The 6 million-acre Adirondack Park is at a turning point. The State Land Master Plan, a blueprint for the park’s future, is currently being revised, and recently Gov. Kathy Hochul nominated two new appointments to the Adirondack Park Agency. 

Both issues are of interest to the Adirondack Council, a powerful advocacy group that attempts to balance wild habitat with the many human communities within the blue line.   

Even more challenging, according to long time Adirondack Council Director of Communications John Sheehan, are environmental rollbacks at the federal level exacerbating issues like acid rain. 

Sheehan joined Capital Tonight to discuss the park’s challenges.