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January – June 2011.

Roadside: 9, Tent: 1, Leanto: 0 nights …

Date	Campsite	Where	Type	Notes
06/19/11	Campsite On Forest Road 70 Near Lye Wilderness	Forest Road 70, Green Mountains NF, Kelley Stand, VT	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Hiked towards Big Alder, but couldn’t cross stream. Rainy day, did a little paddling in Powley Place. Nicer day on Memorial Day
06/04/11	Campsite On Back Side of Stockmans Island	Stockmans Island, Hudson River State Park, NY	Tent camping after paddling in on kayak	Put in at Coxscakie Boat Launch, camped on an island in Hudson River.
05/29/11	Powley Place (Campsite 9)	Piseco-Powley Road, Ferris Lake Wild Forest, Stratford, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Hiked towards Big Alder, but couldn’t cross stream. Rainy day, did a little paddling in Powley Place. Nicer day on Memorial Day.
05/28/11	Powley Place (Campsite 9)	Piseco-Powley Road, Ferris Lake Wild Forest, Stratford, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Rainy day. Hiked around Powley Place.
05/27/11	Powley Place (Campsite 9)	Piseco-Powley Road, Ferris Lake Wild Forest, Stratford, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Left work early, drove up there. Nice evening before the rain.
05/21/11	Cheney Pond	Cheney Pond, Vanderwhacker Wild Forest, Newcomb, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Explored Vanderwhacker Wild Forest. Kayaked around Cheney Pond couple of times, explored Tawandus Ruins.
05/20/11	Fox Lair Campsite	NY Route 8, Wilcox Lake Wild Forest, Bakers Mills, Adirondacks, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Much nicer this time, a little rain, things greened up. Got a little rain, very damp.
04/22/11	Fox Lair Campsite	NY Route 8, Wilcox Lake Wild Forest, Bakers Mills, Adirondacks, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Woke up to 3” of cold wet snow and rain, decided to go home and abandon trip.
04/21/11	Gravel Pit Campsite	NY Route 8, Wilcox Lake Wild Forest, Griffin, Adirondacks, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Cold morning, trees covered with ice. Hike up around part of 13th Lake near North Creek, NY
04/09/11	Moscow Hill Horse Camp	Brookfield State Forest aka Charles Baker State Forest, Brookfield, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	One other camper here, no equestrians this time of year. Wanted to camp on Cherry Ridge, however too much snow there.

March – December 2010.

Roadside: 28, Tent: 2, Leanto: 1 nights …

Date	Campsite	Where	Type	Notes
12/4/10	Old NY 8	Wilcox Lake Wild Forest, Griffin, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Very cold. Ice and snow on truck in morning. Kind of close to NY 8, but all the best campsites taken by hunters.
11/12/10	Lower Assembly Area	Sugar Hill State Forest, Watkins Glen, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Woke up surrounded by Horse Trailers and equestrians in morning. Assembly area was closed this time of year, but horse trails still widely used.
11/11/10	Informal campsite on Forest Road 151	Allegheny National Forest, Near Sayre, PA	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Second night at Allegheny National Forest. I liked the site I stayed in the previous day a lot, and the days where too short (sunset at 4:45 PM), so no time to waste searching for a site.
11/10/10	Informal campsite on Forest Road 151	Allegheny National Forest, Near Bradford, PA	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Many sites in Allegheny National Forest. This one I particularly liked, so I decided to stay there.
11/09/10	Aspah Run Camping Area	Aspah, near Wellsboro, PA	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): paid primitive area	Decided due to a lack of a time due to early sunset, would have done roadside/back country camping, but for $10, and being alone, it was fine.
11/08/10	Aspah Run Camping Area	Aspah, near Wellsboro, PA	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): paid primitive area	Camped here, because I didn’t want to camp back country, and didn’t know the area well enough.
11/07/10	Lower Assembly Area	Sugar Hill State Forest, Watkins Glen, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Originally wanted to camp at Birds Eye Lake or something like that, but the map I had got me lost, and I couldn’t find the road campsite up there.
11/06/10	Campsite 7	Stoney Pond State Forest, Madison, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Frost/ice on puddles in morning. Some snow in some places.
09/05/10	Campsite 56	Moose River Plains, Inlet, Adirondacks, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Rain showers, enjoyed staying in a very private and quite campsite up in the sandy plains.
09/04/10	Campsite 56	Moose River Plains, Inlet, Adirondacks, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Hiked to Mitchells Pond. More rain. It was kind of wet and cold.
09/03/10	Campsite 56	Moose River Plains, Inlet, Adirondacks, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Kind of wet and rainy, hung out in camp, did a little exploring of the plains. Also, paddled in Cedar River Flow for a while. Enjoyed the very private drive in site here.
09/02/10	Campsite 2	Moose River Plains, Inlet, Adirondacks, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	I left work at 5 PM…. but with traffic, and wanting to get a pizza to eat on the way up, didn’t get to Moose River Plains until after 9 PM. Very dark, very tired, just wanted a place to collapse.
08/28/10	An Designated Campsite	Big Pond, near Margretville, NY	Kayak in Primitive Campsite: no charge	Did a little hiking an exploring around Ashfield Pinnacle, then drove south to Big Pond. Lantern did not work, a very dark night.
08/27/10	Betty Brook Campsite	Burnt-Rossman Hill State Forest, Schoharie, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Nice night after work…. drove around Mallet Pond State Forest, looking for campsites and interesting places to explore.
08/14/10	Mountain Pond Campsite 4	Mountain Pond, Paul Smiths, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Last day of NY 30 Kayak vacation. Mountain Pon was nice, very remote, just off of NY 30.
08/13/10	Floodwood Road Campsite 3	Floodwood Road, Fish Creek Ponds, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Crowded, stayed down by Poliwog Pond… wouldn’t go there again.
08/12/10	Horseshoe Lake Campsite 8 (about a ½ mile from lake)	NY 421, Horseshoe Lake, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Couldn’t get a site right on Horseshoe Lake. Discovered Lows Lake – amazing.
08/11/10	Wakely Pond Campsite 7	Moose River Plains, Inlet, Adirondacks, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Wanted to paddle Cedar River Flow and enjoy camping up near water …
08/10/10	Undesigned Campsite, west side of road	Mason Lake, Spectulator, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	First day of kayak vacation, as I drove up from work, decided to go somewheres not too far away …
07/31/10	Undesigned Campsite, west side of road	Mason Lake, Spectulator, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Hiked to Pillsbury Mountain Firetower, then camped down at Mason Lake.
07/18/10	Otter Brook Campsite (MRP Number 110)	Moose River Plains, Inlet, Adirondacks, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Camped by the Otter Brook Bridge, at a rather large campsite. Not my favorite campsite, and it poured out.
07/17/10	Wakely Pond Campsite 8	Moose River Plains, Inlet, Adirondacks, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Camped down by Cedar River Flow, in a drive in site, a short way from the Flow, but also pretty private.
07/16/10	Wakely Pond Campsite 8	Moose River Plains, Inlet, Adirondacks, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Camped down by Cedar River Flow, in a drive in site, a short way from the Flow, but also pretty private.
07/15/10	Wakely Pond Campsite 8	Moose River Plains, Inlet, Adirondacks, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Camped down by Cedar River Flow, in a drive in site, a short way from the Flow, but also pretty private.
06/27/10	Balsam Swamp Camping Area Site 3	Balsam Pond, East East Pharsalia, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Came back to here, after exploring Labrador Hollow.
06/26/10	Balsam Swamp Camping Area Site 3	Balsam Pond, East East Pharsalia, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Stop over between Burnt-Rossman and Labrador Hollow. Liked camping here in the past.
06/25/10	Duck Pond Campsite	Burnt-Rossman Hill State Forest, Summit, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Camped up a Duck Pond for a change, after driving out here after work.
06/05/10	Leonard Hill Informal Overlook and Campsite	Leonard Hill, Broome Center, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Camped up by the Firetower at an informal campsite, watched sun set, weather turned to rain by morning …
06/04/10	Betty Brook Campsite	Burnt-Rossman Hill State Forest, Schoharie, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Camped at Betty Brook, very humid, drove down to Utsaythana Firetower.
05/15/10	Alder Pond Campsite 2	Alder Pond, Balsam Lake Wild Forest, Margretville, NY	Tent campsite…. short backpack in: no charge	Camped at one of the campsites around Alder Pond.
04/03/10	Betty Brook Campsite	Burnt-Rossman Hill State Forest, Schoharie, NY	Roadside camping, in a tent	Didn’t have the cap on my truck yet, but wanted to roadside camp.
03/21/10	Cotton Hill Lean To	Cotton Hill, Middleburgh	Short backpack into a leanto	There was about a foot of snow up by Cotton Hill Leanto on first day of spring, but due to abnormally warm weather, wasn’t all that cold until late into the night.

August – October 2009.

Roadside: 3, Tent: 0, Leanto: 0 (thru August 2009) …

Date	Campsite	Where	Type	Notes
10/11/09	Betty Brook Campsite	Burnt-Rossman Hill State Forest, Schoharie, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	First really cold evening of the year, very much fall like. I didn’t bring my warm coat with me.
10/10/09	Betty Brook Campsite	Burnt-Rossman Hill State Forest, Schoharie, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	Fairly cold night, but not as bad as one might have thought. On way out, stopped at Leonard Hill to take some pictures.
08/08/09	Betty Brook – informal campsite along road	Burnt-Rossman Hill State Forest, Schoharie, NY	Roadside camping (in pickup truck): no charge	After hiking Slide Mountain and Balsam Lake Firetower. Dead tired …

To get to Woodhull Lake, you have to take McKeever Road from NY 28 in McKeever (1/2 mile before it crosses the Moose River, then drive back about 6 miles on a dirt truck trail known as Wolf Lake Landing Road. You put in at Wolf Lakes Landing, which is named after one of the lakes that Woodhull Lake covered when it was dammed up to form a larger lake to provide water supply to the Erie Canal.

While the road is fairly well maintained one-lane gravel truck trail, one creek crossing is a bit eroded from the rains of 2011. There are roughly 6 designated roadside campsites along the road, with minimal to no facilities that you can camp at. You can drive all but an 1/8th of a mile up to Woodhull Lake, where the road is gated off, from there you have to carry your kayak or canoe to the lake on the gravel road. Consider using wheels on your kayak to assist on this portage.

Here is a map of Woodhull Lake. Consider clicking on it, for a high-resolution map that you can print up, put in a plastic bag and use on the trip like I did. It works really well like this, and I think this map prints out to be nice and high resolution, especially if you have a color printer.

Grout Pond

From the east, probably the best way to get to Grout Pond is via Kelley Stand Road, a twisty one lane dirt road that heads east out of East Arlington in Vermont. Pay careful attention to this map, it’s easy to get lost in East Arlington or East Kansas. I know I ended up at Covered Bridge in Chiselville the first time I got there.

Grout pond isn’t the biggest in the world. If you want lots of open water, check out the Somerset Reservoir. This area, however offers either backpack-in camping along the east shore, or 25 drive-in campsites, in a primitive campground nearby. There is no charge to use this National Recreation Area. Other roadside campsites along Kelly Strand Road, FR 71, and FR 70. Forest Road 70’s campsites are particularly nice, and it’s a 1/4 mile portage down to Branch Pond (bring wheels).

The lake is very shallow and marshy in one. Supposedly good fishing if you have a Vermont State Fishing License.

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Cheney Pond

Cheney Pond Road is a dirt road off of Boreas Road, about 15 miles east of Newcomb. It is a rough road, with the pass year’s washouts, don’t try it without a truck. It will take you a rather pretty lake and damed up river you can paddle around.

Here is a printable map you can click to see full size then download.

And now down as Cheney Pond…

If you want to spend the night, you can roadside camp at a site with a picnic table and outhouse, tent camp at an “informal” campsite with a fire pit near the lean-to or camp in the lean-to. None of the campsites at Vanderwhacker Wild Forest have “Camp Here Disks”.

Heading out on the lake in the kayak…

Truck Camping in Pictures

In recent months I have done a series of articles about truck camping and my set up. This time I decided to do an article with pictures, showing my set up over the years and some of the equipment I currently use.

My Truck.

This picture was taken camping down by Betty Brook in the Burnt Rossman State Forest. This is one of my favorite places for camping. No fancy gear set up here, just unloaded the things I needed from the back, started a campfire, and enjoying the afternoon sunshine on this cold fall afternoon.

Electricity Generation.

Lanterns are okay for camping in the back country. I however like being able to camp with electrical lighting and small electrical appliances when I am truck camping, as I have a ready source of energy — the truck’s battery. My current inverter (Vector 800-watt inverter) has voltage meter that displays how much power the truck’s battery is putting out, so as it gets lower, I simply just turn on the engine for 10-15 minutes to recharge the battery. At idle speed, especially in summer months, the truck uses minimal gasoline to recharge the battery.

In this picture, you can see the wires coming out of the cab, from the inverter, out to Christmas Lights, and to the regular old power strip I have in the bed of pickup, which provides places to plug in the lead lamps, the alarm clock, more Christmas Lights, and anything else that needs juice like my camera battery charger or even my laptop.

Lighting the Campsite.

I use a set of 9-watt, 12-watt or 26-watt compact floresecent lamps in conventional lead lamps to light the campsite. I swap out light bulbs depending on my need for light, choosing smaller bulbs to conserve energy whenever possible. These compact lamps put out the equalivent of a 40-watt, 60-watt, or 100-watt conventional light bulb respectively.

The light is largely flicker free, much brighter and higher quality then white-gas lanterns, and is superior for reading. I frequently read late into the night when I am out camping.

Tarp and Polls.

I originally bought this inexpensive tarp from Walmart for privacy while taking “showers” from my portable shower bag. I use it far more to keep the rain off my head on rainy days when camping. Usually it’s just attached to surrounding trees with bungee cords, other times I use a mixture of poles, trees, stakes, and occassionally the kayak.

In this picture, the tarp is held up entirely by trees and long bungee cords, when I was camping up at Moose River Plains down by the Otter Brook.

In the Cab

I frequently store one or more plastic tubs in the cab of my truck at night, usually with food and other things that I want to keep away from animals and don’t want back where I am sleeping.

Under the Cap.

This picture shows some of the wires, camping gear, and box full of beer I had when I was camping up at the Allegheny National Forest.

Camping at Sugar Hill, with my wooden table in my pickup, a little bit before the un was up. I have a table lamp up there, and below the table is all the blankets I brought to stay warm this time of year.

Using my tailgate as a table as I have breakfast when I was camping up at Stoney Pond.

Hanging Out at the Campsite.

Camping up on Leonard Hill last summer. The beer is chilling on the bumper, and the campfire in the front, along with Christmas light.

Camping up at Allegenheny National Forest. Getting ready and packed up for the morning, burning off some trash before I head out for the day’s events.

Intensive Use Confusion Over Moose River Plains

Recently, the Adirondack Park Agency adopted several changes to Moose River Plains Wild Forest in the master map of the Adirondack Park. One of the biggest changes was to convert an area around Moose River Plains Road and Red River Road into an “Intensive Use Area” known as the “Moose River Plains Camping Area” (MRPCA), to allow campsites to remain that are within 1/4 mile of each other, which otherwise would violate the Adirondack Park Land State Master Plan (APLSMP) for Wild Forest.

The change is pretty slight, described as in Moose River Plains Intensive Use Area Plan (PDF):

“The proposed MRPCA will look very similar to the existing roadside uses in the MRPWF. The sole purpose for proposing the creation of the MRPCA is to allow roadside camping in higher density than can be allowed under wild forest guidelines. Although the APSLMP will recognize this newly created intensive use area as a campground by definition, the overall management goals include protecting the wild character of both the MRPCA and the MRPWF. The Department intends to manage this area in a manner that is much more reflective of wild forest guidelines, with the exception of the camp site separation distance guideline. The management responsibilities for the MRPCA will remain with the Division of Lands and Forests and will be regulated under those parts of NYCRR 6 Part 190 that are applicable to the adjoining wild forest lands. Due to the close relationship between the MRPWF and the MRPCA any future revisions to either UMP will require an assessment of potential impacts on both units and possibly a revision to both UMPs.”

“Unlike other intensive use area campgrounds in the Park, amenities such as bath houses, playgrounds, and paved drives are not ever going to be considered for the MRPCA. What is envisioned for the MRPCA is up to 150 roadside campsites along approximately 20 miles of roads through the MRPWF. These sites will have fire rings,pit privies and picnic tables as their only amenities. Some of these sites are relatively close to the road, while others are several hundred feet back and are accessed by short driveways. A majority of these sites will be comprised of existing sites, some fairly well separated from other sites and some clustered in small groups. This provides for a variety of camping opportunities depending on what users are seeking. Existing sites that are very close to the road may be relocated to a location that provides better screening or may be converted to parking areas with a walk‐in site located a short distance from the parking area. Any newly constructed sites will be located in a manner to provide vegetative screening between the site and the road.”

The confusing part of this comes into the fact these lands will be considered “Intensive Use”, which is essentially a symonym for “DEC Campground” in APLSMP. While few people read APLSMP, many people buy maps and go onto websites to figure out where they are going to camp.

Map makers, especially those not from the Adirondacks will likely fail to distinguish between the Moose River Plains Camping Area, and a more developed campground like that of DEC Campground Limekiln Lake, DEC Campground Eight Lake, or DEC Campground Indian Lake. Indeed, this what concerns the DEC in the MRPCA plan:

“Although use levels within the current MRPWF have been fairly stable for the past several years, the creation of a new area, even if only by name, may initially result in an increase in camping use of the area.”

“The creation of the MRPCA will create some challenges in educating the public as to what to expect within the area. As the area will not charge fees, nor will reservations be taken, users will be arriving at the area without the benefit of knowing what site they may be camping at. Users will need to drive through the area and locate a site that is suitable for their needs. In the unlikely case that no sites are available, users will need to be educated as to what alternatives exist in the general area. Providing information at the two entrance points, Cedar RiverFlow and Limekiln Lake, will be an important part of informing users of the type of opportunity available in the MRPCA. It will also provide an opportunity to provide information on alternative locations should the MRPCA not meet their expectations. Additional information will be made available on the Department’s website and inthe revised unit brochure for the MRPWF.”

If these changes make it to the DEC website it would be helpful…

Yet, we know the DEC often does not put important information on it’s website, and indeed it seems likely the Division of Operations which operates the Limekiln, Eight Lake, and Indian Lake Campgrounds would fight to avoid including a “free” camping area that could directly compete with their $25 a night sites, that offer only minimally nicer ammenities such as centralized trash dumpsters, flush toilets, and showers. Moose River Plains, if promoted by Division of Lands and Forest could canabalize the business of these other campsites.

People will be in for a surpise if they come up here, looking for an established campground. Roadside campsites are spread out over 20 miles, people are often 30 miles from the nearest gas station. The roads are rough, they can be challenging in places to travel with a car. Without regular patrols and surrounded by vast Wild Forest and Wilderness on four sides, the possibility of people getting lost grows. Already, people get lost up here, but with additional promotion through the name change — and the attraction to those unfamiliar with the Adirondack tradition of roadside camping, it’s only asking for trouble.

The changes to the Moose River Wild Forest may be needed to keep the majority of the camping sites open and compatible with the APSLMP, but it seems as though converting Moose River Plains Road to Intensive Use, and indicating it on maps as such, only will lead to more confusion.

The state should instead admend the Adirondack Park Master Plan:

Make existing “road-side” legacy campsites less then 1/4 mile separation legal.
Require only new campsites that are developed to have the 1/4 mile separation.

What Happened to Ferris Lake and Wilcox Lake Unit Management Plans?

What Happened to Ferris Lake and Wilcox Lake Unit Management Plans? The DEC released drafts and took public comment, yet never attempted to APA or Comissioner approval. The typical process for Unit Management Plans is:

Conduct resource inventory of the unit area.
Solicit written and verbal input from the public through press releases and meetings.
Development of a draft plan and address State Environmental Quality Review (SEQRA) issues.
Prepare a draft plan (for the APA to review in the Adirondack Park).
Release draft UMP and conduct public hearings.
Resolve issues, revise the plan (with APA review for compliance with the APSLMP).
DEC Commissioner gives final approval and the UMP is adopted.

According to the DEC’s Unit Management Plans website, the following parcels of land in Adirondack Park had Draft Unit Management Plans and took public comment. The DEC got through Step 4 (Draft Plan and Public Comment), yet no final document was approved:

Ferris Lake Wild Forest – Public comment closed on December 2006
Wilcox Lake Wild Forest – Public comment closed on March 2007

These two parcels represent the two largest wild forests in the Southen Adirondacks, with the largest “developed” recreation facilities such as primative campsites, hiking and snowmobile trails. They are located within 30 miles of major interstate highways, namely the Thruway and Adirondack Northway.

Ferris Lake Wild Forest.

Wilcox Lake Wild Forest.

The Adirondack State Land Master Plan describes Wild Forests as:

A wild forest area is an area where the resources permit a somewhat higher degree of human use than in wilderness, primitive or canoe areas, while retaining an essentially wild character. A wild forest area is further defined as an area that frequently lacks the sense of remoteness of wilderness, primitive or canoe areas and that permits a wide variety of outdoor recreation.

Those areas classified as wild forest are generally less fragile, ecologically, than the wilderness and primitive areas. Because the resources of these areas can withstand more human impact, these areas should accommodate much of the future use of the Adirondack forest preserve. The scenic attributes and the variety of uses to which these areas lend themselves provide a challenge to the recreation planner. Within constitutional constraints, those types of outdoor recreation that afford enjoyment without destroying the wild forest character or natural resource quality should be encouraged.

Many of these areas are under-utilized. For example the crescent of wild forest areas from Lewis County south and east through Old Forge, southern Hamilton and northern Fulton Counties and north and east to the Lake George vicinity can and should afford extensive outdoor recreation readily accessible from the primary east-west transportation and population axis of New York State.

It’s not totally clear why the Spitzer and Paterson administrations did not proceed to revise the plans and seek final approval by the DEC Commissioner. Some issues one can think of:

The issue of controversal proposed road closures under Section 212, especially in the Wilcox Lake UMP. Many residents expressed concerns over certain roads are hearings and comments.
The issue of road-side camping? Developed facilities shown in maps appear to be incompatible with the seperation guidelines of the APSLMP, especially along Route 8 in Wilcox Lake and Piesco-Powley Road in Ferris Lake?
The role of ATVs and off-road vehicles in the UMP — should they be allowed? How do they fit in the APSLMP? This was not proposed in the draft UMP, however many in the public have expressed support for such facilities.

It’s too bad that these issues can not be resolved in a way that all sides can agree on. Closing off the campsites and the roads would be a disappointing option, yet at some point the state really should approve a UMP as:

Without a UMP, the management of these Forest Preserve lands can easily become a series of uncoordinated reactions to immediate problems. No new facility construction, designation, or major rehabilitation can be undertaken until a UMP is completed and approved, with current management limited to routine maintenance and emergency actions. A written plan stabilizes management despite changes in personnel and integrates related legislation, legal codes, rules and regulations, policies, and area specific information into a single reference document. Other benefits of the planning process that are valuable to the public include the development of area maps, fishing information handouts, and a greater awareness of recreational opportunities and needs within specific areas of the Adirondack Park. In view of tight budgets and competition for monetary resources, plans that clearly identify area needs have greater potential for securing necessary funding, legislative support, and public acceptance.

Let’s hope there can be some kind of compromise reached, so future facilities and investments can forward on these important pieces of land in the Southern Adirondacks.

Andy Arthur.org

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