Description
The Adirondack Council designs and implements strategies that abate or eliminate threats to the Adirondack Park.
Educate :educating the public and policy makers to build support for Park protection · Steady media presence on local, regional, state and national levels · Publications on environmental and conservation issues affecting the Adirondack Park
Advocate:focusing on the biggest threats to the ecology and wild character of the Park Urging rules, regulations, policies, legislation, funding and programs to: · reduce air pollution · prevent the fragmentation and development of large blocks of working forest lands · restore and protect water quality · protect public land from over use and abuse · protect private land from inappropriate development
Monitor:scrutinizing policies to ensure the Park's protection and appropriate uses · takes a stand on all actions that could compromise the integrity of the "forever wild clause" · evaluates information · negotiates compromises through solutions-oriented dialogue · proposes solutions · offers expertise and fact-based knowledge
Take Legal Action:upholding the constitutional protections and agency regulations and policies established to protect the Adirondack Park · adjudicatory hearings
· lawsuits
