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acerbone@adirondackdailyenterprise.com New York’s top court ruled on Tuesday that the state violated its own constitution by cutting trees for snowmobile trails in the Adirondacks. This case also defined what the word “timber” means in the “forever wild” clause of the state constitution, expanding it to include trees under 3 inches in diameter. While the ruling says too many trees were cut for these trails, it leaves vague how much will be too much cutting for future trail work. Th...

New York’s top court ruled on Tuesday that the state violated its own constitution by cutting trees for snowmobile trails in the Adirondacks. This case al

New York cannot cut down thousands of trees for a 27-mile snowmobile trail in the Adirondack Park without voters approving an amendment to the state...

State’s highest court blocks Adirondack snowmobile trails | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS ALBANY – In a landmark ruling, the state’s highest court on Tuesday decided that the timber-clearing needed for wide “connector” snowmobile trails in the Adirondack Park violates the state constitution’s “forever wild” clause in the Forest Preserve and must stop. The 4-2 ruling by the Court of Appeals is the end of an eight-year court fight brought by environmental group Protect the Adirondac...

Six New Rare Diseases Identified by Exome-Genome Data Mining Project May 5, 2021 A new study has found six novel gene-disease associations for a wide range of genetic disorders and confirmed 31 additional candidate genes. The findings are a result of in-depth analyses using Centogene’s rare disease Bio/Databank, after standard genetic testing was unable to determine the exact cause of patients’ symptoms. Based on these results, over 90 patients finally received a diagnosis, and many others ...

lans for multi-use connector trails through preserved land (Image courtesy of New York’s Adirondack Park Agency via Courthouse News) ALBANY, N.Y. (CN) — New York’s highest court zapped an effort to build snowmobile routes through the Adirondacks, finding Tuesday in a 3-2 decision that the plans would violate the “forever wild” provision of the state constitution.  Writing for the Court of Appeals majority Tuesday, Associate Judge Jenny Rivera touted the law as maintaining a “publi...

Adirondack snowmobile trail stopped cold by New York court MICHAEL HILL, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2020, waterfront buildings are surrounded by a forest of changing colors in New Yorks Adirondack Park. New York cannot cut down thousands of trees for a 27-mile (43-kilometer) snowmobile trail in the Adirondack Park without voters approving an amendment to the state constitution, the states top court ruled Tuesday, May 4, 2021.Robert F. Bukaty/AP ALBANY, N.Y. ...

“We feel vindicated and we are proud that we were able to step up and protect the people’s land.” In the four to two ruling, the NYS Court of Appeals said that the state’s constitution and legal precedents are clear. If the DEC wants to cut thousands of trees to build a trail system, the state would first need to pass a constitutional amendment.  A Class II connector trail under construction in the Adirondacks. Photo courtesy of Protect the AdirondacksBauer said the ruling is good news...

View Comments After an eight-year legal battle, a decision this week halted the states plans for hundreds of miles of snowmobile trails that would have permanently altered the landscape within the Adirondack Park. In a 4-2 decision released Tuesday, the New York State Court of Appeals deemed the state Department of Environmental Conservations plan to cut and remove thousands of trees, grade and level forest terrain, and remove rocks and other natural components to create hundreds of miles o...

Starting on Friday, April 9 and running for four consecutive Fridays in April, Abolition Apostles national jail and prison ministry will host Abolition 2021, a virtual concert benefit to support families of people incarcerated at Louisiana State Penitentiary, otherwise known as Angola. Produced by musicians Jolie Holland and Johanna Samuels and Peter Bauer, the benefit will launch Abolition Apostles’ fundraising campaign to open a hospitality house to accommodate friends and family visiting l...