{"id":13668,"date":"2013-12-13T12:53:35","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T17:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=13668"},"modified":"2013-12-14T10:13:53","modified_gmt":"2013-12-14T15:13:53","slug":"breaking-adirondack-hudson-river-gorge-wilderness-approved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2013\/12\/13\/breaking-adirondack-hudson-river-gorge-wilderness-approved\/","title":{"rendered":"Adirondack Hudson River Gorge Wilderness Approved"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo (R) signing the original Finch, Pruyn purchase in 2012. At left sits Bill Ulfelder, head of the N ature Conservancy in New York.\u00a0 Photo: Brian Mann<\/p><\/div>\n

The largest new wilderness area in a generation was created this morning by a unanimous vote of the Adirondack Park Agency.\u00a0 The Hudson River Gorge Wilderness, at roughly 24,000 acres, will sit adjacent to a large motorless primitive area also established today.<\/p>\n

APA chairwoman Lani Ulrich hailed the vote as historic, and cited unprecedented cooperation between environmentalists, local government leaders, and state officials.<\/p>\n

This approval also marks a significant environmental legacy for Governor Andrew Cuomo’s first term.<\/p>\n

Some environmental groups criticized the fact that the final compromise includes a proposal for a “wild forest” strip through the primitive area, with a bridge across the Cedar River, to accomodate snowmobile traffic between the communities of Indian Lake, Minerva and Newcomb.<\/p>\n

Local government leaders, meanwhile, conceded motorless use on the Essex Chain Lakes, which will now be established as one of the park’s largest “primitive” paddling destinations.<\/p>\n

NCPR will have more on this story Monday during the 8 O’clock Hour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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