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By Tim Rowland
The state Department of Environmental Conservation provided a written statement confirming that it will work with the local governments to create a shuttle system with restroom and parking in 2022 to "play a critical role in helping to manage sustainable visitation in the High Peaks."
APA board members seek a more systematic approach for approving new large-scale solar project applications.
Sweeping issues around solar projects and visitor management are on the docket before Adirondack Park Agency board members this week.
State and club officials said all 70 permits slotted for Saturday had been reserved online, but a late-season snowstorm on Friday may have altered some hikers’ High Peaks plans.
An old iron-ore tailings pile at a Star Lake mine is slated to become a solar power plant under a lease deal with the state.
The APA gave the go-ahead to the DEC for a new campground at the Hinckley Reservoir Day Use Area in the southwestern corner of the park.
The Adirondack Park Agency approved a large-scale housing development outside Lake Placid and a 5-megawatt solar array in Ticonderoga.
An Adirondack Park Agency committee denied Lake Luzerne's request to weaken zoning restrictions on about 100 acres.
Mother Nature is back on the ballot, except voters will have to wait a year before deciding on the $3 billion bond act.
The APA approved a controversial subdivision near Great Sacandaga Lake on Friday. Critics say it shows the need for legislative protections for park woods and waters.