RAY BROOK, NY – The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) and the Department of Environmental Conservation are holding a joint public comment period to solicit comments regarding proposed guidance on best management practices for Primitive tent sites in the Adirondack Forest Preserve.  Guidance addresses roadside camping as it pertains to walk-in sites, and walk-in sites with a single lane parking area. It also includes recommendations for large groups at primitive tent sites, camping permits, primitive tent site size limits, primitive tent site improvements and regulation changes.  The APA and DEC will accept comments on Primitive Tent Site Guidance until January 29, 2016.

The Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan (APSLMP) allows for primitive tent sites to be designated in Wilderness, Primitive, Canoe and Wild Forest areas. Sites located in Wilderness, Primitive or Canoe areas should be positioned generally one-quarter mile apart to ensure they provide an acceptable degree of solitude. In Wild Forest areas, the APSLMP allows for small groupings of primitive tent sites, widely dispersed (generally a mile apart), located in a manner that will blend in with the surrounding environment, and have a minimum impact on the wild forest character and natural resource quality of the area.   

For more information or to download the proposed Adirondack Forest Preserve Best Management Practices for Primitive Tent Sites please go to the Agency’s website (apa.ny.gov).

Please direct comments specific to the management action proposed in the guidance to the Department of Environmental Conservation:

Peter Frank
Forest Preserve Bureau Chief
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
625 Broadway, 5^th Floor
Albany, NY 12233-4254

Please address all written comments pertaining to Adirondack Park State Land Master Plan conformance to:

Kathy Regan
Deputy Director for Planning
NYS Adirondack Park Agency
P.O. Box 99
Ray Brook, NY 12977

Fax: 518-891-3938

Email - SLMP_Comments@apa.ny.gov

Please submit all written comments to the APA by January 29, 2016.

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. For more information, call the APA at (518) 891-4050 or visit www.apa.ny.gov.