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    LETTERS

    Nov 01, 2018 4 minutes

    APA still deserves a nod

    Thanks to Mike Virtanen for his in-depth coverage of conservation easements in the Adirondack Park (Sept./Oct. 2018). As reported, an impressive total of 781,000 acres are now protected by state-owned easements. This land stays in private ownership, most of it is managed on a sustainable basis for timber production, and almost none of it can be subdivided and developed.

    I would, however, question Mike’s following assertion: “Between the easement lands and the forever-wild Forest Preserve, which contains 2.6 million acres, more than half of the Park is now protected in some fashion.” That is, 46 percent of the Park is state-owned Forest

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