NEWS ARTICLES
June 2019
August 2018
St. Regis tower gets 100th birthday party
July 2017
St. Regis Mountain fire tower open, but work still needs to be done
March 2017
Newly Restored Fire Tower on St. Regis Mountain
September 2016
Excerpt from Forest Fire Lookout Association (FFLA) Quarterly Newsletter
July 2016
- Fire tower logo design contest winner
- Patch/logo design contest winner announced on web site
- Work continues on St. Regis fire tower
September 2015
June 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 in Adirondack Daily Enterprise and 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
October 2014
April 2014
- ‘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
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
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 – the Daily Gazette
- Public comment sought on fire tower plans – Adirondack Daily Enterprise
- 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
- 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
- Group: DEC’s cost to restore two fire towers is inflated
- Diverse groups call APA fire tower proposal a ‘cop out’
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 Options, feelings on fire towers expressed at public meeting
- 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
April 2010
- APA opens door to preserving fire towers
- APA to discuss fire towers on St. Regis and Hurricane Mountains
- 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
- Commissioners want fire towers to stay
- 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
February 2010
- The St. Regis Canoe Area UMP Draft Amendment meeting has been rescheduled
- DEC cancels UMP meeting this evening because of weather conditions and predictions of worsening conditions
- Essex County Supervisors: Leave Fire Towers Alone
- Adirondack Daily Enterprise Poll
- A public meeting on this Draft Amendment/EIS will be held on February 25, 2010
- The DEC will be putting out an UMP Amendment for the Removal of the St. Regis Fire Tower
June 2006
May 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
- Town of Franklin Minutes of The Monthly Board Meeting
- Franklin County Resolution
- County and Community join forces to save Fire Tower
- Fire Towers on St. Regis, Hurricane Mountains