Protection Archives - Adirondack Wilderness Advocates

AWA Takes an Active Role in High Peaks Visitor Management

February 7, 2020

At Adirondack Wilderness Advocates we refer to our core mission as KEEP: Knowledge, Enjoyment, Expansion and Protection of the Adirondack Park’s wildest places. That goes for the High Peaks Wilderness as much as…

Adirondack Explorer – It’s Debatable: No To Permits

October 29, 2019

Brendan Wiltse

Enjoyment, Protection

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The term “overuse” implies that we have too many people visiting the High Peaks. This term, while convenient and perhaps apt, greatly oversimplifies the problem and solution. Certainly, there is…

Planning for a Wilder Pepperbox

April 1, 2019

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Protection

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The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) recently announced plans to revise the unit management plan (UMP) for the Pepperbox Wilderness, a relatively small and seldom-visited area in the western Adirondacks…

AWA Proposes Adjustments to Wilderness Snowmobile Plan

December 3, 2018

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Expansion, Protection

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The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) recently announced plans to construct a 4-mile segment of a community connector snowmobile trail through lands classified as the Blue Ridge Wilderness. Adirondack Wilderness…

AWA Conducts its First Board Meeting

November 22, 2018

Bill Ingersoll

Protection

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On Saturday, November 10, the principal organizers of Adirondack Wilderness Advocates gathered in southern Hamilton County. Snow had fallen the previous night, blanketing the forest in wet, new snow; and…

2B or Not to Be

January 29, 2018

Janelle Hoh

Expansion, Protection

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In the grand scheme of things, the topic of wilderness preservation in the Adirondacks seems trivial. There are issues of social equality, stability, and toxic practices that, at face value,…

Reaction to the Adirondack Park Agency’s Plan for Boreas Ponds

January 13, 2018

Bill Ingersoll

Expansion, Protection

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News that the Adirondack Park Agency plans to subvert another upcoming wilderness designation at Boreas Ponds with both motorized and mechanized access corridors is not just discouraging, it is frightening.…

Five Reasons Why I’m Hiking from Boreas Ponds to the Adirondack Park Agency

November 12, 2017

Tyler Socash

Protection

On November 15th I will set off on a journey to keep the entire Boreas Ponds Tract wild, remote, and motor-free. With a backpack full of pro-Wilderness letters, I’ll hike…

Paul Schaefer Wilderness Award Acceptance Speech

October 9, 2017

Bill Ingersoll

Expansion, Protection

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On behalf of Adirondack Wilderness Advocates, it is an honor to be presented with the Paul Schaefer Wilderness Award. We are thrilled that our efforts in the Boreas Ponds classification…

We Need to Take a Long View

December 24, 2016

Craig McGowan

Expansion, Protection

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My first real wilderness experience in the Adirondacks came in 1969 when a group of us climbed Mt. Marcy on a summer weekend. Back then we saw perhaps one or…

Coming to Understand the Boreas Ponds Debate

December 23, 2016

Andy Testo

Expansion, Protection

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It has taken me many moons to develop my thoughts on the Boreas Ponds Tract, a large parcel of land within the Adirondack Park that was recently purchased by New…

A Call to Action – If Not You, Who?!?

December 22, 2016

Tyler Socash

Expansion, Protection

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Why are we attracted to the backcountry? Some go there for exercise and recreation. Others go to take pictures and to breathe the fresh air. But I don’t believe our…

AWA Takes an Active Role in High Peaks Visitor Management

Adirondack Explorer – It’s Debatable: No To Permits

Planning for a Wilder Pepperbox

AWA Proposes Adjustments to Wilderness Snowmobile Plan

AWA Conducts its First Board Meeting

2B or Not to Be

Reaction to the Adirondack Park Agency’s Plan for Boreas Ponds

Five Reasons Why I’m Hiking from Boreas Ponds to the Adirondack Park Agency

Paul Schaefer Wilderness Award Acceptance Speech

We Need to Take a Long View

Coming to Understand the Boreas Ponds Debate

A Call to Action – If Not You, Who?!?

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