For Immediate Release: May 26, 2022
Contact:
Keith P. McKeever | Public Information Officer | Adirondack Park Agency
contact@apa.ny.gov | (518) 891-4050
RAY BROOK, NY - As part of the ongoing public comment period regarding the interpretation of the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan’s Wild Forest Basic Guideline No. 4 – no material increase of road mileage on lands classified as Wild Forest, the Adirondack Park Agency in coordination with the Department of Environmental Conservation, will hold a virtual public informational meeting and an in person meeting.
The virtual public meeting will be held on June 2, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. To access the virtual meeting the public is asked to please pre-register using the following link – tinyurl.com/APA-NMI-info. To dial in to meeting please call 518-549-0500 and use Access Code: 2347 466 3096. For those who would like to make an oral comment please email your name and phone number you will be calling in from to: keith.mckeever@apa.ny.gov
The in person public meeting will be held on June 7, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. at the Agency’s Headquarters located in the New York State Office Complex on NYS 86 in Ray Brook, NY.
APA and DEC staff will provide an overview presentation of Wild Forest Basic Guideline No. 4 and related materials. After the presentation the public will have the opportunity to offer oral comments, which will be captured as a part of the official record.
The Agency will continue to accept written public comments until July 12, 2022. All public comments will be shared with the Department of Environmental Conservation, who the Agency works in consultation with on Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan implementation.
To review all materials presented to the Agency Board by Agency and Department staff please visit: Adirondack Park Agency State Land Monthly Mailing (ny.gov)
(https://www.apa.ny.gov/Mailing/2022/05/stateLand.htm)
To view the staff presentation to the Agency State Land Committee please visit:
Adirondack Park Agency Live and Archived Media (granicus.com) http://nysapa.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2
Please address all written comments to:
Megan Phillips, Deputy Director for Planning
Adirondack Park Agency
P.O. Box 99
Ray Brook, NY 12977
Phone: (518) 891-4050
Email: SLMP_UMP_Comments@apa.ny.gov
SLMP_UMP_Comments@apa.ny.gov
All comments must be received by July 12, 2022.