Interior Conditions, Notices - Compiled on Thursday September 22, 2016

"State law does not require boat renters or operators born after May 1996 to take a safety course, but the incidents on Lake George this year prompted calls for training."

Seems like this story still has some legs.

"There was an unfairness involved there that we needed to rectify." - taxes aren't meant to be a weapon to balance the scales of justice.

"The summit of Mt. Marcy is not the same experience when there are 300 people on the top the same time that you are."

There are all forms of diversity in the North Country.

Jimmy Sévigny should be banned from visiting.

Every person involved in the illegal group(s) should be fined.

Cascade is a problem. We should infrastructure that hike and direct all n00bs to it.

Why does Roedel's project get taxpayer money? When government gets involved in private development, these are the kinds of issues that inevitably result.

"It certainly makes the case a lot better for the prosecution"

"We’re not at the lowest lake level ever recorded but this is pretty low."

"By the time you've said good morning to the 25th person on the trail, you're not really feeling like you're in a wilderness area."

"Hikers learn to leave (absolutely) no trace on high-traffic peaks and trails."

"Why must all races do everything in the exact same proportion to their numbers in the population?"

"How nature and the outdoors are appreciated or experienced differs across cultures. We must therefore continue to understand what people care about and why, as well as how forests are viewed, valued, and being used by our changing communities."

"The destinations presented in the media are generally so unattainable by most people that they might as well be on the moon–and don’t even bother going if you’re not wearing expensive, high-tech apparel and using modern, high-priced gear."

Is anyone really surprised?

FULL UNABRIDGED REPORT - May 2016 Final Draft

Cover your entire body with patches. j/k

I suppose the lumberjack-flavor does kind of permeate the Adirondacks a little, but probably more people work in prisons.

"I think it's something we should acknowledge and recognize, in that when someone has a sighting, they should be able to come forward with their sighting and not have to hide their sighting."

Corruption.... in New York? Nah......

Personal Responsibility or Public Safety?

Open it to bikes.

"The  sign says it is 2.0 miles to the summit.  It is actually 2.6 miles."

"Budget approval for a small New York town to host the games came with one very large caveat."

"Frontier Town was the lifeblood of North Hudson, N.Y.'s economy. Now, like much of the town, it's empty." - Nothing lasts forever, not even the Forest Preserve.

"With hot and dry summers like this one has been, the peaks see much more traffic than usual."

Great kids-ride.

"The APA has ushered in a period of great rollbacks for Wilderness protections and for massively expanding motorized uses in the Forest Preserve."

"Under an easement agreement made with New York State, much of the club's acreage is accessible to everyone." (probably for tax-purposes)

"America's largest state park is a battleground between conservation activists and small towns desperate for development."

"People go missing every year, usually unprepared hikers or hunters who wander off the trail into the dark uniformity of the forest and can’t find their way back."

"How much effort does it take to carry out your trash after you have carried it in?"

"It's a route that offers some of the biggest, most pristine views in the Park."

"The Tribe believes the County’s efforts to impose taxation or regulation of businesses on tribal land is not only unlawful, it creates an undue economic burden that is harmful to our community’s economic development and enterprises."

"... our legislators decided to turn it over to a sketchy non-profit corporation that is not subject to the same scrutiny under the FOIL [Freedom of Information Law] and Open Meetings Law that every other agency is."

Peanuts compared to ....

Solid-choice.

$50-75 million

"In my opinion, a lot of the problem is that ORDA and the Convention and Visitors Bureau don't work together, year round, for the common goal of promoting the community, for the benefit of the whole region."

"Several initiatives aim to lure visitors to the Adirondacks"

"We've got a lot we can start working on."

We should start reducing tariffs and offering more discounts for our Northern-friends.

"Wellness Tourism" is not a new concept.