Beyond the Brink And Fighting Back To Keep The Adirondacks Wild Forever

What can you do with five big but no longer needed prisons scattered through remote areas of the Adirondack Mountains? As it turns out, not much. Sales to private concerns for repurposing or economic development are impossible because the New York State Constitution demands that the enormous Adirondacks region remain forever wild. Long-time investigative journalist and NY State expert Jim Odata is a guest of Beyond the Brink and Fighting Back podcast this week. Listen to him tell stories about empty prisons, Olympic event venues, and the demands of rich landowners that have kept him busy for decades.