Moxham Protected: Climbing, New Trail Access Sought
250 acres of the south face of Moxham Mountain have been protected by private sale to the Adirondack Land Trust. There is no recreational access presently. The Land Trust and New York State Department...
View ArticleGore Mountain Community Fund Accepting Grant Applications
The Community Fund for the Gore Mountain Region (CFGMR) is accepting applications from area schools, municipalities, nonprofit, and community organizations for its 2016 grant cycle. A component fund of...
View ArticlePete Nelson: Close The Road Into The Boreas Ponds
The State of New York has completed purchase of the Boreas Ponds Tract, the final stage of its acquisition of the former Finch Pruyn lands from the Nature Conservancy. Now the classification process...
View ArticleUpper Hudson Hut-To-Hut Trail System Proposed
New York State has partnered with the Five Towns of the Upper Hudson Recreation Hub expected to help develop tourist destinations that rely on the extensive trail network of the Adirondack Park and...
View ArticleDave Gibson: Another Legal End-Run Around The Rivers Act
I noticed this in the June 29 edition of the Environmental Notice Bulletin, a weekly publication of the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation: “Newcomb to Minerva Multi-Use Trail; Application ID...
View ArticleCourt Stops Tree Cutting On Forever Wild Lands Again
A justice from the Appellate Division, Third Department, of state Supreme Court, issued an order to show cause Friday to stay further tree cutting on the Forest Preserve by the Department of...
View ArticleTowns Campaign For Motorized, Bike Access At Boreas Ponds
North Hudson and four nearby towns have launched a website and petition drive to muster support for classifying Boreas Ponds as Wild Forest instead of Wilderness, the designation supported by Forest...
View Article$750k in Grants Will Support Upper Hudson Tourism
Adirondack Park Upper Hudson Rec Hub Eco-Tourism Support Grants are available for municipalities. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) partnered with National Heritage...
View ArticleSabotaging Trail Deal Was No Way to Protect the Adirondacks
By Brian Wells This is a story that should have had a happy ending. A story of five Adirondack towns working with state government and environmental non-profits on an agreement to expand the...
View ArticleCommunity Fund for the Gore Mountain Region grants $25,000 to 22 local...
NORTH CREEK — The Community Fund for the Gore Mountain Region (CFGMR) has awarded over $25,000 in grants to 22 organizations serving the towns of Chester, Horicon, Johnsburg, Minerva and Schroon. A...
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