For Immediate Release: July 11, 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 extending the public comment period on Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan (APSLMP) compliance for the Blue Ridge Wilderness/Wakely Mountain Primitive 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 12:00 PM on August 2, 2006.
The 47,177-acre Blue Ridge Wilderness and the 235-acre Wakely Mountain Primitive Area are located near the center of the Adirondack Park, in Hamilton County, near the hamlets of Raquette Lake, Blue Mountain Lake, and Indian Lake. The Blue Ridge Wilderness lies within the Towns of Arietta (16,612 acres), Long Lake (1,431 acres), Indian Lake (22,296 acres), and Lake Pleasant (6,838 acres).
Copies of the plan are available for download from the Adirondack Park Agency website at http://www.apa.state.ny.us/State_Land/index.html
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 may consider compliance of DEC’s Unit Management Plan with the State Land Master Plan at the August 10 and 11 Agency meeting. Any written comments received by 12:00 PM on August 2, 2006 will become part of the public record. Written comments received after 12:00 PM on August 2, 2006, will be provided to board members on meeting day but will not be part of the official record.