In this article a small town in New York goes threw hard economic times and is reduced to a fifth of its original population due to job loss. One thing this town is not going through a shortness in is natural resources. This town is called Tupper Lake, New York. It is said that it has trout filled streams, forested mountains, crystalline lakes, and clean air, but now a huge devlopment is about to take place. The project, the Adirondack Club and Resort, calls for more than 650 units of housing, a hotel, a ski area, a marina and an equestrian center. It is the largest development the agency has ever approved by the Adiirondack Park Agency. I and surely some of you as well have come from a small town such as this one. I apreciate the untouched nature that these small towns have and beleive that they should be left alone for other generations to enjoy. I believe that after this development takes place the resources will become exploited and ruin the wildlife habitat in the area for good. This resort will supply the area and its citizens with a variety of jobs but one has to assume that once the area gets back to normal population and the resort grows that the forested mountains and clear lakes that once were will become bombarded with new development. This resort could be a plus for both the people and environmentalist only if they stick with their original plan of only desturbing 145 acres while spending some of the resorts profits to managing the 4,700 acres agreed to be left alone by the developers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/09/nyregion/in-struggling-tupper-lake-resort-project-creates-rift.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&ref=science
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