Marking the 40th anniversary of the Adirondack Park Land Use and Development Plan, experts from the Adirondack Park and around the country will convene on Thursday, September 26 for a conference to assess the progress of the Adirondack Park Agency and identify ways the Agency can be strengthened.
The event will take place from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Paul Smith’s Visitor Interpretive Center and is open to the public.
The conference, hosted by the Adirondack Explorer, will examine such issues as preserving water quality, wildlife habitat and scenic beauty while also bolstering the regional economy.
APA representatives will discuss its mission, accomplishments and challenges over the last 40 years.
A keynote address will be delivered by Randall Arendt a landscape planner, site designer, author, lecturer, and an advocate of conservation planning.
Arendt’s designs are called “twice green” because they succeed both environmentally and economically.
The $25 registration fee includes coffee, lunch and a post-event reception. For more information or to sign up go to adirondackexplorer.org.
