In the Matter of Protect the Adirondacks! Inc. v New York State Department of Environmental Conservation et

Motion No: 523593

Slip Opinion No: 2016 NY Slip Op 84938(U)

Decided on September 7, 2016

Appellate Division, Third Department, Motion Decision

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

This motion is uncorrected and is not subject to publication in the Official Reports.

Decided and Entered: September 7, 2016523593

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In the Matter of PROTECT THE ADIRONDACKS! INC.,                      
                                                       Appellant,
           v                      DECISION AND ORDER
                      ON MOTION
NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
et al.,
                                                       Respondents.
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Motion for preliminary injunction pending appeal.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in opposition thereto, it is

ORDERED that the motion is granted, without costs, to the extent that, pending determination of the appeal, respondents are enjoined from cutting or otherwise destroying trees in the Adirondack Forest Preserve for the construction of Class II Community Connector snowmobile trails and from otherwise clearing, grading, scraping, excavating or filling the land or otherwise changing the terrain of the land, except for regular maintenance, on the Minerva Newcomb North Hudson Class II Community Connector snowmobile trail, and except that construction of the Palmer Pond Dam administrative motor vehicle bridge and access route is not included in the scope of this order. This motion is granted on the condition that appellant files and serves its record on appeal and brief on or before October 7, 2016.
McCarthy, J.P., Lynch, Devine and Clark, JJ., concur.

ENTER:
Robert D. Mayberger
Clerk of the Court