NEWS ARCHIVE -- Winter, 2011

State budget problems raise questions about the appropriateness of further additions to the Forest Preserve

The following links give different perspectives on this issue:

Fighting Heats Up Over Proposed Adirondack Land Sale
Post-Star (Glens Falls, NY) web site  |  Story Appeared: 02/08/2011

Reporter Jon Alexander reports that the Adirondack Council is crying foul over local government opposition to the state's purchase of thousands of acres in the Adirondacks. Included at the bottom of the story is Sen. Little's proposal to allow logging on newly acquired state lands in the Adirondack Park.

Aristotle and the Land Purchase Debate
(AdirondackAlmanack.com)  |  Story Appeared: 02/08/2011

Blogger Phil Brown reports on how land purchase foes are "begging the question" in their arguments that the state cannot afford the land. Comments seem to favor the opposition.