ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – The Adirondack Park Agency has approved two general permits for removing non-native plants and animals from the six-million acres of state forests and wilderness and privately owned land in northern New York.
The APA says the permits are aimed at ensuring qualified groups can respond quickly to infestations without getting additional agency approvals.
One permit authorizes the state environmental conservation and transportation departments, the Adirondack Chapter of the Nature Conservancy, the Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program and the Regional Inlet Invasive Plant Program to combat land species.
The second authorizes the conservation department, Lake George Park Commission, Hudson River Black River Regulating District, Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program, qualified lake associations, municipalities, certified or approved lake managers to use bottom screens and hand harvesting against invasive plants.
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