New York's Boreas Ponds in the Adirondacks. (Nature Conservancy Photo)

New York’s Boreas Ponds in the Adirondacks. (Nature Conservancy Photo)

A coalition of town governments in New York’s central Adirondacks is calling for both wilderness and access as the state Adirondack Park Agency prepares to decide the make-up of land within the Boreas Ponds tract, according to an article on LakePlacidNews.com.

The coalition – made up of the five towns of Minerva, North Hudson, Newcomb, Long Lake and Indian Lake – has put forth a plan called Access the Adirondacks, which calls for a mix of wild forest and wilderness in the recently acquired 20,000-plus acre tract.

The Access plan would add 10,621 acres to the High Peaks Wilderness and just shy of 10,000 acres of wild forest. It also calls for two trails around the ponds on existing roads.

Read about a coalition of towns in the Adirondacks seeking access and wilderness for the Boreas lands.