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<title>Ft. Drum debuts buffer program</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 26, 2009) As Fort Drum continues to grow, it&apos;s using more and more of its sprawling military reservation for live-fire training.  That can be a problem for civilian neighbors just outside Drum&apos;s boundaries.  So the military is buying easements on land just off Fort Drum to prevent people from building more houses or businesses there.  It&apos;s called the Army Compatible Use Buffer program, (ACUB).  The land will be managed by the Tug Hill Tomorrow Land Trust.  Fort Drum&apos;s announcing the signing of its first three easements in Philadelphia and LeRay in Jefferson County at a ceremony tomorrow.  David Sommerstein spoke with Betty Jones, Fort Drum&apos;s community planner, about the land deals. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/13607/20090526/ft-drum-debuts-buffer-program">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>State proposes cap on Adk property tax payments, sparking outrage</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Dec 22, 2008) For the first time since the 1800s, the state of New York wants to cap property tax payments on forest preserve land in the Adirondack Park.  The proposal would cost school districts and local governments in the North Country millions of dollars a year.  It was unveiled last week as part of Governor David Paterson’s controversial budget-cutting package.  As Brian Mann reports, the property-tax measure is sparking outrage from groups across the political spectrum. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/12659/20081222/state-proposes-cap-on-adk-property-tax-payments-sparking-outrage">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Big Adirondack land deals crash into NY economic crisis</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Dec 2, 2008) As New York’s fiscal crisis deepens, much of the debate in Albany has focused on schools and healthcare.  But Governor David Paterson has also proposed using part of the Environmental Protection Fund, or EPF, to help close the budget gap. In the past, that money has been used to finance big conservation deals in the Adirondacks.  Green groups want the state to buy tens of thousands of acres of forestland and add it to the Park&apos;s forest preserve.  But as Brian Mann reports, a growing number of critics say land purchases should wait until New York&apos;s economy recovers. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/12541/20081202/big-adirondack-land-deals-crash-into-ny-economic-crisis">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>In-depth: Finch, Pruyn deal affects communities, industry</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jan 8, 2008) The agreement last year that will preserve 161,000 acres of Finch Pruyn Paper company land is so large that it&apos;s reshaping the debate over conservation and economic development in the Adirondacks. The Adirondack Nature Conservancy engineered the $110 million purchase. Over the next four months, the green group will produce a management plan for the huge tract, which spreads over six counties and dozens of towns. The conservancy hopes to quickly sell much of the land and conservation easements to the state, at a price tag that could top $50 million. Other parcels will be sold for private development or to timber management companies. Brian Mann spoke at length about the project with the Adirondack Nature Conservancy&apos;s executive director, Mike Carr. Carr says there won&apos;t be a public process for the Finch, Pruyn project—no public hearings or formal comment period. But the Nature Conservancy is reaching out to as many local residents and officials as possible before next spring. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/10586/20080108/in-depth-finch-pruyn-deal-affects-communities-industry">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Nature Conservancy sells 15,500 acres in Adirondacks</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Sep 21, 2007) The Nature Conservancy is selling more than fifteen thousand acres of land in the central Adirondacks.  The $1.8 million deal involves five lakes and ponds and a half-dozen small mountains in the towns of Long Lake and Webb.  As Brian Mann reports, the Nature Conservancy says the property will still be protected from further development.NOTE:  Story corrected at 11:50 am. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/10026/20070921/nature-conservancy-sells-15-500-acres-in-adirondacks">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Land deals reshape Adirondack Park &amp; debate</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Aug 15, 2007) Over the last decade, pro-environment groups and state officials have blocked development on more than 700,000 acres of privately-owned timberland in the Adirondack Park.  In a remarkably short time, the Champion, IP, Domtar, and Finch-Pruyn deals, along with dozens of smaller transactions, have changed the Park&apos;s environmental and economic landscape.  In the coming months, North Country Public Radio will air an occasional series looking at how these easements are affecting Adirondack communities, ecosystems, and the political debate over the Park&apos;s future.  To open the conversation, Brian Mann spoke with Phil Brown, the managing editor of the Adirondack Explorer, at the magazine&apos;s office in Saranac Lake.  They began by talking about the recent deal between Finch-Pruyn and the Adirondack Nature Conservancy. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/9793/20070815/land-deals-reshape-adirondack-park-amp-debate">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Ft. Drum explores training buffer</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Oct 31, 2006) The construction boom around Fort Drum has military planners worried about keeping open space for the base itself.  Earlier this month, Army officials met with agriculture and conservation groups, like the Farm Bureau, Ducks Unlimited and the Nature Conservancy, as well as the DEC, about buying development easements around the Fort Drum reservation.  The program could include hundreds of acres in Jefferson, St. Lawrence, and Lewis counties.  David Cutter is Fort Drum’s community planner.  He told David Sommerstein the protected land would create a buffer between training activities and the base’s neighbors. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/8216/20061031/ft-drum-explores-training-buffer">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>IP Land Deal Stuck in Local Feud, Global Restructuring</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jul 21, 2005) A historic deal to block development on more than a quarter-million acres of International Paper land in the Adirondacks remains in limbo.  The conservation plan endorsed by Governor Pataki is caught up in a feud with local governments.  It has also being complicated by IP’s plan, announced this week, to sell off millions of acres of timberland worldwide.  Brian Mann has details. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/5930/20050721/ip-land-deal-stuck-in-local-feud-global-restructuring">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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