I was reading that the city is once again talking about selling the Coeyman’s Parcel they bought from several land owners to the DEC for a new wildlife management area. I think it’s a good idea, as there really isn’t enough land near Albany for opportunities for people to hunt and trap who don’t have their own land.

There are many parks and privately owned preserves, and obviously the Albany Pine Bush, but really a darth of largely undeveloped public land near Albany, until you get well out to the hill towns in Albany or Rensselaer Counties.

Now I get that the city is working to recover its sunk costs in buying the land as a ruse to expand the landfill further into the Pine Bush, but so be it. I think if the city and state can come to an agreement this land should be put in the public domain for all to use. Government is not a for profit business, it’s fine for it to lose money in its transactions, it doing so serves the public interest.