Swastika, New York, will stay on the map.
The Black Brook Town Council on Monday unanimously decided to keep the name of one of the town’s hamlets, Swastika, instead of changing it to something else.
I've been through Swastika, New York. Not much there.
The bad news for Adirondack forests continues.
The state Department of Environmental Conservation announced Tuesday that a camper in Washington County found the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid on the Glen Island Campground off the shores of Lake George. It is the second ever recorded infestation within the park.
This map shows the boundaries of all of the state forests in New York State, along with a balloon showing the center point for each state forest, along with the associated DEC website on the forest.
In a memorandum to U.S. Forest Service Chief Vicki Christiansen, Perdue said more was needed to relieve burdensome regulations on industries and make federal forests and grasslands more productive.
“These lands are critical for the prosperity of rural communities, sustaining jobs and livelihoods in grazing, mining, oil and gas development, recreation and forestry,” the letter said.
The vision laid out in the letter is in line with the Trump administration’s broad effort to allow more energy extraction and infrastructure development on federal lands and waters.
Perdue directed the USFS to streamline processes and identify new opportunities for mineral extraction, expedite broadband development, and speed up permitting for grazing and logging. He also said the agency should increase recreation opportunities and open public access to more forest lands.
This interactive map shows the Adirondack Forest Preserve Peaks, as shown on the Open Street Map. Only peaks on the forest preserve land are shown.
Data Source: Open Street Map Data, Peaks. Narrowed by the Adirondack Park Blue Line (APA), then queried against the DEC State Land Shapefile.