• ANCA implemented a regional marketing program including print and electronic communications with communities and stakeholders along the Adirondack and Olympic Scenic Byways. ANCA selected Susan Fuller to coordinate community outreach and hosted the first marketing meeting of the Adirondack Trail on November 16 in Long Lake with attendance by more than twenty participants. At the meeting, representatives from four counties enthusiastically responded to the opportunity to gain visibility in the tourism market for the cities, towns and villages.
• ANCA staff met with NYSDOT staff to discuss interpretive signage at the causeway location in Tupper Lake. The signage utilizes guidelines established in the New York State Scenic Byways Sign Manual.
• Upon the request of staff from the NYS Department of Transportation, ANCA staff and NYSDOT submitted an application in the Leadership Category to the American Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials (AASHTO) for ANCA’s work in Shaping the Future of Byway Communities in the Adirondack North Country Region: the Adirondack North Country Association Guide to Corridor Management Plan Development.
• ANCA staff assisted with the development of the Raquette River Corridor Project which integrated ANCA’s corridor management planning work with the Blueway planning. Other integrations included the Olympic Byway to Wilmington Waterfront Plan and the Star Lake planning work, and the Inlet Blueway to the Central Adirondack planning work.
• ANCA staff assisted with the development of the Raquette River Corridor Project which integrated ANCA’s corridor management planning work with the Blueway planning. Other integrations included the Olympic Byway to Wilmington Waterfront Plan and the Star Lake planning work, and the Inlet Blueway to the Central Adirondack planning work.
• ANCA has participated in discussions with NYS Department of State staff about how to provide umbrella services by ANCA to municipalities while coordinating the work of other organizations such as CAP-21, Sustainable Communities, and Wildlife Conservation in their efforts in Blueway/community planning.
• ANCA staff attended the Adirondack Museum’s Living With Wilderness: Community and Nature in the Adirondacks conference on September 29 in Lake Placid.
• ANCA staff attended a March meeting at the Adirondack Park Agency to discuss the economic and community impacts of the Draft Snowmobile Plan with APA and NYSDEC staff.
• In December ANCA prepared a review of the Snowmobile Plan for the Adirondack Park/Final Generic Environmental Impact Statement that was released jointly by the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and the NYSDEC.

Central Adirondack Byway:

• ANCA completed the Central Adirondack Byway Corridor Management Plan in partnership with Ann Ruzow Holland, Project Facilitator, and with the Warren County Planning and Community Development Department, the Herkimer County Area Development Corporation, and CAP-21 which provided local planning input to the project. The plan was the result of coordinated outreach through Local Action Committees consisting of stakeholders from Oneida, Herkimer, Hamilton, and Warren Counties. ANCA provided project oversight through a regional Steering Committee that included representatives from county tourism, economic development and planning departments, an Adirondack historian, NYSDOT, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, and Empire State Development.
• ANCA hosted a public meeting at The Woods Inn in Inlet — The Celebration of the Central Adirondack Corridor Management Project — on June 22, 2006 that was attended by more than 50 guests. At the meeting ANCA released CD copies of the Corridor Management Plan for the Central Adirondack Byway. ANCA also completed mail distribution of the CDs to 200 stakeholders involved in the planning process. Stakeholders included planners, city/town/village government officials, tourism representatives, businesses, civic groups and organizations, concerned residents, and economic/community development organizations involved in the planning process.


At the ANCA meeting on June 22, 2006 at the Woods Inn, Lani Ulrich of CAP-21 spoke of the Central Adirondack communities’ commitment to the byway and opportunities, such as the market potential for Adirondack Cuisine at local eateries, that were invigorated through Byway planning work.


• In partnership with the Tug Hill Commission, ANCA mapped the Byway communities along the Central Adirondack corridor in Oneida, Herkimer, Hamilton and Warren Counties. The mapped information and resource keys were components of the corridor plan and included the following: tourist services, Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Centers, railroads and excursion lines, airports, buses and other State Byway connections, resource lists of local historical, recreational, natural and cultural resources that are open to the public or owned/operated by not-for-profits.
• The Central Adirondack Trail planning project resulted in outreach to four counties, seventeen towns, six villages and two cities. The completed plan was accepted by the NYSDOT at the start of the year.
• ANCA worked with the Warren County Planning Office and provided information about how to implement the resolution from the Central Adirondack Byway Town supervisors that requested a route extension of the Byway from Route 28 to Route 8 through the Towns of Johnsburg, Chester, Horicon and Hague.

Black River Corridor Management Planning Project:

• ANCA implemented a contractual work plan with the Tug Hill Commission that linked the NYS Department of State Blueway project and community planning for the Black River to the community outreach that will be necessary to discuss the Black River Byway.
• ANCA assisted with development of over two-hundred direct invitations inviting participation with the Local Action Committees. ANCA also prepared press releases about the project and invited community participation.
• Tug Hill Commission staff developed Southern and a Northern Local Action Committees to address community byway planning interests in the local communities along the byway.
• In partnership with ANCA, the Commission hosted three meetings in Governeur, Lowville and Boonville. The companion Blueway meetings were hosted in Champion.
• The Commission has compiled a database of resources for the Byway stretching from Boonville to Lowville and entered the information into a GIS database for mapping. The inventory includes a list of the byway features and photo. Resources have also been identified from Lowville to Dexter to support potential route changes to the existing corridor. Working copies of face maps which identify byway resources have also been prepared.
• Early public input has recommended a Byway extension following the Black River’s pathway west to Lake Ontario.
• The Commission hosted Blueway Trail meetings in August, September and November in the development of a draft Blueway plan. Many of the recommendations in the Blueway plan will be incorporated into the Byway plan.

Saranac Lake/ Lake Placid Pathway Project:

• ANCA continued to manage private funding from a variety of sources toward the Town of North Elba’s goal to develop a rails-with-trails project as a connective pathway between the Lake Placid and Saranac Lake communities.
• ANCA assisted with review of the design plans presented by URS and assisted with outreach to NYSDOT, APA, URS and town representatives to review the set-back requirements from the rail initially proposed by NYSDOT. During 2006 there was agreement from NYSDOT on a 9.5 foot setback requirement.
• ANCA worked with the Town of North Elba in the selection of Cedar Eden to develop a wetland mitigation plan for the snow dump area in the Village of Lake Placid and assisted with communications with the APA regarding preliminary ideas for the plan.
• ANCA assisted with a follow-up resolution with the Village of Lake Placid in support of the wetland mitigation work at the village location.
• ANCA, in partnership with Holmes and Associates and the Town of North Elba, submitted a $1.7M SAFETEA-LU application and was awarded the total project cost of $1.4M toward Phase II planning and construction of the pathway from Ray Brook to Saranac Lake.

Adirondack Park Mountain Bicycling Initiative (APMBI):

• ANCA maintained an On-Line Atlas at www.bikeadirondacks.org. The website has been sponsored by ANCA and developed and managed by Holmes and Associates for the bicycling community.
• ANCA secured $63,200 in funding toward a $79,000 total project cost for the Bicycling in the Adirondack North Country Byways project. The project will enable ANCA to expand the On-Line Atlas to include bicycle road touring routes and services throughout the region.

Tupper Lake Bicycle/ Pedestrian Project:

• ANCA continued work with the Tupper Lake Revitalization Committee to address recreational planning in Tupper Lake. The community secured $600K+ toward a recreational pathway.

Adirondack Byway Interpretive Boardwalk Project:

• Staff at the Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks successfully completed the Interpretive Boardwalk Project and ANCA provided $79,000 in funding made available from the NYS Department of Transportation Scenic Byways. At the September 21 Board of Directors’ meeting ANCA’s guests had the opportunity to tour the new boardwalk... Raj Mulharta from NYSDOT spoke of the department’s commitment to having natural resources along the byways available for visitor viewing.

Northern Forest Canoe Trail Project:

• ANCA worked with staff and volunteers from the Northern Forest Canoe Trail in the completion of the Saranac Lake to Plattsburgh section of a Northern Forest Canoe Trail map. With the completion of the map, the three segments of the New York portion of the trail—Old Forge to Long Lake, Long Lake to Saranac Lake and Saranac Lake to Plattsburgh — have been completed. In combination, the three New York maps establish New York’s presence on the 740-mile waterway which connects Old Forge, New York to Port Kent, Maine. On June 3 the Northern Forest Canoe Trail was officially dedicated, with Saranac Lake hosting the ceremony and the four-state "exchange of water" for the opening of the waterway.

Lakes to Locks Passage, The Great Northeast Journey:

• ANCA staff attended the Lakes to Locks Passage Annual Meeting on September 7. The meeting was an introductory opportunity for ANCA staff to meet the directors from the Mohawk Valley Heritage Corridor and the National Park Service Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor. After their incorporation as a separate entity from ANCA in 2003, Lakes to Locks has been successful in securing federal and state transportation funding to support their community outreach and byway planning.

Adirondack North Country Byways Marketing Project:

• ANCA worked in partnership with the Adirondack Regional Tourism Council in the development of a Byways marketing campaign that combines a regional auto touring map, Byway guidebook, television and web-based marketing with an 800 fulfillment call-in number and an email address.
• ANCA developed and distributed the Adirondack North Country map which included regional information about bird viewing to capture the major market interests of bird enthusiasts who are interested in travel and touring during four seasons.
• In partnership with the Adirondack Regional Tourism Council there was implementation of the television and marketing campaign during 2006.

Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Project:

• ANCA managed a contract agreement with the Adirondack Chapter of the Nature Conservancy for the Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program. $99,925 in funding was made available to ANCA and the Conservancy through the NYSDOT’s Scenic Byways Program through the Federal Highway Administration and TEA-21 Program.
• With the additional Byways funding support, the Adirondack Nature Conservancy continued their partnership program with the Adirondack Park Agency, NYSDEC, NYSDOT, and the Invasive Plant Council of New York State with the goal of preventing invasive plants from spreading.
• Byway funding enabled the Conservancy to target project work to the Adirondack Trail and Olympic Byway, both of which are vital routes for the millions of visitors who come to the Adirondack North Country each year.
• ANCA and the Nature Conservancy worked in partnership with the successful submission of the Phase II Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program Byway Community Outreach Project. $85,138 in follow-up funding has been awarded to the project which has a total project cost of $106,466.

Byways Signing Project:

• ANCA staff provided follow-up correspondence to the Upper Delaware Council and Upper Delaware Scenic Byway in the development of interpretive signage. The Upper Delaware Scenic Byway was selected by NYSDOT as the location for model interpretive signage that builds on the NYS Scenic Byways Sign Program goal to enhance the travel experience of visitors and residents and to improve the tourism and economic benefits of the Byway corridors.
• ANCA’s contractual work with The Saratoga Associates and Wilbur Smith Associates for the development of the New York State Scenic Byways Sign Manual was completed. The design guidelines in the manual established a portfolio of signs that addressed Byway signage throughout the Byway network.
• ANCA provided ongoing distribution of copies of the New York State Scenic Byways Sign Manual in print and CD copy to statewide and regional stakeholders involved in Byway planning and promotion.
• Staff assisted NYSDOT in the review of byway identification signs planned and since installed for the entire Adirondack Trail Byway which placement in Franklin, Hamilton, Fulton and Montgomery counties. In addition to the Adirondack Byway, NYSDOT signed two additional corridors in the North Country including the Lakes to Locks Passage and the High Peaks Byway.
• ANCA provided logos for use by the Adirondack Park Agency on Route 73 — the High Peaks Byway, and for use by NYSDOT staff in preparing signage for the Tupper Lake causeway on the Adirondack Trail Byway. Additionally, ANCA has shared the logos with chambers that are using the logos in their promotional material.