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Adirondack Council Press Releases - 2012

April

Tuesday, April 24, 2012
New Animals of the Adirondacks Puzzle a Joint Effort by Adirondack Councl and Adirondack Designer Allison Romig - Sale Proceeds to Assist Adirondack Council’s Park Protection Efforts

Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Adirondack Council Calls on Park Agency to Make Changes to Weak, Outdated Development Rules & Regulations - Many Needed Reforms Can be Enacted by the Agency, Without New Legislation,
But With Input from the Public Inside & Outside the Park

Friday, April 13, 2012
Adirondack Council Commemorates First Earth Day by Reducing Price of Carbon Retirement to $19.70 - Donation Prevents Three Tons of Real Carbon Emissions from Northeast Power Plants, Helps Organization Buy & Extinguish Government-Issued Pollution Rights

March

Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Groups' Press Release
Groups Urge Legislature to Keep Mercury Out of the Waste Stream

Monday, March 12, 2012
Friends of New York’s Environment Applaud Legislature for Support of New York's EPF - Revenue from Bottle Bill Would Cost Taxpayers Nothing, But Return $7 for Every $1 Invested

Thursday, March 8, 2012
Farm, Rural Development And Environmental Groups Join to Promote Local Farms in Federal Farm Bill Hearings - Saranac Lake to Host one of Only Four Such Hearings Nationwide
Letter to Senator Gillibrand

February

Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Governor, Legislature Must Act to Protect Adirondack Park's Forest, Waters, Wildlife from Weak & Outdated Land-use Rules - Just-Completed Seven-Year Review of Major Resort Spotlights Serious Flaws in Rules

Thursday, February 16, 2012
Don't Extend Bobcat Trapping Season in Northern Adirondacks Environmental Organization Urges State Wildlife Bureau - Live Bobcats Too Valuable to Ecology and Tourism to Squander Even One; Poor Population Estimates, Need for Predators Argue Against Two-Month Expansion
Read comment letter to DEC

Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Four Years of Cuts Have Punished Environmental Funding - Restoration Needed to Protect Natural Resources and Tourism
- Adirondack Council Makes Plea for Environmental Protection Fund, Department of Environmental Conservation, Adirondack Park Agency
Read Budget Testimony

January

Friday, January 20, 2012
National Acid Rain Study : Public Investment in Clean Air Paying Rich Dividends to Adirondack Lakes, Public Health, and Consumers - Reductions in Acid Rain-Causing Emissions from Power Plants are Allowing Adirondack Soils and Waters to Recover; Saving Money; Saving & Lengthening Human Lives Around United States

Thursday, January 19, 2012
Adirondack Council to Consider its Options Following Disappointing Court Decision on Forest Preserve Snowmobile Trail Construction - Appellate Division of NYS Supreme Court Decision Leaves Organization in Position of Having to File Dozens of Individual Lawsuits in Order to Prevent Harm to ‘Forever Wild’ Public Lands

Thursday, January 19, 2012
Senators Leahy and Schumer's Press Release
Leahy and Schumer Secure Funda to Prevent Shutoff of Flood Gauges in Champlain Basin - Gauges In Clinton, Essex, and Washington Counties Were Crucial During Irene And Spring Floods

Thursday, January 12, 2012
Adirondack Council Calls on Gov. Cuomo and Sage Commission to Realign State Agencies to Better Manage Adirondack Park - Plan Calls for Administrative Changes at the Adirondack Park Agency and Department of Environmental Conservation, Funding for Local Government Planning Assistance


For more information on the news releases,
contact John Sheehan at (518) 432-1770

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