New conservation easement funds Lake George forest protections
October 8, 2022
The Lake George Land Conservancy received one of four conservation easement grants from the state to protect Wiawaka Center forest.
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2021 EXPLORED: Land acquisitions and protection
By Mike Lynch
December 24, 2021
Talk swirled around notable parcels, while smaller land tracts went toward improving connectivity
State preserves 8,000 acres in St. Lawrence County
July 27, 2021
Through an easement and forest preserve acquisition, state protects nearly 8,000 acres in St. Lawrence County.
Pataki’s Adirondacks
June 25, 2021
"It’s just been a unique, tremendous place that still has to fight to retain its incredible natural characteristics."
Figure 8: A Sable Highlands destination in need of long-planned road improvements
By Phil Brown
September 7, 2020
In a 2009 interim recreation plan, the state Department of Environmental Conservation said it intended to build a new road and short trails to provide access to Lilypad and Figure 8 ponds.
Missed opportunities at the Sable Highlands
By Phil Brown
August 29, 2020
As part of my investigation of the Sable Highlands, I tried to visit every public use area and linear recreation corridor, racking up about 175 miles on a mountain bike, my primary method of exploring the interior. In my travels, I identified three major problems: a shortage of parking areas, inadequate signage and a lack of trails and other amenities.
Online petition for Forest Preserve acquisitions
By Phil Brown
August 1, 2012
Protect the Adirondacks, the Adirondack Mountain Club, the Adirondack Council, and other green groups have started an online petition to encourage the state not to back out of an agreement to purchase sixty-five thousand acres of former Finch, Pruyn lands for the Forest Preserve. In its petition, the environmentalists contend that “a small but vocal…
Camps to stay on former Champion lands
By Phil Brown
March 30, 2012
After years of negotiation and some controversy, the state has finalized an agreement that will allow more than two hundred hunting camps to remain on timberlands formerly owned by Champion International. In 1998, the state entered an agreement with Champion to purchase 29,000 acres in the Adirondacks and preserve another 110,000 with conservation easements…
How big is the Forest Preserve?
By Phil Brown
November 20, 2009
Local officials in the Adirondack Park have long complained about the amount of land owned by the state in the Park. The state constitution decrees that this land, the Forest Preserve, “shall be forever kept as wild forest lands.” In other words, no development. The critics see this as bad for the region’s economy. Environmentalists,…