Commissioner Martens to Speak at Annual Conference on the Adirondacks

The Hon. Joseph J. Martens, Commissioner, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, will be a featured speaker at the 18th Annual Conference on the Adirondacks this May 18th and 19th, 2011 at the High Peaks Resort in Lake Placid.

Since 1998, Mr. Martens has served as President of the Open Space Institute, directing and overseeing land acquisition, sustainable development, historic preservation and farmland protection. Previously, Mr. Martens served as Deputy Secretary to the Governor for Energy and the Environment from 1992-94 and before that Assistant Secretary from 1990-92. He is the Chair of the Olympic Regional Development Authority and also chairs the Adirondack Lake Survey Corporation. Mr. Martens studied Resource Economics at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and received an M.S. in Resource Management from the State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, NY.

Complete Conference program and registration information is available at adkresearch.org, or by calling Dan Fitts at 518-327-6276.