AWA Takes an Active Role in High Peaks Visitor Management
AWA is one of only three environmental advocacy organizations named to the High Peaks Strategic Planning Advisory Group (HPAG), which was formed in November.
Cathead Mountain: Where Public Safety and Wilderness Meet
Public safety and wilderness meet at Cathead Mountain.
Adirondack Explorer – It’s Debatable: No To Permits
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.
A Brief History of the Pepperbox Wilderness
Like any other portion of the Forest Preserve, there is a human story hidden in the second-growth forest, and in the odd place names that lie scattered across the map.
AWA Proposes Adjustments to Wilderness Snowmobile Plan
The proposed trail, called the Seventh Lake Mountain – Sargent Ponds Trail, is just one part of a longer “community connector” trail linking the Moose River Plains network with the hamlet of Long Lake in northern Hamilton County, eliminating the need to cross Raquette Lake.
AWA Conducts its First Board Meeting
We were a small group of just seven people, and we gathered with no publicity or fanfare; but it was a momentous event, because it represented the first regular meeting of the new board of directors for our organization.
On Russell M.L. Carson and Peaks and People of the Adirondacks
Excerpts from the essay, ““On Russell M.L. Carson and Peaks and People of the Adirondacks,” published in Wander-Thrush: Lyric Essays of the Adirondacks (Ra Press, 2018) and written by David Crews.
Wilderness Advocates Express Concern over Black River Plan in Adirondacks
Adirondack Wilderness Advocates (AWA) is stating that the plan for new trails and parking facilities likely does not conform with State Land Master Plan guidance, and that more information must be provided to the public before the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) can approve the proposals.
Reaction to the Adirondack Park Agency’s Plan for Boreas Ponds
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.
A Snowy Boreas Tea Party
Let’s talk Boreas Ponds. If you’re to learn from history, I implore you: act, don’t wait.
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.