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Support Access to the Boreas Ponds!
Support Access to the Boreas Ponds!
What are you doing Thursday evening February 2nd? If you are anywhere near Schroon Lake you should have an interest in attending a forum being conducted at the Schroon Lake Central School, 1125 U.S. 9, Schroon Lake. Come out and support those who will speak up for public access to the Boreas Ponds!
SCHROON LAKE — Several Adirondack news organizations invite the public to attend a forum on use of the Boreas Ponds tract, the state’s newest addition to the Adirondack Forest Preserve.
The forum will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2 in the auditorium of Schroon Lake Central School, 1125 U.S. 9, Schroon Lake.
The Adirondack Daily Enterprise/Lake Placid News, Sun Community News andthe Adirondack Explorer are inviting representatives from a variety of 
stakeholder groups to take part.
The state Adirondack Park Agency last fall conducted a series of public hearings across the state to solicit public comments for State Land Master Plan classification proposals. Chief among the parcels was the recently acquired Boreas Ponds Tract in the towns of North Hudson and Newcomb, Essex County. The hearings on the 20,543-acre tract drew thousands of comments on how the state agency should classify the former timber lands.
Now that the public comment period has ended, and as the APA weighs the evidence before recommending a land 
classification package to the governor, the forum is the public’s chance to listen to experts weigh in the facts, the issues and what comes next.
This is not a forum for advocacy, as all sides have represented their viewpoints. Rather, it is designed to discuss issues that may not have been fully examined during the contentious debate.
The forum will be jointly moderated by editors from the Enterprise, Sun Community News and the Adirondack Explorer.
Public participation is encouraged. To submit a question for possible discussion at the
event, email it to Enterprise Managing Editor Peter Crowley at .