Archive for January, 2008

SCHUMER FIGHTS FOR ACID-RAIN FUNDING - Press Republican ( Plattsburgh, NY) Web site

Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Reporter Kim Smith Dedam reports that Sen. Charles Schumer is fighting to keep close to $1 million in federal water-testing programs in place. The research, he said, is vital to 30-year sustained efforts to gauge the effects of acid rain. (more...)

BIG TUPPER MEDIATION STRATEGIES IRONED OUT - Adirondack Daily Enterprise ( Saranac Lake, NY) Web site

Monday, January 28th, 2008
Reporter Nathan Brown reports that lawyers for the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks and Philadelphia-area developer Michael Foxman reached an agreement on how to mediate their differences on the Big Tupper Ski Project. (more...)

Tupper Resort Sides Move Toward Mediation (Radio - QT) - North Country Public Radio ( Canton, NY) News Podcast

Monday, January 28th, 2008
Reporter Martha Foley reports that developers of the proposed Adirondack Club and Resort have agreed to enter mediation with opponents of the Tupper Lake project. To hear the audio, click here: LINK (more...)

SOME TOWNS SEE BENEFITS IN MASSIVE ADIRONDACK LAND DEAL - Press Republican ( Plattsburgh, NY) Web site

Monday, January 28th, 2008
Reporter Kim Smith Dedam reports that the Adirondack Chapter of the Nature Conservancy is closing in on strategic plans to sell, lease and keep parcels of the 161,000 acres it purchased from Finch, Pruyn & Company last June, Executive Director Michael Carr said in an interview. (more...)

STATE LAWMAKERS WATCHING NATURE CONSERVANCY - Press Republican ( Plattsburgh, NY) Web site

Monday, January 28th, 2008
Reporter Kim Smith Dedam reports that lawmakers are watching the Nature Conservancy disposition strategy with great interest in how the conservation group proposes to sell some of its land to the state. (more...)

SCHUMER: ACID RAIN FUNDING WILL STAY - The Post-Star ( Glens Falls, NY ) Web site

Friday, January 25th, 2008
A news brief notes that Sen. Charles Schumer announced Thursday he was successful in halting proposed cuts by the Bush administration to an anti-acid rain monitoring program. (more...)

MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS (Editorial) - The Daily Enterprise ( Saranac Lake, NY) Web site

Friday, January 25th, 2008
An editorial expresses outrage that half the winter is passed, but there are still no temporary "Cell on Wheels" towers set up along the Northway. (more...)

Veto of Land Deal Shakes Adirondack Conservationists (Radio - QT) - North Country Public Radio ( Canton, NY) News Podcast

Friday, January 25th, 2008
Reporter Jonathan Brown talks with the Adirondack Explorer's Phil Brown about the Town of Westport vetoing a conservation land deal in the Split Rock area on Lake Champlain. Brown believes that the move could signal trouble with other land deals, notably the huge deal between Finch Pruyn paper company and the Adk. Nature Conservancy. To hear the audio, click here: LINK (more...)

JUDGE TO WEIGH TUPPER LAKE RESORT COMMENTS FRIDAY - Adirondack Daily Enterprise ( Saranac Lake, NY) Web site

Thursday, January 24th, 2008
Reporter Nathan Brown reports that atate Administrative Law Judge Daniel O'Connell will hold a conference to consider the opinions and comments that have been offered regarding the proposed Adirondack Club and Resort project. 'We think the continued wait for approval from the Adirondack Park Agency is very debilitating,' said Marti Mozdzier, executive director of the Tupper Lake Chamber of Commerce. (more...)

TUPPER RESORT ACTION MOVES FORWARD - Press Republican ( Plattsburgh, NY) Web site

Thursday, January 24th, 2008
Reporter Kim Smith Dedam reports on what the next step is in the approval process of the proposed Adirondack Club and Resort. (more...)
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