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As a member of Environmental Advocates’ program staff, David Higby will head up the solid waste project and work part-time on Adirondack issues. David brings to his new position a wealth of experience in grassroots activism and public policy development. He was instrumental in the fight to stop the Hudson Falls trash incinerator in Washington County, where he makes his home, and continues to lead the effort to monitor that troubled facility. David’s Adirondack roots go back 200 years -- he’s a descendant of a long line of distinguished (some would say notorious) Adirondack hunters and guides.Environmental Advocates’ solid waste program will focus on: finding environmentally sound solutions to the problem of New York’s millions of waste tires; eliminating backyard trash burning; helping create a structure to encourage the development of markets for recycled material; and maintaining strong waste reduction reuse, and recycling programs.Protection of the Adirondack Park has long been a priority for the organization and will remain so as important and contentious issues are at risk of neglect in the shadow of more visible recent successes, like the acquisition of 15,000 acres of Whitney Estate land around Little Tupper Lake. “I will be working to continue our commitment to policies that assure a vital Adirondack economy as an essential part of good stewardship of the wilderness and will be working to make sure protection of the forest preserve remains strong.” David says. “One focus will be the serious threat to wildlife habitat, water and air quality, and wilderness serenity posed by increased motorized vehicle traffic, on both land and water, in sensitive wildlife and recreation areas of the Adirondacks and throughout New York State.” |
