For Immediate Release: January 25, 2006
Contact:
Keith P. McKeever | Public Relations | Adirondack Park Agency
contact@apa.ny.gov | (518) 891-4050
RAY BROOK, NY – The Adirondack Park Agency is accepting public comments on Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan (APSLMP) compliance for the Northampton Beach Public Campground unit management plan (UMP). A final draft plan was recently completed by the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and was subject to a series of public meetings and public input during the planning process. The Adirondack Park Agency will now consider compliance of the final draft plan with the State Land Master Plan prior to final adoption by DEC. The Agency will accept public comments on the proposals contained in the draft plan until February 1, 2006.
Northampton Beach Public Campground is located twenty miles north of Amsterdam in the town of Northampton, Fulton County. It lies on the northwest corner of the 42.3 square mile Great Sacandaga Lake, ten miles inside the southern boundary of the Adirondack Park. It is a state facility operated by DEC, has the seventh most campsites (224), sixth most camper days (57,407 in 2004) and sixteenth highest season average occupancy rate (77%).
The plan addresses sanitary improvements, building modernizations, accessibility improvements for persons with disabilities, shoreline stabilization and construction of facility for popular educational programs. The number of campsites and the size of the day use area will not change.
Please address all written comments pertaining to State Land Master Plan compliance to: Richard Weber, Supervisor Regional Planning Planning Division, Adirondack Park Agency P.O. Box 99 Ray Brook, NY 12977
The Adirondack Park Agency Board will consider compliance of DEC’s Unit Management Plan with the State Land Master Plan at the February 9 and 10 Agency meeting. Any written comments received by February 1 will become part of the public record.