By MICHAEL VIRTANEN Last fall, a Lyme Timber executive proposed to environmentalists establishing an Adirondack forum where they, timber companies and landowners would try to establish common goals and practices for both environmentally … [Read more...] about Timber, environmental interests seek consensus
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Judge rules for landowners in paddling case
By MICHAEL VIRTANEN A state judge ruled Thursday that uninvited paddlers have no right to canoe the 1.8-mile Mud Pond Waterway in privately owned Brandreth Park in a remote stretch of the northwestern Adirondacks. State Supreme Court Justice … [Read more...] about Judge rules for landowners in paddling case
Lake George group targets major cut in road salt
By MICHAEL VIRTANEN Having gathered support from all the municipalities in the Lake George watershed and studied the issue while collecting data for the past three years, an environmental group is hoping for a 50 percent cut in road salt use there … [Read more...] about Lake George group targets major cut in road salt
Paddling case in judge’s hands
By MICHAEL VIRTANEN A new ruling is expected by year’s end in the eight-year-old lawsuit that pits landowners against outside paddlers over rights to a two-mile waterway in the remote northwestern Adirondacks. State Supreme Court Justice Richard … [Read more...] about Paddling case in judge’s hands
DEC puts 90-day hold on request for Tahawus line abandonment
By Michael Virtanen New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation has asked federal authorities to put a 90-day hold on its request to declare the 30-mile rail line from North Creek to the former Tahawus mine in the central Adirondacks … [Read more...] about DEC puts 90-day hold on request for Tahawus line abandonment