On March 18, 2026 the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division, Third Department, in Albany has granted a motion by Adirondack Park advocates for a preliminary injunction preventing LS Marina, LLC (LSM) from installing new docks and dock covers at its two marina sites located on Lower Saranac Lake. The injunction will remain in effect pending resolution of the appeal.
The appeal arises from State Supreme Court decisions dismissing two legal challenges to the Adirondack Park Agency’s (APA) 2023 approval of a major expansion of LSM’s commercial marina.
The project involves the installation of new docks and dock covers in and over regulated freshwater wetlands.
A prior permit issued by APA in 2020 for the project was annulled by the Appellate Division in 2023 on the grounds that the agency failed to properly value wetlands at the project site, as required by APA regulations.
Following that ruling, APA issued a new 2023 approval for the marina expansion, determining that the project no longer required a wetlands permit.
Protect the Adirondacks, Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve, and former Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Thomas Jorling challenged APA’s approval.
Those proceedings were dismissed, leading to the present appeal.
You can read the order here.
Photo: The waters of Lower Saranac Lake.
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