Life in the Adirondacks and North Country is finding the right balance.
A good example of this are the many Lake Champlain fishing tournaments.
This incredible piece of information was mentioned this morning in an article about the FLW Series Eastern Division tournament on Lake Champlain:
Overall, there were 687 bass weighing 1,839 pounds, 9 ounces caught by 146 pros Thursday. The catch included 127 five-bass limits.
Tags: clinton county·conservation·economic development·fish·lake champlain
This plane is so cool, I need one.
Tags: conservation
Following the news of the Adirondack Council suing the Adirondack Park Agency (APA), I mentioned to someone that lawsuits are quickly becoming a norm in any regulatory process in the Adirondacks. Seems like there could be a better way to get things done. Two hostile parties rarely reach mutually satisfying results.
Well, another one just dropped into my mailbox:
ALBANY, N.Y. — The Adirondacks’ leading conservation groups, the Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK) and Protect the Adirondacks! (PROTECT), filed a lawsuit Tuesday in state Supreme Court in Albany to force the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) to adhere to state law and classify a state-owned wilderness canoe route in the heart of the Adirondacks.
“We are forced to seek redress in the courts because, despite the best efforts of many different parties, our state agencies failed to settle some important matters regarding implementation of the State Land Master Plan,” said David Gibson, executive director of PROTECT “We go to court for all state-owned waters in the Forest Preserve, not merely to settle the classification of Lows Lake. Classification drives management direction. We seek better direction about how to manage wild waters in the Forest Preserve for the benefit of people in the central Adirondacks, visitors from all across the country and Canada and many more who may never paddle these waters, but who nonetheless appreciate the way they are managed for future generations.” Read the rest of this entry »
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Heard about the Adirondack Forest Preserve Partnership? Well, I was aware that this stakeholders group was doing something. Heck, I think I may have even attended some of these meetings years ago. This morning I discovered via @adkjack49 this photo:
1. Bob Brown, 2. Doug Fitzgerald, 3. Rich Preall, 4. Matt Ferrara, 5. Katherine Trudeau, 6. Stephanie Strack, 7. Jesse Fitzgerald, 8. Dick LaBombard, 9. Julia Murray, 10. Brian McAllister, 11. Jennie Sausville, 12. Zoe Smith, 13. Griffin Smith, 14. Charlie Jessie, 15. Ed Kanze, 16. Jen Kretser, 17. John Henaghan, 18. Dick Holmlund, 19. Jack Drury, 20. Elaine Holmlund, 21. Motorhome provided by Dick & Elaine Holmlund, 22. Boat provided by Fogarty’s Marina (I grabbed the list from Jack blog, if it’s funkified, let me know)
Make what you will of this group’s program, but know this: If it wasn’t for Jack, we would never have ever had Three Wolf Moon
The Adirondack Forest Preserve Partnership Photo – The Backstory
Planning for the Adirondack Park Forest Preserve (PDF)
Wednesday’s meeting at the Saranac Town Hall was at full-capacity. I think every chair in the building was being used for this informational meeting introducing the NYS DEC’s Interim Recreation Management Plan for the Sable Highlands conservation easement Public Use Areas and Linear Recreation Corridors. Simply put, NYS has purchased conservation easements on privately owned land and is charged with the implementation and management of public recreational use.
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A new draft plan for recreational uses of the Sable Highlands in the northeastern Adirondacks includes proposals to construct camping sites, improve old and create new hiking trails, enhance fishing access and open two new mountain biking routes, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Regional Director Betsy Lowe announced today.
The Sable Highlands Conservation Easement Lands consist of approximately 84,000 acres of land in the towns of Ellenburg and Saranac in Clinton County, and Bellmont and Franklin in Franklin County.
“The plan outlines extensive and varied recreational opportunities, including motorized recreation, on the Sable Highlands Conservation Easement Lands,” said Regional Director Lowe. “DEC is pleased to have worked with Chateaugay Woodlands and the Nature Conservancy in developing public access on these lands, while protecting the natural resources and retaining timber management jobs.”
Tags: atv·bike·camp·clinton county·conservation·dec·fish·franklin county·hike·hunt·sable highlands·saranac·ski·snowmobile
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