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Gore Mountain Region Community Fund Grants
The Community Fund for the Gore Mountain Region (CFGMR) is accepting applications from area schools, nonprofit organizations and local governments for its 2015 grant cycle. A component fund of...
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APA Seeks Comments On 3 Management Plans
The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) is accepting public comments on Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan conformance for proposed amendments to the Alger Island and Fourth Lake Unit Management Plan...
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Essex Chain of Lakes Opened to Mountain Bikes
Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Joe Martens, who announced his resignation this week, has announced that his agency will open nearly 20 miles of roads in the Essex Chain of...
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Peter Bauer: Remove Bridge Over Upper Hudson River
The Polaris Bridge over the Hudson River should be removed by the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and the river restored at the crossing. The bridge spans the beautiful Blackwell...
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New 40-Mile Snowmobile Thoroughfare Approved
A new 40-mile snowmobile thoroughfare will be built by the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), mostly on “forever wild” Forest Preserve lands between the towns of Minerva, Newcomb and...
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Dave Gibson: Snowmobile Connectors Are Disconnected
The contradictory, disconnected, segmented, illegal and impractical ways that the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (with full cooperation from the Adirondack Park Agency so far and support...
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Essex Chain Lakes Management Comments Sought
The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) is accepting public comments on how their Essex Chain Lakes Complex Plan conforms to the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan. The comment period will conclude on...
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Advocate: Essex Chain Plan Snowmobile Policies
Note: This article is the second of three that looks at the widespread violations of public process, state policies, and state laws in the recent approval of the Essex Chain Plan. Part one can be found...
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Gore 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...
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Pete Nelson: Close The Road Into The Boreas Ponds Tract
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...
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Upper 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...
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Dave 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...
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Court 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...
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Towns 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...
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$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...
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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...
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Essex Chain Lakes Management Comments Sought
The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) is accepting public comments on how their Essex Chain Lakes Complex Plan conforms to the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan. The comment period will conclude on...
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Advocate: Essex Chain Plan Snowmobile Policies
Note: This article is the second of three that looks at the widespread violations of public process, state policies, and state laws in the recent approval of the Essex Chain Plan. Part one can be found...
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Gore 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...
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Pete 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...
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