Easement Current Owner County Acres Adirondack Mountain Reserve Adirondack Mountain Reserve Essex 7123.7 Alden Ave UHW ATP/Timberlink, LLC Warren 136.5 Alderbrook Park Thomas Stone Franklin 1158.3 Aldrich Molpus Woodlands Group St … [Read more...] about List of conservation easements landowners
Economy
Saranac Lake awarded $10 million grant for downtown projects
By MIKE LYNCH Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday that Saranac Lake was selected as the North Country’s winner of the Downtown Revitalization Initiative and will receive a $10 million grant. Nine other communities in the state will each receive … [Read more...] about Saranac Lake awarded $10 million grant for downtown projects
Court rejects challenges to snowmobile routes
A midlevel state court has rejected challenges by environmentalists to the Adirondack Park Agency’s 2016 decision to allow a new snowmobile trail in the Essex Chain Lakes region. Protect the Adirondacks and Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest … [Read more...] about Court rejects challenges to snowmobile routes
Big Tupper project moves forward
By Jim Odato When Big Tupper resort developer Michael D. Foxman turned eighty last April, he checked into what the future holds for a man of his age, size, and health. “I have a life expectancy of ten years,” he said recently. During his remaining … [Read more...] about Big Tupper project moves forward
Giving winter a hand at Mount Van Ho
In the age of climate change, Mount Van Hoevenberg and other cross-country centers turn to snowmaking to lengthen the ski season By Mike Lynch The winter of 2015-2016 was a difficult one for the Mount Van Hoevenberg cross-country-ski center. Warm … [Read more...] about Giving winter a hand at Mount Van Ho
Molpus Woodlands is the Park’s largest landowner
Though based in the South, Molpus Woodlands owns 240,000 acres of Adirondack forest By Tim Rowland You may not have heard of the Molpus Woodlands Group. It’s a timber company based in Mississippi, and most of its holdings are in the South and the … [Read more...] about Molpus Woodlands is the Park’s largest landowner