Adirondackwild.org Website Review

with our encouragement, the adirondack park agency introduced a new large-scale subdivision application in 2018 which tells large subdividers of private lands in the park that “the preferred project design should minimize creation of new areas of disturbance …and. should concentrate development to the greatest extent practicable. an applicant has come to the apa with a proposal that would ring an undeveloped private lake with 26-36 new residences, roads and driveways. apa has, as promised, allowed the public to view maps and natural resource data and afforded adirondack wild and others the chance to comment on the subdivision design early in the process before the application is considered complete. along with the wetlands and streams,  are precisely where development should not take place; expected instead of keeping these lands in one useful, contiguous open space area for forestry or recreation. in brief, the applicant’s concepts appear to badly undermine the objectives of the apa’s new application! we’ve said that apa should require a more innovative design that clusters development on suitable sites, minimizes the negative impacts of roadways on wildlife movements, keeps all of resource management in common ownership and leaves a significant portion of the shoreline undeveloped. stay tuned for updates. more public comments periods will be provided. timely action alerts will go out to our activists. in advance, thank you!. register to receive our free, award-winning email newsletter >. meeting in saranac lake, it was an honor to bestow our awards to two deserving adirondackers, julia goren and phil brown. julia received our wild stewardship award for leading the high peaks summit stewardship program since 2006. she and her team of summit stewards have communicated with hundreds of thousands of hikers on our park’s fragile summits. read more > “large scale subdivisions currently under review,” an entirely new feature. what is that new feature all about? earlier this year, apa