For Immediate Release: January 30, 2025
Contact:
Keith P. McKeever | keith.mckeever@apa.ny.gov
Public Information Officer | Adirondack Park Agency | Press Office | (518) 891-4050
RAY BROOK, NY – The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday, February 13th, 2025. The meeting will be held at the Agency’s headquarters in Ray Brook, NY. The public is welcome to attend in person or remotely.
Public comment will be available to members of the public who attend the Agency meeting in person as well as those who participate remotely. If you would like the opportunity to make a public comment remotely, please email your name and the phone number used to call into the Board Meeting to AgencyMeeting.PublicComment@apa.ny.gov. Those who sign up for public comment will be limited to three minutes each. Public comment will not be accepted on any agenda items that are before the Board.
On Thursday at 9:30 a.m., the Full Agency will convene for Executive Director Barbara Rice’s monthly report, public comment, and other procedural actions. This will include a presentation by Executive Director Rice outlining the Agency’s 2024 annual report followed by a Community Spotlight presentation about the Town of Waverly by Supervisor Ernest Witkowski.
At 10:45 a.m., the Park Ecology committee will hear two informational presentations. The first will be from APA staff covering post-treatment reports for eight Agency-permitted herbicide treatments to control Eurasian watermilfoil in 2024. As a part of this, staff will provide an evaluation of each applicant’s stated treatment goals, and whether the treatments were successful by those metrics. The presentation will end with a discussion of each applicant’s anticipated next steps in ongoing management efforts.
The second presentation will be by summer 2024 intern Lydia Harvey about her work to map deep water marshes in six Adirondack Park lakes, which she conducted as a part of her internship. Harvey will discuss how this work provided essential data for the Agency to guide land use planning, monitor ecological changes, and enhance wetland conservation efforts.
At 12:30 p.m., the Full Agency will convene to take any necessary actions.
All times are approximate. To review the preliminary agenda, please go to www.apa.ny.gov.
The monthly meeting facility is accessible. Please provide any requests for specific accommodations to Keith P. McKeever at 518-891-4050.
The mission of the Adirondack Park Agency is to protect the public and private resources of the Adirondack Park through the exercise of the powers and duties of the Agency as provided by law.