DEC is making slow but steady progress on the rail-trail project connecting Tupper Lake, Saranac Lake and Lake Placid with a flat, forested trail — a former train line. The state ripped up those rails in 2021. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the Adirondack Park Agency issued a wetland permit to the DEC on Aug. 11, approving the DEC’s planned work to finish up the rail-trail project.