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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 “publicly owned wilderness of incomparable beauty” for more than a century.  The ruling slams the door ...

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 York's 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 state's top court ruled Tuesday, May 4, 2021.Robert F. Bukaty/AP ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York cannot cut down thousands of trees for a 27-mile (43-kilometer) snowmobile trail...

“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 for every forest in the park. “Those trees are better protected today than they were yesterday. ...

View Comments After an eight-year legal battle, a decision this week halted the state's 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 Conservation's 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 of snowmobile paths that are nine to 12 feet wide an unconstitutional action.  "We conclude that ...

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 loved ones incarcerated at Angola. Featuring more than seventy artists, including Old Crow Medicine S...