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The state Department of Environmental Conservation instituted the tree-cutting moratorium in response to a recent court decision in a lawsuit brought by Protect the Adirondacks. Other projects might also be affected.
By Phil Brown
The state Department of Environmental Conservation and Department of Transportation developed the rail-trail plan in 2016, but the following year a judge blocked its implementation.
The railroad company that was negotiating to take over the 30-mile idled rail line from North Creek to the former Tahawus mine in the central Adirondacks says it’s no longer interested.
A New York appellate court on Wednesday ruled that the state’s tree-cutting for “community connector” snowmobile trails is excessive and violates the state constitution’s protections for the Adirondack Forest Preserve. Protect the Adirondacks sued the Department of Environmental Conservation in 2013 over 27 miles of snowmobile trails in the Adirondack Park, claiming the trails required…
By Phil Brown
The state Department of Environmental Conservation, which manages the forest preserve, said in a 2016 management plan that it would leave the building in place until deciding its fate.
By Tim Rowland
There are at least 37 scenic pull-offs in the park, but some of these grand views have been compromised by vegetation.
By Mike Lynch
Adirondack Wilderness Advocates came together during the Boreas Pond classification hearings, and even though that debate is in the past, its members plan to stick together to work together on future issues.
By Tim Rowland
Along with parking restrictions, which the state began enforcing last year in the Chapel Pond area, DEC wants to rate hikes for their degree of difficulty and get this information into the hotels so tourists will be less likely to attempt climbs that are beyond their capabilities.
By Tim Rowland
Crown Point serves a broad variety of interests, but is generally considered to have even more unrealized potential.
By Phil Brown
In 2017, some 34 million e-bikes were sold around the world, mostly in Asia and Europe.