A Journey to Boreas Ponds
Our increasingly developed world is distancing us from nature, from our roots. Boreas Ponds offers us a chance to rekindle that relationship.
Five Reasons Why I’m Hiking from Boreas Ponds to the Adirondack Park Agency
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 continuously from Blue Ridge Road to Ray Brook, NY.
Advocate To Walk From Boreas Ponds To November APA Meeting With More Than 1,000 Letters Supporting Full Wilderness Classification
Adirondack Wilderness Advocates (AWA) today announced that Tyler Socash, AWA member and activist, will attend the Adirondack Park Agency’s next meeting on November 16th by walking all the way from the Boreas Ponds Tract to the APA’s Ray Brook headquarters.
Reasons Not to Open Boreas Ponds to Motorized Access
There are multiple reasons why anything less than a Wilderness classification would be harmful, including habitat fragmentation, the introduction of invasive species, resource degradation, and loss of the ponds’ intangible qualities of remoteness and solitude.
Paul Schaefer Wilderness Award Acceptance Speech
Bill Ingersoll’s acceptance speech for an award from Adirondack Wild.
Comments show wide public support in favor of Wilderness for Boreas Ponds
A local environmental group’s analysis of public comments submitted to the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) has revealed a high level of public support in favor of a Wilderness classification for the Boreas Ponds Tract.
High Peaks Wilderness Gateway
Consider for a moment of the High Peaks traffic that both Lake Placid and the Keene Valley get. Think of the drive it takes to get to any of those trailheads from outside of the Park. Now imagine a “High Peaks Wilderness Gateway” facility right at Exit 29 on the Northway.
We Need to Take a Long View
My experience in the Adirondacks, starting with that hike in 1969 has shown that we need to take a long view of conservation. What seems like a reasonable path now may yield a very different result in the future.
A Call to Action – If Not You, Who?!?
Immersing oneself in Adirondack wildness is a quintessential spiritual experience. If you won’t advocate for wilderness protection, who will?
Adirondack Love Affair
I did not understand the impact the Adirondacks had on me until 5 years ago, when I was sick of my job working at a 7-11 in Buffalo, I decided to move to the place that I remembered being the happiest in my life.
The Sound of Silence
If you’re looking for a cross-country skiing destination this winter, might I suggest skiing Gulf Brook Road to Boreas Ponds?
The Road to Recovery
The amount of wilderness the world has lost over the last two decades is staggering — 10% in the last 20 years. Today, only 23% of the Earth’s surface is considered a true wilderness. How do we recover?
Coming to Understand the Boreas Ponds Debate
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 York State.
An Unselfish Wilderness Advocate’s View
After attending APA public hearings and reading articles from Access the Adirondacks, I can’t help but question, “Am I the bad guy thinking the Boreas Ponds Tract should be a Full Wilderness area?”
Diminishing Wilderness Protection
Boreas Ponds reflects Wilderness. That is what we are arguing for.
South Pond
I might have abandoned the idea of reaching South Pond had I not caught a glimpse of it through the trees, right at that critical moment of decision.
Economic Benefits of Wilderness
Western counties containing wilderness areas outperform other rural counties, and further that there is a causal relationship between the appeal of wilderness and economic benefit.
Millennials Stand Up For Wilderness
Young Adirondack Park residents are standing up and speaking for Wilderness at APA hearings.
Four Minutes
It will take four minutes for the coffee to steep. A lot can happen in four minutes.
Truth About Age, Ability, Access and Wilderness
We must never forget that every person has the right to experience the grandeur of Adirondack Wilderness, including the Boreas Ponds Tract. There are a variety of ways to make that more possible without compromising Wilderness protection.