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- Fire tower logo design contest winner
- Patch/logo design contest
- Work continues on St. Regis fire tower
September 2015
June 2015
April 2015
March 2015
- St. Regis Mountain: A Two for One Hike – story and photos by Gary Van Riper in Mohawk Valley Living
- Partnership formed to upgrade fire towers – press release by AARCH Plattsburgh Press Republican
- Group discusses St. Regis fire tower rehab – by Shaun Kittle Adirondack Daily Enterprise
November 2014
- St. Regis Mountain: Bring Your Skis And Snowshoes – by Phil Brown Adirondack Explorer
- Fire Tower Restoration Project Gets Go Ahead – Plattsburgh Press Republican
- DEC Approves Fire Tower Restoration Plan – by Shaun Kittle Adirondack Daily Enterprise
- Saint Regis Mountain Fire Tower Historic Area Draft Unit Management Plan
- DEC Issues Final Unit Management Plans for Fire Tower Historic Areas
- Hurricane, Saint Regis Fire Towers To Be Restored, Reopened
- Letter of Resolution Regarding Fire Observation Towers
October 2014
April 2014
- Long fight for two towers nears end
- ‘Long haul’ for fire tower backers – by Chris Knight Adirondack Daily Enterprise
- Letter from the Friends of St. Regis Fire Tower to Kathy Regan, Senior Natural Resource Planner, NYS Adirondack Park Agency
March 2014
February 2014
- APA State Lands Committee February Draft Minutes
- Hearing set for fire tower plan – Adirondack Daily Enterprise
November 2013
- Fire tower restoration hindered again – by Bill Starr Forest Fire Lookout Association
- Cost of fire tower restoration questioned – by Chris Knight Adirondack Daily Enterprise
- NY to restore Hurricane, St. Regis Fire Towers NCPR
October 2013
- Letter from the Friends of St. Regis Fire Tower to DEC UMP author, Josh Clague
- DEC: Open 2 Adirondack fire towers for NY tourism – WNBZ
- DEC: Open 2 Adirondack fire towers for NY tourism – the Daily Gazette
- Fire tower plans ready for review – Plattsburgh Press Republican
- DEC issues draft unit management plans for fire tower historic areas
January 2011
December 2010
November 2010
October 2010
- Adirondack Park Agency submits to Governor Patterson for approval of amendments
- EDITORIAL: Fire towers should stay
- Fire Towers in flux
- APA votes to make fire towers historic site
- APA votes to preserve towers
- Group: DEC’s cost to restore two fire towers is inflated
- Hurricane, St. Regis fire towers get historic half-acre
- APA changes fire tower stance
- Public comments heeded on fire towers – APA will consider designating Hurricane and St. Regis sites historic
September 2010
August 2010
- The Battle Over Two ADK Fire Towers by Matt Ryan, New York NOW
- The Daily Gazette Editorial – Save all Fire Towers in Adirondacks
- Residents push for preservation of fire towers
- Fire Tower Hearings this Week
July 2010
- APA finds four options for fire towers
- Adirondack Park Agency (APA) announces that it will hold three public hearings
May 2010
- Adirondack Park Agency is accepting public comments on Hurricane Mt. UMP
- Master Plan moves toward review for fire tower options
- APA moves toward saving fire towers
- Hurricane fire tower advocate dies
- Most letters to DEC in favor of fire towers
- DEC sticks by Tower Decision
April 2010
- APA opens door to preserving fire towers
- Towers to get APA Master Plan Review
- Park Agency Looks for Way to Save Popular Adirondack Fire Towers
- APA says fire towers stay – APA says structures on Hurricane, St. Regis can remain
- Park Agency looks for ways to save popular Adirondack fire towers
- APA wants to keep Fire Towers
- APA Allows Fire Towers to Stay
- APA Staff Objections to Fire Tower’s Proposal
- APA Will Size Up Fire Tower Removal Thursday
- Hurricane, St. Regis Fire Towers Get APA Master Plan Review
March 2010
- Wilderness as a State of Mind
- Fire towers spark heated discussion
- Storm Brews Over Hurricane
- Leave The Fire Towers Alone
- DEC Public comment on St. Regis Canoe Area UMP
- AARCH comments at DEC Public Hearing
February 2010
- The St. Regis Canoe Area UMP Draft Amendment meeting has been rescheduled
- Essex County Supervisors: Leave Fire Towers Alone
- Adirondack Daily Enterprise Poll
- DEC calls for Removal of Fire towers on Hurricane and St. Regis Mountains
- DEC puts out Fire Tower Study calling for the Removal of the St. Regis Fire Tower
June 2006
April 2006
- Letter to Adirondack Park Agency
- DEC submits final draft of the St. Regis Canoe Area Unit Management Plan to APA
- Letter to Adirondack Park Agency
- Adirondack Park Agency Monthly meeting minutes
July 2005
March 2005
- Announcement of St. Regis Fire Tower being listed on National Historic Register
- Franklin County Resolution
- County and Community join forces to save Fire Tower
- Fire Towers on St. Regis, Hurricane Mountains