Brian there on WNYC. So we started the show talking about the ballot questions in New York City related to housing.

Now to end the show, we want to spend a few minutes talking about the other

ballot proposal. Question number one, this is a statewide question in New York. It reads,

allows skiing and related trail facilities on state forest preserve land. The site is

1,039 acres. Require state to add 2,500 acres of new forest land

in Adirondack Park. And it continues, a yes vote authorizes new ski trails and related facilities

in the Adirondack Forest Preserve. A no vote does not authorize this use, unquote. So why does everyone in the state have to vote

on ski trails up in the mountains? What's the issue here to find out what's going on? We're joined by

our own Rosemary Ms. Derry, WNYC and Gothamus Health and Science reporter. Hey, Rosemary.

Hi, Brian.

So for downstaters who've never even spent time in the

Adirondacks, and I have to say, I've been there more than 20 summers in my life, and I'm a lover of the

Adirondacks. So I assume this has something to do with the forever wild provision in the state

constitution for such a vast amount of forest

land. Why is this a ballot question? It's a ballot question because it's an exemption to the New York

state constitution. And when you do that, you need the votes of all of the residents of New York in order to either

accept it or reject it. And you mentioned the Forever Wild. So in Adirondack Park, which is about

six million acres of, it's a six million acre park. About half of it is state protected forest land,

which means you can't cut a single tree

without permission of New York voters

because it's protected by the state constitution.

So it's supposed to remain forever wild.

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