Protect the Adirondacks on Proposal 1

Proposition One on this year’s election ballot asks New York voters to approve a state constitutional amendment that resolves issues around construction at the biathlon and Nordic ski facilities at Mt. Van Hoevenberg near Lake Placid and also adds land to the Adirondack Forest Preserve. The proposition would allow the Olympic Regional Development Authority, or ORDA, to construct, operate and maintain facilities on no more than 323 acres. To offset, that the state would be required to buy an additional 2,500 acres that would be added to the Forest Preserve. Claudia Braymer of Protect the Adirondacks discusses the proposal as well as their hope that the state will purchase the 36,000 acre Whitney Park. With Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.