National Forest Mining — Vote Passed (216 - 204, 13 Not Voting) Passage of the bill would prohibit the designation of national monuments and the withdrawal of lands in the National Forest System in the state of Minnesota from mineral and geothermal leases without the approval of Congress. (seedsofdemocracy.org)
The Adirondacks are within the temperate forest system, where albedo effect is not as strong as in boreal system — but still a complicating variable. (blog.nature.org)