APA Votes To Amend Master Plan, Allow Bikes In Essex Chain
Posted: March 18, 2016
by Phil Brown, Adirondack Almanac
The Adirondack Park Agency board voted 9-1 on Friday to allow the use of mountain bikes in the Essex Chain region — a move that some wild-land advocates say weakens protections for the Forest Preserve.
With one dissent, the board agreed to amend the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan to permit bicycling along nine miles of former logging roads in the Essex Chain Primitive Area and the nearby Pine Lake Primitive Area. (The two areas are expected to be combined in the future.)
The master plan...
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Under Water December Is Peak Leaf Season
Posted: December 10, 2015
By Declan McCabe
By December, foliage season is long over for us humans, but it’s peak season under the water. Last month, fallen leaves accumulated in our streams and rivers, starting a process that’s critical for the nourishment of everything from caddisflies on up the food chain to eagles and even people. In fact, most of the Northeast stream food supply originates in the form of fallen leaves.
The bright yellow and red piles that accumulate on river rocks and fallen branches are not nearly ready for consumption by discerning invertebrates. The...
Land Conservation in Lake Placid Gets Boost
Posted: May 06, 2015
State awards $15,000 to Lake Placid Land Conservancy for strategic plan
Originally published in the Lake Placid News, Week of May 1-7, 2015
By Andy Flynn, Editor
LAKE PLACID - A recently announced $15,000 state grant will help the Lake Placid Land Conservancy develop a strategic plan to protect more land in the region.
On April 20, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a round of $1.8 million in Conservation Partnership Program grants for 55 nonprofit land trusts across the state. The announcement was held in Westchester County with officials from the state Department of Environmental Conservation and the...
Lake Trout at Risk
Posted: April 22, 2015
Article by Mike Lynch
March / April 2015 Adirondack Explorer
In one traditional method of lake-trout fishing, an angler holds in his or her hand a weighted line while trolling from a boat. To collect the line, the angler uses a jerry-rigged Victrola record player with a spool in the middle.
“As they pulled in the line, they turned on their [hand-cranked] Victrola,” said Joe Hackett, a fishing guide from Ray Brook. “Lake-trout fishing is so specialized. That’s something you learn from your father, or uncle, or grandfather.”
While fishermen still use...
DEC To Modify Dam For Spawning Salmon
Posted: March 05, 2015
Adirondack Almanack
January 13, 2015
Big changes are planned for the Imperial Dam on the Saranac River in Plattsburgh.
On Friday, the state Department of Conservation announced that it is taking comments on a plan to modify the dam, which is located a few miles upstream of Lake Champlain. The proposal calls for decreasing the height of the spillway by 8.5 feet and constructing a concrete fish ladder on the left bank, or northern side, of the dam, which the DEC owns. The other side is privately owned.
For years, anglers and conservationists have...
Non-Profit Land Trusts Awarded
Posted: June 03, 2012
Of the 53 non-profit land trusts that were awarded grants on Monday, five of them are located within Essex County, New York. Together the total funding received the five Essex County land trusts is $106,900.
Champlain Area Trails (CATS) received one grant for the amount of $50,000 over two years to support the hiring of a Communications Director who will also assist with administration and fundraising. These funds will be matched almost equally through private and local funding. "This is fabulous news," said Chris Maron, CATS Executive Director. "One of the challenges we face as a new non-profit is to...
Why I Love Placid Lake
By Georgia Jones, LPLC Board of Directors
These are scientific facts: 97.5% of all the water on earth is salt, 2.75% is fresh water. Less than 1% of that can be used as drinking water. Placid Lake is classified AA Special and therefore may be used as drinking water. Good...
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