An Environmental History of New York's North Country : the Adirondack Mountains and the St. Lawrence River Valley: Case Studies and Neglected Topics

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harris, Glenn R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Environmentalism.

Human ecology--New York (State)--Adirondack Mountains Region--History.

Human ecology--Saint Lawrence River Valley--History.

Nature--Effect of human beings on--New York (State)--Adirondack Mountains Region--History.

Nature--Effect of human beings on--Saint Lawrence River Valley--History.

Saint Lawrence River Valley--Environmental conditions.

Nature--History--Effect of human beings on--New York (State)--Adirondack Mountains Region .

Nature.

Nature--Effect of human beings on--History--Saint Lawrence River Valley.

Human ecology--History--Saint Lawrence River Valley.

Human ecology.

Human ecology--History--Adirondack Mountains Region--New York (State).

Adirondack Mountains Region (N.Y.).

Saint Lawrence River Valley.

Local Subjects:

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

Environmentalism.

Human ecology--New York (State)--Adirondack Mountains Region--History.

Human ecology--Saint Lawrence River Valley--History.

Nature--Effect of human beings on--New York (State)--Adirondack Mountains Region--History.

Nature--Effect of human beings on--Saint Lawrence River Valley--History.

Saint Lawrence River Valley--Environmental conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (366 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is a historical narrative on northern New York that takes into account the role of environmental conservation in an often neglected and remote region of the United States.

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Table Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One: Settelment and Farming; Chapter Two: Pollution From Pulp and Paper Production; Chapter Three: Wildlife and Elk Introduction; Chapter Four: St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project; Chapter Five: Hazardous Waste Disposal and Remediation; Chapter Six: Citizen Participation, Impact Assessment, and Migratory Waterfoul Habitat; Chapter Seven: Mixed Land-Use and Industrial Air Pollution; Chapter Eight: Property Rights, Conservation Easements, and the Adirondack Pack

Glossary of Property RightsBibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-7734-2136-X

OCLC:

793511062