The fallout of a resolution opposing the fee acquisition of nearly 75,000 acres of land near Tupper Lake and in the southern Adirondacks continues, with one area lawmaker blasting an environmental group’s supposed “elitism.”
Earlier this year, the Adirondack Local Government Review Board unanimously adopted a resolution opposing the state’s impending purchase of former Finch Pruyn lands and acreage near Follensby Pond.
The resolution prompted outcry from one of the region’s largest environmental groups, the Adirondack Council. The group’s executive director, Brian Houseal, said the review board resolution was out of line, alleging the taxpayer-funded organization stepped outside its mandate under the state Adirondack Park Agency Act.
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