Perspectives on the Adirondacks
Subtitle: a thirty-year struggle by people protecting their treasure
By: Barbara McMartin.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Syracuse, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 388
Subjects: Adirondack Park (N.Y.) -- History; Adirondack Park (N.Y.) -- Management -- History; Adirondack Park (N.Y.) -- Environmental conditions; Adirondack Mountains Region (N.Y.) -- History; Adirondack Mountains Region (N.Y.) -- Environmental conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-376) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PART ONE I The 1970s and 1980s; title: 2. Formation of the Department of Environmental Conservation 17; title: 3. Establishment of the Adirondack Park Agency 23; title: 4. Environmental Groups and the APA 27; title: 5. Evolution of the Adirondack Park Agency 36; title: 6. Environmental Groups New and Old 54; title: 7. DEC under the Adirondack Park Agency Act 58; title: 8. Other Issues and Events in the 1980s 77; title: 9. Forestry in the Park 93; title: 10. The Adirondack Council 96; title: 11. The End of ActOne 100; title: PART TWO I 1989-1993; title: 12. The Commission on the Adirondacks in the 21st Century 103; title: 13. The Release of the Commission Report 135; title: 14. Picking Up the Pieces, 1991 162; title: 15. Still Trying for Legislation, 1992 178; title: 16. Aftermath, 1993 185; title: PART THREE I Issues and Activities of the 1990s; title: 17. State Government Activities in the 1990s 193; title: 18. Public Participation in the 1990s, Discussion and Case Studies 221; title: 1. Region 5 Open Space Planning Committee 225; title: 2. Forest Preserve Advisory Committee 238; title: 3. The Blowdown of1995 245; title: 4. Motorized Access to the Forest Preserve and Accessfor the Disabled 249; title: 5. DEC's Use and Information Planning and the Adirondack; title: Access Plan 260; title: 6. The Citizen's Advisory Committee for the High Peaks Wilderness Area; title: Unit Management Plan 264; title: 7. Unit Management Planning and Revisions to the State Land; title: Master Plan 277; title: 19. Where Are They Now? 281; title: Final Thoughts 341; title: Notes 351; title: Selected Bibliography 371; title: Index 377; title: Illustrations; title: Map: Blue Line boundary of New York's Adirondack Park showing; title: the private lands and the major classifications of Forest Preserve; title: lands 2; title: Time line: Governors, Adirondack Park Agency chairmen and executive directors, and Department of Environmental Conservation commissioners 12-13; title: Figure: Comparing the total Forest Preserve acreage in the four regions and the Unit Management Plans completed as of 1996 279.