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RCPA
Position Statements
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2007 Position Statements
Position
Statement Number 2007-1
RCPA Position on the Draft Lake George
Wild Forest Unit Management Plan
(click
here to download PS-2007-1.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2007-2
RCPA Position on the Draft Wilcox Lake
Wild Forest Unit Management Plan
(click
here to download PS-2007-2.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2007-3
RCPA Supports Reform of the New York State Bottle Bill
(click
here to download PS-2007-3.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2007-4
RCPA Supports State Legislation to Set
a 10 Hp Motorboat Limit on Lake Colby
(click
here to download PS-2007-4.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2007-5
RCPA Supports Constitutional Amendment to Authorize
Construction and Development of a Hydro-Electricity
Generation Facility on the Indian Lake Dam
(click
here to download PS-2007-5.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2007-6
RCPA Opposes RPM’S@Glen Creek Commercial ATV/Motor
Vehicle Park and Campground
(click
here to download PS-2007-6.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2007-7
Support for Community Broadband Network
(click
here to download PS-2007-7.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2007-8
Position on the Permanent Protection of Lands
Formerly Owned by Finch, Pruyn and Company
(click
here to download PS-2007-8.pdf)
2006 Position Statements
Position
Statement Number 2006-1
RCPA
Position on Gore Mountain Intensive Use Area 2005 Amendments to the 2002
Unit Management Plan
(click
here to download PS-2006-1.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2006-2
RCPA
Position on Draft Blue Ridge Wilderness Area and Wakely Mountain Primitive
Area UMP
(click
here to download PS-2006-2.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2006-3
RCPA
Position on the New York State Department of Transportation’s draft
Transportation Strategies for a New Age; New York’s Transportation
Plan for 2030
(click
here to download PS-2006-3.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2006-4
RCPA
Position on Herbicide Use in the Management of Terrestrial Invasive Plant
Species on the Forest Preserve
(click
here to download PS-2006-4.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2006-5
RCPA
Position on Open Space Protection and Wetland Restoration of the West
Brook Wetland in the Village of Lake George
(click
here to download PS-2006-5.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2006-6
RCPA
Position Statement on the Final Draft St. Regis Canoe Area Unit Management
Plan Submitted to the APA
(click
here to download PS-2006-6.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2006-7
RCPA
Position Statement on the Draft Moose River Plains Wild Forest Unit Management
Plan
(click
here to download PS-2006-7.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2006-8
RCPA
Position Statement on the Need for Public to Secure Jurisdictional Determination
from Adirondack Park Agency Prior to Receipt of a Local Building Permit
(click
here to download PS-2006-8.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2006-9
RCPA
Position Statement on the Need for Public Notice of all Temporary Revocable
Permits Issued by the Department of Environmental Conservation that Authorize
Tree Cutting on the Constitutionally Protected Forest Preserve (click
here to download PS-2006-9.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2006-10
RCPA
Position Statement on the Need for Improved, Public Review of Gore Mountain/Town
of Johnsburg/FrontStreet Development Corporatioon Combined Projects in
the Town of Johnsburg (click
here to download PS-2006-10.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2006-11
RCPA
Public Comments on the Draft White Hill Wild Forest Unit Management Plan (click
here to download PS-2006-11.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2006-12
RCPA Position on the Draft Watson’s East Triangle Wild Forest Unit Management Plan (click
here to download PS-2006-12.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2006-13
RCPA Position on the Draft Raquette Boreal Area Unit Management Plan (click
here to download PS-2006-13.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2006-14
RCPA Opposes Major Parts of the Snowmobile Plan for the Adirondack Park (click
here to download PS-2006-14.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2006-15
RCPA Position on the Draft Ferris Lake
Wild Forest Unit Management Plan (click
here to download PS-2006-15.pdf)
2005 Position Statements
Position
Statement Number 2005-1
RCPA Position
Statement on the Draft Split Rock Mountain Wild Forest Unit Management
Plan
(click
here to download PS-2005-1.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2005-2
RCPA Position
Statement on Saratoga County’s Mountaintop Emergency Communications
Towers Project
(click
here to download PS-2005-2.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2005-3
RCPA
Supports Forest Preserve Roads Policy Issued by NYS Department of Environmental
Conservation
(click
here to download PS-2005-3.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2005-4
RCPA
Position on ATV Policy for Public ATV Access to Recreational Programs
on the Forest Preserve, Reforestation,
Multiple Use, Unique Wildlife Management Areas, Environmental Education
Centers and Conservation Easement Lands
issued by NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
(click
here to download PS-2005-4.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2005-5
RCPA
Position on Proposal by Nextel to Build 104 – 114 Foot Fake Tree
near Pilot Knob to Disguise a Telecommunication Towers
(click
here to download PS-2005-5.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2005-6
RCPA
Position on 2005 State Land Classification Proposals
(click
here to download PS-2005-6.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2005-7
RCPA Position on DEC Proposed Wild Forest Management Principles
(click here to download PS-2005-7.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2005-8
RCPA
Position on the Draft Shaker Mountain Wild Forest Unit Management Plan
(click
here to download PS-2005-8.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2005-9
RCPA
Concerns about the Proposed Development of the Big Tupper Mountain Ski
Area by the Adirondack Club & Resort, LLC
(click
here to download PS-2005-9.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2005-10
RCPA
Support for the Northeast Regional Development Commission
(click
here to download PS-2005-10.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2005-11
Position
on New York State Invasive Species Task Force Draft Final Report
(click
here to download PS-2005-11.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2005-12
Position
on Draft Silver Lake Wilderness Area UMP
(click
here to download PS-2005-12.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2005-13
Position
on Draft NYS Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy
(click
here to download PS-2005-13.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2005-14
Position
on Organized, Competitive Events in Wilderness Areas
(click
here to download PS-2005-14.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2005-15
Position
on RCPA Position Statement on Proposed Reforms of APA Act for 2006 by
the APA Leadership and Governor Pataki
(click
here to download PS-2005-15.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2005-16
Position
Statement on the 2005 NYS Open Space Conservation
Plan
(click
here to download PS-2005-16.pdf)
2004 Position Statements
Position
Statement Number 2004-1
RCPA Position on Draft Comprehensive Snowmobile Plan for the Adirondack
Park/Draft GEIS
(click here to download RCPA2004-1.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2004-2
RCPA Position Agenda for the 2004 NYS Legislative Session
(click here to download RCPA2004-2.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2004-3
Position Statement on the Draft Revised Siamese Ponds Wilderness Area
Unit Management Plan
(click here to
download RCPA2004-3.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2004-4
RCPA Position on Proposed New Rules for Mercury Pollution Reduction Proposed
by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
(click here to
download RCPA2004-4.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2004-5
RCPA Position on Whiteface Mountain Ski Area UMP
(click here to
download RCPA2004-5.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2004-6
RCPA
Position on Announced Purchase by the State of New York of a 257,000-acre
Conservation Easement from International Paper Company
(click here to
download RCPA2004-6.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2004-7
RCPA Position on Proposed Constitutional Amendment for Well Drilling on
the Forest Preserve
(click here to
download RCPA2004-7.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2004-8
Position Statement on the Draft Vanderwhacker Wild Forest Unit Management
Plan
(click here to
download RCPA2004-8.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2004-9
Position Statement on the Future of Firetowers in the Adirondack Park
(click here to
download RCPA2004-9.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2004-10
Position Statement on Opposition to the Proposal by the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service to Delist the Eastern Distinct Population Segment of
the Gray Wolf
(click here to
download RCPA2004-10.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2004-11
Position Statement in Support of the Creation of the Hurricane Mountain
Wilderness Area
(click here to
download RCPA2004-11.pdf)
2003 Position Statements
Position
Statement Number 2003-1
RCPA Position on Proposed Environmental Protection Agency New Rules Governing
Implementation of “New Source Review”
(click here to download RCPA2003-1.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2003-2
RCPA Position on Proposed 2003-04 Environmental Protection Fund (EPF)
Allocations
(click here to download RCPA2003-2.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2003-3
RCPA Position on Revisions to New York’s Bottle Bill
(click here to download RCPA2003-3.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2003-4
RCPA Position on State Purchase of a Conservation Easement over the Domtar/Sable
Highlands Tract
(click here to download RCPA2003-4.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2003-5
RCPA Position on Proposed Development of the Marion River Carry
(click here to download RCPA2003-5.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2003-6
RCPA Supports State Purchase of Tahawus Tract
(click here to download RCPA2003-6.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2003-7
RCPA Supports a Ban of Personal Watercraft (PWCs) on Lake George
(click here to download RCPA2003-7.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2003-8
RCPA Comments on Draft Wilmington Wild Forest Area Unit Management Plan
(click here to download RCPA2003-8.pdf)
Position
Statement Number 2003-9
RCPA Calls for Constitutional Amendment to Resolve Raquette Lake Public
Water Supply and Contested Lands Issue
(click here to download RCPA2003-9.pdf)
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