The Fire Island National seashore : a history / Lee E. Koppelman and Seth Forman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Koppelman, Lee, author.

Forman, Seth, author.

Contributor:

United States. National Park Service.

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Geological Survey (U.S.)

Series:

Open-file report ; 2006-1384

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fire Island National Seashore (N.Y.)--History.

Fire Island National Seashore (N.Y.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 208 p. ) ill., maps ;

Scale 1:2,470 ; universal transverse Mercator proj. (W 73⁰14ʹ55ʺ--W 72⁰45ʹ00ʺ/N 40⁰47ʹ10ʺ--N 40⁰37ʹ15ʺ).

Cartographic Data:

Scale 1:2,470 ; universal transverse Mercator proj. (W 73⁰14ʹ55ʺ--W 72⁰45ʹ00ʺ/N 40⁰47ʹ10ʺ--N 40⁰37ʹ15ʺ).

Place of Publication:

New York : State University of New York Press, [2008]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: Internet from the USGS web site. Address as of 10/11/07: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1384/; current access via PURL.

Summary:

This book provides a comprehensive account of the establishment of the Fire Island National Seashore and its management from 1964 to the present. Located off of Long Island's south shore, Fire Island is one of only five national seashores in the national parks system. Focusing on the major policy issues generated during the past forty years, Lee E. Koppelman and Seth Forman explore the tensions between local and national interests as well as the desire to conserve resources unimpaired for the benefit and use of future generations. The book includes a brief history of the island before its induction into the national parks system; a discussion of the battle to control erosion; the conflict between preservation and public access; the establishment and maintenance of many historical and cultural resources, including the William Floyd Estate, the Fire Island Lighthouse, Sailor's Haven/Sunken Forest, and High Dune Wilderness Area; and the Seashore's changing management and organizational structure.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Fire Island—Historical Background

Fire Island Erosion

The Creation of the Fire Island National Seashore

Historic and Cultural Resources

Seashore Management

Fire Island Superintendents

Fire Island Timeline 1964 to present

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-197) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780791478899

0791478890

9781435638990

1435638999

OCLC:

174053000