Talk:Adirondack Mountains

message: I'm removing the reference in the High Peaks section that says erosion may be responsible for the fact that several of the peaks considered to be 4,000 feet in the 1897 survey are now not considered to be 4,000 feet. The closest of the four peaks so "shortened" are Blake and Cliff, at 3960 feet. The idea that in less than 100 years these peaks lost 40 feet of their height due to erosion is ludicrous. I could POSSIBLY see it if they were not tree-covered and landslides could be involved, but this is not the case. The other two are Nye and Couchsachraga, both of which are under 3900 feet, and again, tree-covered. Colden46 20:12, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Erosion?

message: I changed the bit about Lake Placid being the source for the Au Sable as it isn't true.  For one summer I worked as a field tech and one of my jobs was to measure the waterflow of the Au Sable above, at, and below the confluence with Outlet Brook (which connects Lake Placid to the Au Sable). once every month or so.  The Au Sable above Outlet Brook puts out a lot more water during any given season than Outlet Brook does.  I'm not sure what the source for that information is, but it's possible that it's relying on DEC measurements which are not only old, but usually inaccurate and horribly incomplete.  --BridgeBurner 21:52, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Au Sable River

message: I was trying to see the Catskills extent relative to the map in Appalachian Plateau... but others would have a similar need trying to distinquish between the Green Mountains,VT; The Berkshires in MA; and Adirondack Mountains. et. al. don't you agree? <B>Fra</B>nkB 18:06, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Regional map much needed 

message: Could anybody for the help of poor ignorant foreigners add the correct pronunciation of Adirondacks, preferably in phonetic script (IPA)? --Hartmut Haberland 21:01, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I mean: where does the stress go? Adirondacks or Adirondacks? Hartmut Haberland 13:26, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The emphasis is on the third syllable: adiRONdacks. Rlw (Talk) 15:52, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, Rlw!--Hartmut Haberland 17:19, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Pronunciation

message: The article would benefit from a section on flora and fauna, particularly anything unique to the region. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 168.215.132.137 (talk) 21:32, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. This would probably count as OR, but the last time I was there I recall seeing lots of hawkweed and wild blueberries.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.33.174.133 (talk) 16:48, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flora and Fauna 

message: I can not believe the glaring, crashing inaccuracy which was apparent in the previous history section with regards to aboriginal use of the land.  Shocking! I've fixed that up a bit. Should the history not come before the description of the present day park? That makes a lot more chronological sense, right?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.216.228.171 (talk) 00:22, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: History

message: Hello, I am in the process of editing and adding to this page using the following resources:
*Ballou, William Hosea. "An Adirondack National Park." The American Naturalist 19, no. 6 (1885): 578-582.
*Graham, Frank, and Ada Graham. 1978. The Adirondack Park: a political history. New York: Knopf.
*Harris, Glenn. 2012. An environmental history of New York's north country: the Adirondack Mountains and the St. Lawrence River Valley : case studies and neglected topics. Lewiston, N.Y.: Edwin Mellen Press.
*Jacoby, Karl. 2001. Crimes against nature: squatters, poachers, thieves, and the hidden history of American conservation. Berkeley: University of California Press.
*Perrottet, T. 2013. "Birthplace of the American Vacation Escape to the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York, a breath of fresh air for harried city dwellers since the Gilded Age". SMITHSONIAN. 44 (1): 68.
*Schaefer, Paul. 1989. Defending the wilderness: the Adirondack writings of Paul Schaefer. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press.
*Sulavik, Stephen. 2005. Adirondack: of Indians and mountains, 1535-1838. Fleischmanns, N.Y.: Purple Mountain Press.
*Terrie, Philip G.. ""Imperishable Freshness": Culture, Conservation, and the Adirondack Park." Forest & Conservation History 37, no. 3 (1993): 132-141.
Dwk014 (talk) 06:19, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Additions in progress

message: Take a look at this link to the 1911 Britannica seems like a lot of the article as of June 2015 came from here. --Cornellier (talk) 10:29, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Needs more sources 

message: This article might benefit from a Climate section, especially since the high peaks have more extensive permafrost than the White Mountains. See, for example: M.T. Walegur & F.E. Nelson: Permafrost distribution in the Appalachian Highlands, northeastern USA. User:HopsonRoad 13:30, 1 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Climate section? 

message: "n 1664 the land came under the control of the English when New Netherlands was ceded, and logging operations started soon after,[3] resulting in massive deforestation. The land obtained by the U.S. Government was redistributed "
Obtained by the US Govenment ? In 1664 ? "redistributed" ?
Could someone translate that into English, please ? With special attention to the fact that there was no US government (note the small g) in 1664 ?  And that normally land obtained by the government is not 'redistributed' (except very quietly, to the banksters) ? 210.22.142.82 (talk) 01:57, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Check it now. --Cornellier (talk) 23:39, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Huh ? 

message: Substituted at 06:43, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment

message: The file NortheastAppalachiansMap.jpg is incorrect. The Adirondack Mountains are not a part of Appalachian Mountains. That map should be removed from the page and from Commons. Thx, --YB ✍ 13:18, 26 September 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: On a related note, this article states that the Catskills and Poconos are not part of the greater Appalachian range, while the Catskills and Poconos pages state that they are. Someone with the appropriate knowledge should correct this inconsistency. (23 July 2019)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.61.70.67 (talk) 06:42, 23 July 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: The confusion over the categorization of the Catskills is a serious problem and at the time of writing has still not been fixed two years after the comment above bringing our attention to this problem. (30 May 2021) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.18.132.123 (talk) 14:21, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Northeast Appalachians map 

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