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December
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Council's
New Report Critical of Adirondack Park Agency Enforcement Program
Over Last Five Years - "Swept Under the Rug"
Calls for New Staff and Legislative Reforms - Click
here to read report
November
Tuesday, Novermber 21, 2006
Eco-friendly Holiday Gift Ideas: Help Stop Acid Rain; Learn
About an Adirondack Wilderness Pioneer - Two Affordable Items
that Never Wear Out, Never Get Stale, Never Go Out of Style
Source of Pride for Both Giver and Recipient
Wednesday, Novermber 15, 2006
Council Praises International Paper & Vermont Activists for
Decision to Forego Tire Burning at Ticonderoga Paper Mill
October
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Alliance of Adirondack Groups Send a "Blue Print for the
Blue Line" to Gubernatorial Candidates - Non-traditional
Allies Come Together on Common Ground Issues
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Council Calls on NYS & Federal Inspectors General to Investigate
Apparent Misuse of State and Federal Grant for Snowmobile/ATV
Bridge Across Raquette Riiver - Meanwhile, Council Urges
Public to Write/Email State Officials to Halt Approval for ‘Bridge
to Nowhere’ and Trails Leading to Bridge
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Groups Urge Mercury Cuts Similar to Neighboring States -
Point to Governor Pataki's Environmental Legacy
Thursday, October 5, 2006
Council
Files Lawsuit to Block All-Terrain Vehicle Abuse of Public Forests
Inside the Adirondack Park - Suit
is Result of County’s Decision to Open Forests Without Counting
Environmental Cost
Wednesday, October 4, 2006
APA & DEC Singled Out for Criticism in Council's 21st Annual
State of the Park Report - Agencies Sanctioning Illegal
Buildings & Motorized Traffic in Forest Preserve; While
Local Gov't Continues Positive Trend; Attorney General Spitzer
Collects Perfect Score
August
Tuesday, August 1, 2006
Council
to Honor Lake Champlain Basin Program at Split Rock Lighthouse
in Essex on Thursday, August 3 - LCBP Sponsors and Oversees
Vital Research and Environmental Programs In One of Adirondack
Park's Largest and Most Diverse Watersheds
July
Thursday, July 6, 2006
Adirondack Lakes Survey Corporation is Council's 2006 Conservationist
of the Year - Congressman Sherwood Boehlert honored for
fight against acid rain during House tenure
June
Friday, June 9, 2006
Environmental Groups and State Join Forces to Protect One of
North America's Rarest Songbirds
May
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Council
Lauds Pataki Adminstration Mercury Rule for Coal-Fired Power
Plants in NY - These Plants are the Largest Source of
Mercury Deposits in Adirondack Waters, Poisoning the Park's Residents,
Fish and Fish-Eating Wildlife
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Senator
Little Continues Attempt to Systematically Dismantle the APA
- Bill
Would Force Agency to Rubber-Stamp Major Development
Tuesday, May 9, 2006
Governor Pataki Dooms Rare Wildlife Habitat to Destruction with
Decision Allowing ATVs and Trucks in Adirondack Forest -
Boreal Habitat the Most Fragile in Adirondacks; Local Residents
Document ATV-Caused Damage for Federal Regulatory Agency
April
Monday, April 24, 2006
Conservation Groups Urge Legislature to Let Veto Stand &
Prevent Change to Renewable Energy, Acid Rain Program - Attorney
General and Comptroller Agree that Programs are Well-Managed
Already
Monday, April 10, 2006
Bill Would Strip Adirondack Park Agency's Authority to Regulate
Campgrounds, Protect Water Quality
March
Monday, March 27, 2006
Adirondack Council Receives Largest Bequest in Its History
- Long-time Supporters Honor Council in Will with Generous
Donation
Tuesday, March 7, 2006
Council
Urges Public Hearing on Power Authority Plan to Build Power Line
Through Old Growth Forest, Wetlands - NYPA Plan Involves
Needless Road through 97 Wetlands, Encourage Snowmobile and ATV
Trespass through Endangered Species Habitat & Creates Barrier
Fence around Public Lands
February
Monday, February 27, 2006
Council Calls on DEC to Remove Fire Tower & Restore Public
Trust in the Impartiality of Hearings - After DEC Writes
to Council Activists and Others Asking Them to Change Their Criticism
of DEC’s Refusal to Obey Law on Fate of Wilderness Area
Monday, February 6, 2006
Council
Opposes State Plan to Retain Fire Tower, Re-build Helicopter
Pad and Cabin on Wilderness Summit - DEC's New Plan for
Blue Ridge Wilderness and Wakely Mt. Primitive Area Violates
Specific Instructions within State Land Master Plan
Wednesday, February 1, 2006
Council
Testifies on Adirondack Portion of State Budget at Legislative
Hearing - Calls for Additional Funding for Land Acquisition,
APA Staffing
January
Sunday, January 23, 2006
Council to Appeal Dismissal of Suit in Frankenpine Case, Will
Petition APA to Reopen Permit - Dismissal of Council's Lawsuit
vs. Fake Pine Tree Cell Tower Contained Errors;Sprint/Nextel
Merger Means Original Applicants for APA Permit No Longer Exist
New Communications Options Are Available
Monday, January 9, 2006
Adirondack Council Supports Legislation to Increase the Environmental
Protection Fund - Lauds Efforts of Legislature's Environmental
Conservation Committee Chairmen to Increase Land Protection Money
Thursday, January 5, 2006
Adirondack Council Declares Victory on New Plan for CP Rail Road
Radio Towers -
Company Agrees to Reconfigure Towers, Make Them Shorter, Inside
the Adirondack Park
For more
information on the following news releases,
contact John Sheehan at (518) 432-1770
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