New York's Adirondack Park used to be a political powder keg. Now factions are working to find common ground, while tackling some big problems.
Local government leader Gerry Delaney speaks at a community meeting in the Adirondack Park. Part of his message: "We have to come together."Local government leader Gerry Delaney speaks at a community meeting in the Adirondack Park. Part of his message: "We have to come together."Across the U.S., we live in an era when school board meetings often erupt into battlegrounds, where church congregations unravel over flashpoint issues of race and gender.
What makes this peaceable moment remarkable is that it's increasingly common here. Once, New York's sprawling 6-million acre state-managed Adirondack Park was a battleground. "Go back wherever you came from," Baker shouted."Get out of here, out of our lives, out of our business."There were big problems — many involving environmental and economic challenges — that needed tackling, but people were on edge. Conspiracy theories and threats of violence were commonplace.
Working together, state officials, local leaders and environmental groups preserved vast tracts of wild lands in the Adirondack Park, including Boreas Ponds on the edge of the High Peaks Wilderness.Working together, state officials, local leaders and environmental groups preserved vast tracts of wild lands in the Adirondack Park, including Boreas Ponds on the edge of the High Peaks Wilderness.Some of the wildest places in the eastern U.S.
Pataki, who lives now much of each year in Essex, New York, one of the small towns inside the park, said his message to furious locals was simple. She described the effort as exhausting but broadly successful."It's been difficult. It's taken a lot of time and relationship building. There's a lot of long conversations that happen, phone calls after hours," Smith said.
The park's small towns backed Donald Trump twice. Voters here have also given landslide victories to Congresswoman Elise Stefanik — a Trump ally who frequently amplifies conspiracy theories. In exchange, small towns in the Adirondacks received big pots of economic development money, funding for infrastructure, and some environmental rules were eased.Everyone interviewed for this story said the Adirondack experiment has been broadly successful.
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