Saving Sterling Forest : the epic struggle to preserve New York's highlands / Ann Botshon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Botshon, Ann, 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forest conservation--New York (State)--Sterling Forest.

Forest conservation.

Forest management--New York (State)--Sterling Forest.

Forest management.

Sterling Forest (N.Y.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 204 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the inspiring story of the twenty-five-year-long effort to preserve Sterling Forest, a tract of rugged, upland terrain encompassing twenty thousand acres within the New York–New Jersey Highlands. Barely forty miles northwest of New York City, Sterling Forest seemed destined to suffer the same fate that had befallen thousands of acres of land in this rapidly suburbanizing corridor. The fight to save Sterling Forest brought together one of the largest coalitions of environmental groups and government entities ever assembled. Despite the loose, sometimes fractious nature of the alliance, the coalition managed to extract support from Congress, New York State, New Jersey, and private donors, while at the same time negotiating a contract to purchase the land from the Sterling Forest Corporation, a company that vigorously protected its financial interests at every turn. Deemed by some to be one of the more remarkable environmental victories of the 1990s, the successful outcome of the Sterling Forest struggle—a large state park within easy access of millions of people and a protected supply of water to New Jersey residents—embodied virtually every facet of land-use conflict. It provides a model for saving other areas where critical wild lands are threatened by development.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Foreword

A Forest is at Stake

Money from the Colonial Rocks

The Sprawl Wars Begin

The Art of Launching a (Forest) Preservation Movement, 1985–1990

New Corporate Actions Make Enviros Scramble

Government Sees Green

Turning the Grassroots into a Fighting Forceh

Bounced Around in the Washington Turf Wars

The Open Space Movement Saves a Highlands Jewel

A New Vision for Land Preservation

Epilogue

Notes

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-193) and index.

ISBN:

9780791480847

0791480844

9781429471220

1429471220

OCLC:

181017225