Court Blocks Plan to Build Snowmobile Connector Trails in the Adirondacks

A state court has blocked a plan to build snowmobile trails through the heart of the Adirondacks. The trails would have connected remote towns like Indian Lake and Newcomb, but environmental activists argued the project violated the state’s ‘forever wild’ clause by cutting too many trees down.

The legal battle over the snowmobile trails started in 2013. That’s when the advocacy group Protect the Adirondacks filed suit against the State Dept. of Environmental Conservation. The state had planned to build 27 miles of snowmobile trails in the Adirondacks.