For Immediate Release: August 15, 2025
Contact:
Keith P. McKeever | Public Information Officer | Adirondack Park Agency
contact@apa.ny.gov | (518) 891-4050
Public Comment Period Open Through September 15, 2025
RAY BROOK, NY – The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) are holding a joint public comment period to solicit comments for a public draft of the 2025 Lincoln Pond Campground Unit Management Plan (UMP). More details about the proposed management actions are provided below.
DEC will consider public comments on the management activity as it finalizes the draft amendment. Concurrently, the APA will accept public comment on the proposal’s conformance to the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan. All comments will be accepted through September 15, 2025.
Lincoln Pond Campground is classified by the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan as an Intensive Use Campground and Day-Use Area and is managed by DEC as such with an emphasis on the area’s rustic and natural value. It is located on Lincoln Pond Road in the Town of New Russia, Essex County. The public is invited to submit input on a draft unit management plan for the maintenance and modernization of facilities at the campground, including the following management actions:
• Construct a 6-unit shower building
• Construct a recycling building
• Pave the main parking lot adjacent to the day-use area and 1.0 miles of road
• Construct a new restroom
• Replace the existing water system
• Rehabilitate the existing sewage system
• Replace the trailer dump station
• Tree and shrub plantings at specific sites
• Construct a boat wash
The draft amendment is posted on the DEC’s website and on the NYS APA’s website. Copies of the draft amendments may also be obtained by calling (518) 457-6252.
DEC will accept comments on the proposed management actions through September 15, 2025. Public comments can be submitted by mail or email to:
Oliver Miller, EPS1 (NR)
DEC Bureau of Planning and Facilities Management
625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12233-5253
Phone: (518) 457-6252
Email: dec.sm.OpsPlanning@dec.ny.gov
The APA will accept public comments on the proposed draft amendment’s conformance to the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan through September 15, 2025. Please address all written comments related to the proposed UMP’s conformance to the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan to:
Megan Phillips, Deputy Director for Planning
Adirondack Park Agency
P.O. Box 99, Ray Brook, NY 12977
Phone: (518) 891-4050
Email: SLMP_UMP_Comments@apa.ny.gov
The APA Act and the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan direct the DEC to develop Unit Management Plans in consultation with the Adirondack Park Agency for each unit of classified State land in the Adirondack Park. UMPs integrate the guidelines and criteria of the Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan, related legislation, and resource and visitor use information into a single document.
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.