For Immediate Release: February 13, 2025
Contact:
Keith P. McKeever | keith.mckeever@apa.ny.gov
Public Information Officer | Adirondack Park Agency | Press Office | (518) 891-4050
Board Hosts Town of Waverly Community Spotlight, Hears Presentations on 2024 Annual Report, ProcellaCOR, and Deep Water Marsh Surveys
RAY BROOK, NY – At the February 2025 Agency meeting, the Adirondack Park Agency Board hosted a Community Spotlight with the Town of Waverly and heard informational presentations on the Agency’s 2024 Annual Report, the results of recent ProcellaCOR projects, and last summer’s deep water marsh surveys.
First, APA Executive Director Barbara Rice provided a presentation on the Agency’s 2024 annual report. The report explored three areas in which the Agency enhanced its work—science, public engagement, and community outreach—and utilized statistics, graphs and charts to provide a comprehensive picture of the work done over the past year. The annual report can be viewed online.
Then, the board heard a Community Spotlight presentation about the Town of Waverly from Supervisor Ernest Witkowski and Town Historian Cory Haynes. Located along the western edge of Franklin County, the Town of Waverly is home to the St. Regis River and the Village of St. Regis Falls, which has a history of natural resource extraction, sawmill operations, wood product manufacturing and tourism. The presentation can be viewed online.
Finally, the board heard two informational presentations from Resource Analysis and Scientific Services staff. The first covering post-treatment reports for eight Agency-permitted herbicide treatments to control Eurasian watermilfoil in 2024. As a part of this, staff provided an evaluation of each applicant’s stated treatment goals, and whether the treatments were successful by those metrics. The presentation ended with a discussion of each applicant’s anticipated next steps in ongoing management efforts. The presentation can be viewed online.
The second presentation was 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 discussed how this work provided essential data for the Agency to guide land use planning, monitor ecological changes, and enhance wetland conservation efforts. The presentation can be viewed online.
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.