Skip Navigation
Give Now NCPR relies on
Your Donations
r e g i o n a l   n e w s

Regional Headlines:

Story Begins

Legislators Urge APA to designate Lows Lake as wilderness

Low's Lake from Grass Pond Mountain, looking southwest. Source: Wikipedia
Low's Lake from Grass Pond Mountain, looking southwest. Source: Wikipedia
(01/25/12) St. Lawrence County legislators are urging the Adirondack Park Agency to fight a recent court decision that designates the water and bed of Lows Lake as wilderness. That's according to the Watertown Daily Times.

Download audio | (0) Comments |
apa · environment · hamilton county · lows lake · politics · st lawrence county · stlv · wildernessloc:44.1059160 -74.6768368]

The wilderness designation is the park’s most restrictive category, and prohibits the use of motorized vehicles.
Critics of the court ruling fear that it could force state officials to treat other water bodies in the Adirondacks as wilderness, including popular waterways like the Raquette River.

Legislator Scott Sutherland tells the newspaper that the classification was set by a midlevel judge, and the APA doesn’t agree with it and already plans to appeal it. Sutherland says St. Lawrence County legislators are just asking the APA to quote, "vigorously appeal it."

Lows Lake is a man-made lake, created by the construction of two concrete dams. It’s in the towns of Colton and Clifton in St. Lawrence County and the town of Long Lake in Hamilton County.

Story Ends

Adirondack News Fund Founding Supporters: Paul Smith's College, The College of the Adirondacks · Wildlife Conservation Society · Adirondack Medical Center Foundation · Adirondack Museum · Niagara Mohawk Foundation · Schumann Foundation · John A. Sellon Charitable Trust · several anonymous individual donors