Filed by Protect the Adirondacks and Adirondack Wild, the lawsuit claims the Adirondack Park Agency and Department of Environmental Conservation broke state law in approving plans for
former timber company land centered around the Essex Chain of Lakes between Indian Lake and Newcomb in Essex and Hamilton counties.
Kouwenhoven, a Dutch national, was General Manager of the Oriental
Timber Company (OTC), Liberia's biggest logging company during the regime of former president Charles
Company (OTC), Liberia's biggest logging
company during the regime of former president Charles
company during the regime of
former president Charles Taylor.