Editorials

THE CENTRAL PRINCIPLE of the Adirondack Park is the balance of environmental protection and economic opportunity. Protected wild lands can co-exist with human communities. Environmentally wise use of private as well as public lands need not conflict … [Read more...] about Invest in our hamlets

  Governor Andrew Cuomo has demonstrated an appreciation for both the natural wonders of the Adirondack Park and for the economic potential of increased tourism in the region. From whitewater-rafting races, to funding for a refurbished … [Read more...] about Cuomo should back trail

AN ADIRONDACK PARK Agency decision on how to classify new state lands in the central Adirondacks in many ways represents stewardship at its best. It protects priceless natural features and ensures that the public can experience wild areas where the … [Read more...] about APA finds right balance

FORTY YEARS after the signing of historic legislation protecting the Adirondacks from exploitation and over-development, we have arrived at another key moment for the Adirondack Park. Safeguards that once seemed to set the standard for progressive … [Read more...] about A new era for the Adirondacks

THE CONSTITUTIONAL protection afforded the state-owned Adirondack Forest Preserve is not something to be taken lightly. It is ambitious in its scope and timeless in its intention: the lands “shall be forever kept as wild forest lands. They shall not … [Read more...] about Amendments benefit public

When New York State last year began its historic purchase of sixty-five thousand acres of former Finch, Pruyn lands for the Adirondack Forest Preserve it posed a challenge to itself. How should it classify and manage the land, balancing protection of … [Read more...] about Protection and access