Trail lawsuit divides advocates for the Adirondacks
Gwendolyn Craig Adirondack Explorer
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Protect the Adirondacks, a nonprofit, sued the state Department of Environmental Conservation and the Adirondack Park Agency over the construction of snowmobile trails on the state forest preserve.Derek Gee/APShow MoreShow Less
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The fate of Adirondack Forest Preserve trees and trails is on the line in a lawsuit that has divided environmental organizations.
Protect the Adirondacks, a nonprofit, sued the state Department of Environmental Conservation and the Adirondack Park Agency over the construction of snowmobile trails on the state forest preserve. They’re called Class 2 community connector trails, and are 9-feet wide with some 12-foot-wide curves and slopes. The amount of tree cutting involved in the first 25 miles of these trails, Protect the Adirondacks has argued, violated the “forever wild” clause in the state constitution. That clause ensures that
Email: The Nature Conservancy in Pennsylvania has announced the transfer of 373 acres of land in Canadensis to Pennsylvania’s Bureau of Forestry. That land, along with two previous transfers of 376 and 319 acres totals 1,068 acres that TNC and the Bureau have collaboratively protected since 2017 to expand State Forest lands in the Pocono Mountains. “It’s a great day when more than 1,000 acres of wild, forested land are permanently protected,” said Ellen Lott, Conservation Lands Project Manager for TNC in Pennsylvania and Delaware. “We’re thrilled to transfer these properties to DCNR’s Bureau of Forestry, which manages Pennsylvania’s forests. These additions will provide new recreational opportunities while protecting wildlife habitat, sensitive wetlands and healthy waterways.”
Chattanooga, Tennessee: At the outset of 2021, Thrive Regional Partnership welcomed five new trustees to its board that reflect growing county representation and corporate leadership across the tri-state, 16-county greater Chattanooga region. The newly elected Board trustees are Barry Allen, Mike Costa, Nathan Lee, Jennifer McCurdy and Harriette Stokes.
âAfter a year like 2020, we understand more than ever how important it is to strengthen connections among communities across our region,â said Bridgett Massengill, President and CEO of Thrive Regional Partnership. âWe are pleased to welcome these new trustees, representing businesses and towns across northeast Alabama, northwest Georgia, and southeast Tennessee, to ensure that we continue to practice Thriveâs mission authentically and inclusively across the tri-state.â
GEORGETOWN, S.C. (AP) Work is scheduled to begin in February on a $1.9 million wetlands restoration project in South Carolina. The work will restore management ability to 270 acres (109.
$1M grant for wetland restoration in Georgetown County, SC January 7, 2021, posted by Zlatan Hrvacevic
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $1 million National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) for wetland restoration on the Lower Middleton complex at Samworth Wildlife Management Area in Georgetown County.
The grant was completed and submitted through a partnership between Ducks Unlimited and SCDNR.
The Lower Middleton complex has been subject to extensive damage beginning with the historic flood of 2015 followed by a succession of hurricanes, which resulted in the breaching of the dikes and significant erosion damage to the already tenuous dike system.