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November
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Two Vital Conservation Areas Omitted from Open Space Plan
- Bob Marshall Great Wilderness, Boreal Forest Removed from
Description of State's Long Term Goals - Council Calls
for Their Reinstatement
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Eco-friendly
Holiday Gift Ideas - Don't Miss Your Chance to Stop Acid Rain
- Gift Doubles as Investment in Clean Air & a Healthier
Future - A $50-Item that Never Wears Out, Never Gets Stale, Never
Goes Out of Style & Will be a Source of Pride for Both Giver
and Recipient
Thursday, November 3, 2005
Legislature Shows Most Improvement, APA Backslides in Council's
20th Annual State of the Park Report - Local Government
Continues Positive Trend; Governor & Atty. General Fare Well
in Review Frankenpine, Radio Towers, Massive Illegal Timber Cutting,
Motorized Traffic Take Toll
Thursday, November 3, 2005
Adirondack Council Hires New Conservation Director, John Davis,
Noted Champlain Valley Conservationist Honored in 2003 for
His Independent Projects
October
Friday, October 14, 2005
Council
Calls on DEC Commissioner Sheehan to Halt Whiteface Water Tank
Until Attorney General Rules - Group Says Plan to Allow
Town to Own Water Tank on Forest Preserve Violates 'Forever Wild'
Clause of NYS Constitution
Friday, October 7, 2005
Council
Urges Local Gov'ts and Not-for-Profits to Apply for State Quality
Communities Planning Assistance Funding - Park Municipalities
Eligible for Grants to Cover Majority of Project Costs
September
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Adirondack
Council Testifies at Assembly Hearing on Water Quality in the
Park -
Read the Council's Testimony
Friday, September 9, 2005
Adirondack
Council Files Lawsuit to Overturn APA Approval of Frankenpine
Cell Tower Near Lake George
August
Friday, August 12, 2005
Council Co-Sponsors Third Annual Adirondack Water Conference
Discussions Focus on Developing
a Management Plan for Aquatic Invasive Species in the Park
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
Adirondack
Environmentalists Urge Adirondack APA to Call a Public Hearing
for Proposed Saratoga County Mountaintop Towers,
Friday, August 5, 2005
US
EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson Helps Launch Council's Parkwide
Water Quality Initiative - Johnson and Governor Pataki
Attend Council's Annual Summer Gathering at Essex Lighthouse,
Johnson Accepts Thanks for Clean Air Interstate Rule Pollution
Cuts
July
July 6, 2005
Environmental
Community United in Opposition to Nextel's "Frankenpine"
Cell Tower Application to Be Considered By The APA This Week
June
Monday, June 27, 2005
Frankenpine Meets Hyde Council Urges Art &
Nature Lovers to See American Masterpiece Paintings of Lake George
Before Fake Pine Tree Can Change Landscape Forever
Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Lake
George Waterkeeper, Chris Navitsky, is Council's 2005 Conservationist
of the Year Legendary Advocate Clarence Petty, 99, to
Receive Council’s 1st Lifetime Achievement Award
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
Council
Calls on APA to Compel Tower Permit Seekers to Prove There are
No Alternatives - Urges State to Keep Telecom Equipment
Close to Roads, Hamlets
May
Monday, May 22, 2005
Adirondack
Park Agency Torches "Frankenpine" Planned for Historic
Lake George Shoreline - Commissioners Will Make Final
Decision at July Meeting
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Council
Calls on APA to Halt Snowmobile 'Bridge to Nowhere' & Take
First Steps Toward Creation of Boreal Wilderness - State's
Massive Effort to Determine the Best Protection for Newly Acquired
Forest Preserve Lands Will Determine Fate of Rare Wildlife and
Plant Habitat
April
Friday, April 15, 2005
Council
Praises Health Department's Expanded Warnings for Mercury-Tainted
Fish - State Says to Avoid Eating Several Species Caught
in Adirondack and Catskill Parks
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
Council
Praises Governor, Legislature for Reaching Agreement on Larger
Environmental Fund - Also Praises Pataki for Protecting
Research Programs With Budget Veto
Thursday, April 6, 2005
Council
Calls on State to Amend Plan for Lake Champlain Pallisades - Beavers Win, Rattlesnakes
and Cyclists Lose in State's Latest Revision
March
Wednesday, March 31, 2005
Governor,
Legislature Still Need to Agree on Key Environmental Spending
Proposal Omitted from Budget
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Council
Praises DEC Policy Banning All-Terrain Vehicles from State Forest
Preserve Lands
Thursday, March 10, 2005
Council
Praises US EPA Decision to Finalize Clean Air Interstate Rule
- New Air Pollution Regulations Sufficient to Stop Acid Rain
Damage in Adirondacks Via 70-Percent Cut in Sulfur Dioxide &
Nitrogen Oxides in 29 Eastern States
Wednesday, March 9, 2005
Council
Calls on EPA to Finalize Clean Air Interstate Rule, Now that
Clear Skies Plan is Off the Table
Monday, March 7, 2005
A.P.A.
Hearing on Frankenpine Cell Tower Resumes Tuesday as Fourth Landowners
Offers Alternative Site Not Considered by Nextel Sprint
February
Wednesday, February 2, 2005
Adirondack
Council Called Before Senate Panel to Testify on Proposed Clear
Skies Act - Calls for Bill
at Least as Protective as Pending Clean Air Interstate Rule In
Comments to Environment & Public Works Committee Click here to read testimony
January
Wednesday, January 19, 2005
Nextel
Conceals Existing Lake George Cell Service from APA
- Compounds Deception with Arrogance by Publishing Map
Claiming Controversial Proposed 'Frankenpine' Tower in Fort Ann
is Already Built and Operating
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
Governor
and Attorney General Announce New York's Largest Coal Plants
to Slash Pollution Levels (Attorney General's Press Release)
Tuesday, January 4, 2005
Governor
Pataki Announces Agreement to Protect More than 104,000 Acre
of Adirondack Forest Land (Governor's Press Release)
For more
information on the following news releases,
contact John Sheehan at (518) 432-1770
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