NEWS
view article
(Adirondack Daily Enterprise)
Article appeared: 5/5/2012
The Adirondack Daily Enterprise editorial board offers thoughts on some flaws in the APA review process.
view article
(Press Republican (Plattsburgh, NY)
Article appeared: 5/5/2012
Reporter Lohr McKinstry reports that U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Rep. Bill Owens are both asking the Federal Surface Transportation Board to approve a request by Iowa Pacific Holdings to reopen the Tahawus railroad line.
view article
(Northeast Public Radio)
Article appeared: 4/17/2012
Adirondack Council Communications Director John Sheehan and Review Board Executive Director Fred Monroe discuss Adirondack issues and the regional greenhouse gas initiative.
view article
(Adirondack Daily Enterprise)
Article appeared: 4/12/2012
Reporter Michael Anich reports that the Fulton County Board of Supervisors is urging the Adirondack Park Agency to appeal a recent court decision classifying Lows Lake as wilderness.
view article
(Adirondack Daily Enterprise)
Article appeared: 4/7/2012
The Adirondack Daily Enterprise editorial board weighs in on a lawsuit lodged against APA, the state DEC and the developers of the Adirondack Club and Resort Project.
view article
(Northeast Public Radio)
Article appeared: 4/4/2012
North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley reports on population declines in the Adirondacks confirmed by the 2010 census and more dramatic declines projected by Cornell University in Essex and Hamilton Counties – the only two counties wholly within the Adirondacks – if current trends continue.
view article
(Adirondack Daily Enterprise)
Article appeared: 3/31/2012
Mike Lynch reports on an agreement between Heartland Forestland Fund and the DEC which will allow 200 hunting and fishing cabins on the former Champion lands to remain, rather than be destroyed as orginally planned.
view article
(The Chronicle)
Article appeared: 3/29/2012
Gordon Woodworth interviews Congressman Bill Owens whose district will be restructured to include Warren, Washington and northern Saratoga Counties.
view article
(NCPR.org (Canton, NY))
Article appeared: 3/21/2012
The AP reports that two state agencies are on board with a railway's proposal to reopen a freight line between North Creek and Newcomb in the Adirondacks.
view article
(NCPR.org (Canton, NY))
Article appeared: 3/21/2012
NCPR reports that environmental groups and property owners in Tupper Lake say they're suing New York, hoping to put a halt to the construction of the Adirondack Club and Resort.
view article
(Pacific Legal Foundation website)
Article appeared: 3/21/2012
The U.S Supreme Court ruled today that landowners are entitled to their day in court for judicial review when the EPA "effectively seizes control of their property by declaring it to be ‘wetlands.’" and threatening them with maximum fines of $75,000 a day.
view article
(NCPR.org (Canton, NY))
Article appeared: 3/9/2012
Reporter Chris Morris reports that the field to replace outgoing Assemblywoman Teresa Sayward is getting crowded.
view article
(Adirondack Almanack)
Article appeared: 3/7/2012
Blogger Mark Wilson writes that newly proposed Congressional district lines almost unify the Adirondack Park.
view article
(Pacific Legal Foundation)
Article appeared: 2/21/2012
PLF attorney Reed Hopper analyses a bill proposed in congress by Senagtor Rand Paul which would restore the definition of "navigible waters" which would exclude ephemeral and intermittent streams, mud puddles and standing water in tractor tracks from federal control.
view article
(Press Republican (Plattsburgh, NY))
Article appeared: 2/6/2012
Joe LoTemplio reports that the Franklin County Board of Legislators has unanimously passed a resolution opposing the purchase of 65,000 acres of the former Finch lands and 15,000 acres of Follensby Pond lands to be added to the 2,700,000 of forever wild state lands and made off limits to logging and any form of development.
view article
(The New York Times)
Article appeared: 2/8/2012
Reporter Lisa Foderaro reports on the effects the Adirondack Club and Resort project will have on the Adirondack Park and Tupper Lake.
view article
(Press Republican (Plattsburgh, NY))
Article appeared: 2/1/2012
Reporter Kim Smith Dedam reports that a 348-acre purchase by the Town of Newcomb has added property targeting economic development.
view article
(The Post Star)
Article appeared: 1/25/2012
Reporter Jon Alexander reports that AT&T Wireless Inc. activated a pair of cellular towers Tuesday that will provide its customers service along much of state Route 28 between North Creek and Warrensburg.
ALA Presents Commentary on the proposed Bob Marshall Wild Lands Complex
Ross Whaley, Senior Advisor for the ALA recently offered some thoughts on this new proposal by the Adirondack Council...
Read Commentary 
Ross Whaley
|
view article
(NCPR.org (Canton, NY))
Article appeared: 1/23/2012
Reporter Brian Mann reports that the Adirondack Park Agency voted to approve the largest project in the Park's modern history, giving the green light to a massive resort planned around the Big Tupper ski area.
view article
(Adirondack Daily Enterprise)
Article appeared: 1/14/2012
Chris Morris reports on arguments in the Appellate Division Third Department last Monday in a Lake Placid case involving boat houses and the question of whether state law or local zoning controls. The decision is expected to resolve recent conflicting case law.
view article
(Adirondack Almanack)
Article appeared: 1/12/2012
The Adirondack Almanack reports that the environmental advocacy group Adirondack Council has proposed a plan to Gov Cuomo that the entire Adirondack Park be treated as one entity for purposes of state agency service.
view article
(Adirondack Daily Enterprise)
Article appeared: 12/24/2011
The ADE reports that Kathleen Moser has been chosen to replace Chris Amoto as assistant commissioner for natural resources.
view article
(Adirondack Almanack)
Article appeared: 12/21/2011
The Adirondack Almanack staff writes that there will be a workshop on managing family forest lands to help them save money and possibly find new sources of income.
News Archive
2011
Autumn, 2011
Summer, 2011
Spring, 2011
Winter, 2011
2010
Autumn, 2010
|
