By Gwendolyn Craig Snowmobile trails planned for the Adirondack Park violate the state constitution’s “forever wild” clause and may only be approved through a constitutional amendment, the state’s highest court has ruled. In a rare New York … [Read more...] about Court of Appeals: Clearing trees for snowmobile trails unconstitutional
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State’s highest court hears forest preserve tree cutting case
By Gwendolyn Craig An hour of oral arguments summed up nearly eight years of litigation on Tuesday in the state’s highest court, which will soon decide what qualifies as a constitutionally protected tree in the Adirondack Forest … [Read more...] about State’s highest court hears forest preserve tree cutting case
Adirondack advocates clash over lawsuit’s possible effects on trail work
By Gwendolyn Craig The fate of Adirondack Forest Preserve trees and trails is on the line in an ongoing lawsuit that has divided environmental organizations. Protect the Adirondacks, a nonprofit, sued the state Department of Environmental … [Read more...] about Adirondack advocates clash over lawsuit’s possible effects on trail work
High Court OKs snowmobile trail along wild section of Hudson River
By BRANDON LOOMIS New York State’s high court on Tuesday gave its blessing to a snowmobile trail near the Hudson River on Chain Lakes Road, rejecting environmentalists’ claims that the state’s wild-and-scenic rivers law prohibited traffic … [Read more...] about High Court OKs snowmobile trail along wild section of Hudson River
State and Protect disagree on tree-cutting limits
By PHIL BROWN Despite a court ruling that the construction of community-connector snowmobile trails is illegal, the state Department of Environmental Conservation is moving ahead with some projects that involve tree cutting in the state forest … [Read more...] about State and Protect disagree on tree-cutting limits
Protect joins state in appealing timber lawsuit
By TIM ROWLAND Both parties to a controversial and consequential forest-use lawsuit have appealed a July 3 court ruling that says construction of a planned network of snowmobile trails in the east-central Adirondacks is illegal because it would mow … [Read more...] about Protect joins state in appealing timber lawsuit