Upper Saranac Lake shoreland added to forest preserve
By Mike Lynch
July 20, 2023
The DEC purchased a five-acre parcel on Upper Saranac Lake that was once owned by former regional director Bill Petty.
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By Mike Lynch
July 20, 2023
The DEC purchased a five-acre parcel on Upper Saranac Lake that was once owned by former regional director Bill Petty.
April 5, 2021
How George Davis and other environmentalists took over the Temporary Study Commission on the Future of the Adirondacks.
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Clarence Petty and Neil Stout’s Adirondacks survey work laid the foundation for the State Land Master Plan.
By Phil Brown
December 7, 2009
The next issue of the Adirondack Explorer will feature a tribute to Clarence Petty, who died last week at 104. Dick Beamish, the Explorer founder, wrote a long article summarizing Clarence’s eventful life. Dick had known Clarence since the early 1970s, when both worked at the Adirondack Park Agency. Our tribute also will include a…
By Phil Brown
December 1, 2009
I awoke this morning to learn some sad news: Clarence Petty died yesterday at his son’s home in Canton. He was 104. Readers of the Explorer got to know Clarence well through the magazine’s “Questions for Clarence” column. He was a passionate advocate of protecting the Adirondack Park’s natural resources. For the first few years…