Campaign for the Raquette-Jordan Boreal Wilderness

Raquette River, NY Photo: Carl Heilman
GRANT NAME:
Campaign for the Raquette-Jordan Boreal Wilderness
GRANTEE:
Adirondack Council
LOCATION
Elizabethtown, NY
AMOUNT
$45,000
Year
2018

To acquire 10,000 acres of New York’s rare lowland boreal forest habitat, and upgrade natural resource protections for an adjacent 12,000-acre state-owned parcel to create a new 22,000+/- acre Wilderness Area.