Perspectives on the Adirondacks : a thirty-year struggle by people protecting their treasure / Barbara McMartin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McMartin, Barbara.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adirondack Park (N.Y.)--History.

Adirondack Park (N.Y.).

Adirondack Park (N.Y.)--Management--History.

Adirondack Park (N.Y.)--Environmental conditions.

Adirondack Mountains Region (N.Y.)--History.

Adirondack Mountains Region (N.Y.).

Adirondack Mountains Region (N.Y.)--Environmental conditions.

Physical Description:

xiv, 388 pages : map ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2002.

Summary:

Public activism vs. political rigidity: the untold story behind the battle for the environment in New York State's magnificent Adirondacks.

Contents:

Part 1 The 1970s and 1980s

2. Formation of the Department of Environmental Conservation 17

3. Establishment of the Adirondack Park Agency 23

4. Environmental Groups and the APA 27

5. Evolution of the Adirondack Park Agency 36

6. Environmental Groups New and Old 54

7. DEC under the Adirondack Park Agency Act 58

8. Other Issues and Events in the 1980s 77

9. Forestry in the Park 93

10. The Adirondack Council 96

11. The End of Act One 100

Part 2 1989-1993

12. The Commission on the Adirondacks in the 21st Century 103

13. The Release of the Commission Report 135

14. Picking Up the Pieces, 1991 162

15. Still Trying for Legislation, 1992 178

16. Aftermath, 1993 185

Part 3 Issues and Activities of the 1990s

17. State Government Activities in the 1990s 193

18. Public Participation in the 1990s, Discussion and Case Studies 221

1. Region 5 Open Space Planning Committee 225

2. Forest Preserve Advisory Committee 238

3. The Blowdown of 1995 245

4. Motorized Access to the Forest Preserve and Access for the Disabled 249

5. DEC's Use and Information Planning and the Adirondack Access Plan 260

6. The Citizen's Advisory Committee for the High Peaks Wilderness Area Unit Management Plan 264

7. Unit Management Planning and Revisions to the State Land Master Plan 277

19. Where Are They Now? 281

Map: Blue Line boundary of New York's Adirondack Park showing the private lands and the major classifications of Forest Preserve lands 2

Time line: Governors, Adirondack Park Agency chairmen and executive directors, and Department of Environmental Conservation commissioners 12

Figure: Comparing the total Forest Preserve acreage in the four regions and the Unit Management Plans completed as of 1996 279.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-376) and index.

ISBN:

0815607423

OCLC:

49277465