For Immediate Release: April 26, 2006
Contact:
Keith P. McKeever | Public Relations | Adirondack Park Agency
contact@apa.ny.gov | (518) 891-4050
RAY BROOK, NY – State Land Master Plan – Public Comment Period Reminder.
The Adirondack Park Agency is accepting public comments on Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan (APSLMP) compliance for the Saint Regis Canoe Area 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 May 3, 2006.
The Saint Regis Canoe Area (SRCA) is the only unit of New York State land designated as a Canoe Area by the State Land Master Plan. The SLMP definition for Canoe Area is an area where the watercourses or the number and proximity of lakes and ponds make possible a remote and unconfined type of water-oriented recreation in an essentially wilderness setting.
The SRCA, a contiguous block of forested State land that covers 18,400 acres, is located in southern Franklin County. The majority of the unit is within the town of Santa Clara with small sections in the towns of Harrietstown and Brighton. The SRCA is approximately nine miles northwest of the Village of Saranac Lake and nine miles northeast from the Village of Tupper Lake.
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 is scheduled to consider compliance of DEC’s Unit Management Plan with the State Land Master Plan at the May 11 and 12 Agency meeting. Any written comments received by May 3 will become part of the public record. Written comments received after May 3, will be provided to board members on meeting day but will not be part of the official record.