside and outside the park hope a new focus on wetlands will raise up the important roles they play in flood mitigation, water quality, carbon sequestration and as habitat for plants and animals.
State’s environmental conservation budget receives lawmakers’ scrutiny
Climate goals, green energy projects, trail work, High Peaks visitor management among topics brought up during the hearing.
Ranger staffing forecast gets mixed reaction
Union reps: Hiring plans for rangers, ECOs, could be offset by looming retirements
Lawmakers introduce plan to save Debar Pond Lodge
By Tim Rowland
Proposed constitutional amendment would swap lodge for 400 acres
Saranac Lake native, economic development leader to head the APA
Barbara Rice, a Saranac Lake native and economic development leader, is the next executive director of the APA.
Environment ranks high in New York’s 2023 budget
Hochul proposes large environmental protection fund, bond act and Olympic venue spending
APA approves White Lake quarry project, with some conditions
Residents opposing project mull options going forward