By Dale Jeffers I do not advocate a ban on motorized use throughout the public lands of the Adirondacks. What I do advocate is the establishment of places of quiet. Lows Lake, on the edge of the Five Ponds Wilderness, is one of those places. Most Americans live in urban areas where noise levels create constant stress on the human animal.
Wilderness areas provide the peace and quiet needed to recharge our emotional batteries.
The growing number of people using the outdoors creates conflict in the Park. Most of the Park's recreational waters are far from wild. Even in Wilderness areas, where no motors are allowed, the paddler is hard-pressed to find solitude. Weekend campsites in the St. Regis Canoe Area are hard to come by. The Lake Lila parking lot fills to capacity and Little Tupper Lake, although an important state acquisition, still has several buildings on its shores and needs another half-century to recover from the intrusions of man.