Dawson resigns from APA board

Chad Dawson wanted more deliberation.

The wilderness expert who taught resource management classes at the State University of New York’s College of Environmental Science and Forestry resigned from the Adirondack Park Agency board in December. He announced his decision at the end of a meeting in which he objected to two projects that advanced without the scrutiny he favored.

It’s a position he has staked out since Gov. Andrew Cuomo appointed him as an out-of-park board member from Onondaga County in 2016. For instance, in early 2018 he was the lone member to vote against splitting the