Section A
| B-C | D-E | F-G | L | M | N | O-P | R-S | T | V | W |
| 1. | Adirondack Conservation Council | ||
| represents hunting, fishing, trapping and classical conservation interests | |||
| 2. | Adirondack Council | ||
| represents preservationist interests | |||
| 3. | Adirondack Economic Development Corp. | ||
| encourages limited business opportunities in the Adirondacks, manages the Essex and Hamilton Counties IDA’s | |||
| 4. | Adirondack Explorer | ||
| promotes extreme preservation, while using “conservation” and “balance” as its posture | |||
| 5. | Adirondack Fairness Coalition | ||
| represents local small landowners, small business owners, real estate interests, construction interests, local governments and attorneys | |||
| 6. | Adirondack Federation of Sports Clubs | ||
| represents hunting, fishing, trapping and classical conservation interests | |||
| 7. | Adirondack Land Trust | ||
| represents interests in acquiring land for government and acquires land for government, works alongside Adirondack Nature Conservancy | |||
| 8. | Adirondack Landowners’ Association | ||
| represents commercial and second home landowners whose property has been threatened by State acquisition | |||
| 9. | Adirondack League Club | ||
| represents the members/owners of the private 50,000-acre club; defending private waterways in court | |||
| 10. | Adirondack Life magazine | ||
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portrays nature, history and culture of the Adirondacks; contains
selected articles on politics which are skillfully slanted toward
preservationists’ view |
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| 11. | Adirondack Mountain Club | ||
| represents non-hunting open space recreational users and preservationist interests | |||
| 12. | Adirondack Nature Conservancy/Adirondack Land Trust | ||
| local arm of The Nature Conservancy; represents interests in acquiring private land for government and acquires private land for government | |||
| 13. | Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA) | ||
| an agency promoting economic development, similar to a regional chamber of commerce | |||
| 14. | Adirondack Solidarity Alliance/Adirondack Citizens Aid Fund | ||
| represents local small landowners and small businesses, strong private property stance, against more government land acquisition | |||
| 15. | Adirondackers for Access | ||
| represents veterans and other disabled individuals seeking motorized access to State lands | |||
| 16. | Alliance for America | ||
| umbrella group of national and local wise use and private property rights groups, including those in Adirondacks | |||
| 17. | American Land Rights Association | ||
| represents private property owners and inholders nationally, including within Northern Forest Lands, opposes government land acquisition | |||
| 18. | Appalachian Mountain Club (mainly New England) | ||
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represents hiking and preservation interests, member Northern Forest Alliance |
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| 19. | Associated Industries of Vermont | ||
| represents forestry industry interests; opposes more restrictions on forestry, opposes more government land acquisition | |||
| 20. | Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks | ||
| represents traditional preservationist viewpoint | |||
| 21. | Blue Line Confederation | ||
| represents the remnant of a group with a strong property rights stance, including local small landowners, farmers, builders, and sportsmen | |||
| 22. | Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (Societe Pour La Protection des Parcs et des Sites Naturels du Canada) | ||
| wants to connect the Algonquin Provincial Park to the Adirondack Park | |||
| 23. | Cenozoic Society, Inc. (Vermont) | ||
| extreme preservationist group associated with the “Wildlands” program | |||
| 24. | Change NY | ||
| represents taxpayer and conservative interests | |||
| 25. | Citizens Campaign for the Environment | ||
| supports the Adirondack Council position | |||
| 26. | Citizens for Constitutional Government | ||
| supports constitutional positions such as private property rights and taxpayer issues | |||
| 27. | Citizens for Property Rights (Vermont) | ||
| represents taxpayers and property owners’ interests | |||
| 28. | Conservation Fund | ||
| acquires land for preservation, especially greenways, and supports greenway and other preservation efforts | |||
| 29. | Defenders of Wildlife | ||
| represents national preservationist agenda, leads wolf reintroduction campaign | |||
| 30. | Empire State Forest Products Association | ||
| represents all branches of the forest products industry in New York State | |||
| 31. | Environmental Advocates | ||
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(affiliated with Environmental Planning Lobby) parrots interests of the Adirondack Council and the National Audubon Society |
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| 32. | Environmental Planning Lobby (EPL/Environmental Advocates) | ||
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(Affiliated with Environmental Advocates) parrots interests of the Adirondack Council and the National Audubon Society |
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| 33. | Farm Bureau of New York | ||
| Supports private property rights and private land ownership | |||
| 34. | Getting the Word Out, Inc. | ||
| preservationist organization headed by Richard Beamish, Anne LaBastille, and George Davis; publishes the Adirondack Explorer | |||
| 35. | Green Mountain Forest Watch | ||
| files appeals to stop timber harvests in Vermont National Forests | |||
| 36. | Lake George [Basin] Conservancy | ||
| acquires land for preservation and exerts influence to stop use of land it desires to acquire | |||
| 37. | Land Rights Foundation | ||
| publishes the Land Rights Letter, a national newsletter supporting private property rights | |||
| 38. | LandVest | ||
| Timber investment company connected with land trusts, used for Champion International property acquired by TFG/NY State | |||
| 39. | Maine Conservation Rights Institute (MECRI) | ||
| represents private landowners and private conservation but supports government acquisition of conservation easements | |||
| 40. | Maine Freedom Fighters | ||
| advocates common sense for government role in Maine forests, represents private property rights interests | |||
| 41. | Maine Times newspaper | ||
| supports preservation viewpoint | |||
| 42. | Multiple Use Association (New Hampshire) | ||
| promotes open land use policies on government and private land, forest health, and largely opposes government land acquisition | |||
| 43. | National Audubon Society | ||
| advocates severe government regulation and acquisition of private land | |||
| 44. | National Parks and Conservation Association/New York Parks and Conservation Association | ||
| in New York advocates preservation of land and government land acquisition; national organization advocates for national parks and restricted human impact on them | |||
| 45. | National Wildlife Federation | ||
| advocates same position as Adirondack Council, affiliated with Adirondack Council and Environmental Advocates | |||
| 46. | New York Blue Line Council, Inc. | ||
| represents former state officials, business, labor, education, health care, large landowners, forest products industry and tourism | |||
| 47. | New York Forest Owners Association | ||
| dedicated to forest stewardship | |||
| 48. | New York Rivers United | ||
| advocates government land acquisition, represents rafting, canoeing interests, and certain wildlife interests | |||
| 49. | New York State Conservation Council | ||
| represents regional groups of hunters, anglers, trappers and other sportsmen; an umbrella group which includes the Adirondack Conservation Council | |||
| 50. | Northeastern Loggers Association | ||
| represents loggers | |||
| 51. | Northern Appalachian Restoration Project | ||
| advocates extreme preservation | |||
| 52. | Northern Forest Alliance | ||
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alliance of 30-odd national and northern regional preservationist
groups to create vast government wilderness preserves in northern
New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine |
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| 53. | Northern Forest Center | ||
| states that it supports diverse forest economy and culture, but is tied to extreme preservationists and wants more region-wide planning | |||
| 54. | Open Space Institute | ||
| acquires land for preservation and government acquisition | |||
| 55. | Preserve Appalachian Wilderness (PAW) | ||
| advocates direction action to prevent use of development of all forested land (“wilderness”) | |||
| 56. | Property Owners Standing Together (POST) (Vermont) | ||
| opposes excessive restrictions on forestry, private property, and government land acquisition; represents landowners, local forest producers | |||
| 57. | Property Rights Foundation of America, Inc. | ||
| represents variety of private property owners, defends private property rights, opposes government land acquisition | |||
| 58. | Pulp and Paperworker’s Resource Council | ||
| represents labor in timber industry, opposes excessive restrictions on land use and government land acquisition | |||
| 59. | Residents Committee to Protect the Adirondacks | ||
| consistently supports preservation agenda | |||
| 60. | RESTORE: The North Woods | ||
| radical preservationist group affiliated with the Northern Forest Alliance | |||
| 61. | Sierra Club | ||
| supports severe restrictions on land-use, advocated government, land acquisition | |||
| 62. | The Forestland Group | ||
| timberland holding company tied to the land trusts, purchaser of the Champion International Lands | |||
| 63. | The Nature Conservancy | ||
| largest national environmental group; acquires land for preservation, largely for transfer to government | |||
| 64. | Trust for Public Land | ||
| acquires private land for government ownership | |||
| 65. | Vermont Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs, Inc. | ||
| represents sportsmen’s and local landowners’ interests | |||
| 66. | Vermont Forest Products Association | ||
| represents forest industry interests, opposes more restrictions on forestry | |||
| 67. | Vermont Land Trust | ||
| acquires land for government | |||
| 68. | Wild Earth magazine | ||
| advocates “re-wilding” Northern Forest Lands to pure wilderness with natural predators as in “Wildlands” project, with broad government land acquisition | |||
| 69. | Wilderness Society | ||
| advocates more federal wilderness areas; member Northern Forest Alliance | |||
| 70. | Wildlife Conservation Society | ||
| spearheaded Adirondack Communities and conservation program | |||
Section B
| 1. | Adirondack Association of Towns & Villages | ||
| represents local governments | |||
| 2. | Adirondack Park Agency | ||
| regulates private land use in the Adirondack Park | |||
| 3. | Adirondack Park Local Government Review Board | ||
| created by Legislature to monitor the APA and mediate conflicts between APA and applicants and local governments | |||
| 4. | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) | ||
| licenses dams and regulates relicensing | |||
| 5. | Lake Champlain Basin Program | ||
| Federal program to do studies, etc., to induce more government protection of Lake Champlain watershed | |||
| 6. | Lake George Park Commission | ||
| New York State agency which regulates docks, waterfront land-use controls and use of Lake George | |||
| 7. | National Park Service | ||
| administers National Parks, for which Adirondacks were considered; with U.S. Dept. of State handles UNESCO Biosphere Reserves, including Adirondack-Champlain Biosphere Reserve; administers National Natural Landmarks; administers American Heritage Areas with other agencies | |||
| 8. | New York State Department of Environmental Conservation | ||
| regulates public land use in the Adirondacks, regulates wetlands, acquires private land for State ownership, and regulates certain activities on private land | |||
| 9. | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | ||
| regulates wetlands, overlapping with APA and DEC | |||
| 10. | U.S. Man and Biosphere Program (Dept. of State) | ||
| administers UNESCO Champlain-Adirondack Biosphere Reserves and others with NPS; applies to UNESCO for future Biosphere Reserves | |||
Appendix
| A-1. | Adirondack Defense League | ||
| represented small landowners | |||
| A-2. | Central Adirondack Defense Committee | ||
| represented small landowners, small businesses, and builders | |||
| A-3. | Citizens Council/Group of the Adirondacks/Property Rights Council of America | ||
| represented Donald Gerdts, Adirondackers, with stance for home rule and private property rights | |||
| A-4. | Northern Forest Lands Council | ||
| a federal agency that represented preservation and later some industrial forest interests | |||
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