Forests

A New York Appeals court reversed a ruling allowing the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to build 27 new miles of snowmobile trails in the Adirondack Forest Preserve, which would require <strong><a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Forests.pdf">felling 25,000 trees</a> </strong>in violation of the state constitution.

ALBANY, N.Y. — A New York Appeals court reversed a ruling allowing the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to build 27 new miles of snowmobile trails in the Adirondack Forest Preserve, which would require felling 25,000 trees in violation of the state constitution.

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