Public Lands Policy

You know, I do think a carrying capacity study would be worthwhile for the Adirondacks, especially in context of new UMPs

You know, I do think a carrying capacity study would be worthwhile for the Adirondacks, especially in context of new UMPs. I think it’s worthwhile to consider inducted when adding new facilities and expanding or improving existing ones. Often I see that as a topic that is glanced over with UMP documents.

That said, truth be told I don’t follow them as carefully as I once did because it’s not my issue, and I’m less invested in New York State then I once was with other places to go and no long term plans to stay forever. There are other wild lands in other parts of country.

Activists and developers clash over APA Act

Regulators and Rebels: Activists and developers clash over APA Act

On June 5, 1971, two days before the New York State Assembly passed the Adirondack Park Agency Act, a group of environmental activists ran into a group of developers in a hall outside the Assembly chamber.

“We all came together in a head-on collision,” remembered Abbie Verner.?“Everyone started bellowing, and at one point I almost hit Red Plumadore over the head with my purse.”