Archive for June, 2008
WILDERNESS ISN’T EASY TO REACH (Column) - The Post-Star ( Glens Falls, NY ) Web site
Monday, June 30th, 2008In a column, Will Doolittle criticizes the DEC's "Quiet Waters" initiative, saying that the Adirondack wilderness is not easily accessible and should stay that way. See story on original Web site
(more...)SNOWMOBILE CLUBS UPSET WITH CUT IN TRAIL FUNDS - The Daily Gazette ( Schenectady, NY) Web site
Monday, June 30th, 2008Reporter Jim McGuire reports that Assemblyman Marc Butler is calling for the state to restore funds that were taken from the snowmobile Trail Development and Maintenance Fund to balance the budget. See story on original Web site
(more...)NEW STRAIN OF SPRAWL MAY POSE GREATEST DANGER YET TO ADIRONDACKS, CONSERVATIONIST TELLS CONFERENCE - The Lake George Mirror ( Lake George, NY) Pages 3 & 4
Monday, June 30th, 2008
Reporter Anthony Hall reports that at the Lake George Watershed Conference's annual forum on water quality, Dr. Michael Klemens warned that "sprawl" is a threat to the Adirondack Park, not only in towns but in the remote wilderness settings of the Adirondacks.
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BURN BAN CHALLENGED IN ADIRONDACK UPROAR - Press Republican ( Plattsburgh, NY) Web site
Friday, June 27th, 2008
Reporter Kim Smith Dedam reports on the public outrage over the proposed statewide burn ban.
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WHOSE ADIRONDACKS IS IT ANYWAYS? (Column) - Daily Dispatch ( Oneida, NY) Web site
Friday, June 27th, 2008
Outdoor columnist Leo Maloney writes about what he considers the over regulation of recreation in the Adirondacks.
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RURAL DOCTOR AID RESTORED IN STATE BUDGET - Adirondack Daily Enterprise ( Saranac Lake, NY) Web site
Friday, June 27th, 2008This is a test for a new distribution system of news. Please click here to read the entire story.
(more...)SKELOS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT NOVEMBER ELECTIONS - Newsday ( Long Island, NY) Web site
Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Reporter James Madore reports on the optimistic outlook of new Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos as new internal polling shows all 30 incumbents "doing well" and no wave of retirements in the offing.
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SOURCES: BRUNO PROBE MAY MOVE - Newsday ( Long Island, NY) Web site
Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Reporters Robert Kessler and James Madore report that the Justice Department is deciding whether to have prosecutors and FBI agents from Manhattan take an active part in the probe of Sen. Joe Bruno's business dealings.
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DEC LOOKS TO CALM LOWS LAKE WATERS (Op-Ed) - The Times Union ( Albany, NY) Web site
Thursday, June 26th, 2008
In an op-ed piece, Pete Grannis writes that the DEC has not banned float planes on Lows Lake because motorboat use already exists on the lake. He notes, however, that the agency has proposed the creation of a mandatory annual permit system that would reduce the number of float planes on the lake.
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