Author : James Michael Ryan
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 22,97 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781584657491
The first comprehensive field guide to the habitats and wildlife of the Adirondack State Park
Author : D. Andrew Saunders
Publisher : SUNY ESF
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 10,65 MB
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN :
Intended for laymen and students. Contains 54 "Species Accounts" : a line drawing, range map, description, habitat, behaviors, movement, reproduction, and predators for each mammal.
Author : Brad Edmondson
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 50,51 MB
Release : 2021-05-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1501759035
A Wild Idea shares the complete story of the difficult birth of the Adirondack Park Agency (APA). The Adirondack region of New York's rural North Country forms the nation's largest State Park, with a territory as large as Vermont. Planning experts view the APA as a triumph of sustainability that balances human activity with the preservation of wild ecosystems. The truth isn't as pretty. The story of the APA, told here for the first time, is a complex, troubled tale of political dueling and communities pushed to the brink of violence. The North Country's environmental movement started among a small group of hunters and hikers, rose on a huge wave of public concern about pollution that crested in the early 1970s, and overcame multiple obstacles to "save" the Adirondacks. Edmondson shows how the movement's leaders persuaded a powerful Governor to recruit planners, naturalists, and advisors and assign a task that had never been attempted before. The team and the politicians who supported them worked around the clock to draft two visionary land-use plans and turn them into law. But they also made mistakes, and their strict regulations were met with determined opposition from local landowners who insisted that private property is private. A Wild Idea is based on in-depth interviews with five dozen insiders who are central to the story. Their observations contain many surprising and shocking revelations. This is a rich, exciting narrative about state power and how it was imposed on rural residents. It shows how the Adirondacks were "saved," and also why that campaign sparked a passionate rebellion.
Author : Jane Eblen Keller
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 16,87 MB
Release : 1980-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780815601500
Greater in area than Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Olympic, Yellowstone, and Glacier national parks combined, New York State's Adirondack Park is the largest public park in the nation. A land of contrasts and paradoxes, loved, feared, exploited, protected, argued over, eulogized, and affected for better or worse by the hand of man for more than 300 years, the Adirondack forests, rivers, lakes, and peaks attract nearly 9 million visitors a year. From the geologic origins and glacial scouring of the region, to Indians, early settlers, and the logging, mining, and tourist industries, Jane Eblen Keller unfolds the dramatic history of the Adirondacks and the men and women who tried to tame the wilderness. The author also recounts how man and nature have interacted with each other in the region, indeed, how our American attitude toward nature shaped Adirondack history. This is a highly readable and amusing introduction to both Adirondack and conservation literature.
Author : Lorraine M. Duvall
Publisher :
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 13,9 MB
Release : 2016-10-18
Category :
ISBN : 9781939216502
An inspiring collection of canoe journeys, packed with bits of regional history and environmental concern. As she flows through the Adirondacks, Duvall guides readers towards a fuller appreciation of water and a need for deepened advocacy; "water" evolves into a sacred entity.
Author : Sheri Amsel
Publisher :
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 28,2 MB
Release : 2021-05-27
Category :
ISBN : 9781737339403
A step by step guide to drawing more than 50 realistic wild animals common to North America. No drawing experience necessary. Grab a pencil and paper and learn to draw animals.
Author : Anne Labastille
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 45,56 MB
Release : 1991-10-11
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0140153349
Ecologist Anne LaBastille created the life that many people dream about. When she and her husband divorced, she needed a place to live. Through luck and perseverance, she found the ideal spot: a 20-acre parcel of land in the Adirondack mountains, where she built the cozy, primitive log cabin that became her permanent home. Miles from the nearest town, LaBastille had to depend on her wits, ingenuity, and the help of generous neighbors for her survival. In precise, poetic language, she chronicles her adventures on Black Bear Lake, capturing the power of the landscape, the rhythms of the changing seasons, and the beauty of nature’s many creatures. Most of all, she captures the struggle to balance her need for companionship and love with her desire for independence and solitude. Woodswoman is not simply a book about living in the wilderness, it is a book about living that contains a lesson for us all.
Author : Philip G. Terrie
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 44,67 MB
Release : 1994-08-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780815602880
In this work Terrie offers an assessment of the roles that the Adirondacks have played in American history. He brings to life the scientists and scholars, the travellers and sportsmen, the publicists and bureaucrats, who together have contributed to the wilderness aesthetic.
Author : Carl Heilman II
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 23,59 MB
Release : 2019-04-16
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1599621533
This official book published with the Adirondack Mountain Club celebrates America's original hiking destination through breathtaking contemporary photography, maps, rarely seen archival photos, and a text that brings the history of the trails to life. The Adirondack Park is home to the largest protected natural area in the lower 48 states--six million acres including more than 10,000 lakes, 30,000 miles of rivers and streams, and thousands of miles of hiking trails running from mountain summits through a wide variety of habitats including wetlands and old-growth forests. How better to view this wilderness than afoot on the many trails, many leading to some of the most picturesque summits in North America. There are trails for everyone in the Adirondacks. Today, thousands enjoy hiking, skiing, and snowshoeing trails to backcountry destinations all around the park while others aspire to climb all 46 peaks. Water trails include the historic Fulton Chain of Lakes, Raquette River, and Saranac River routes, in addition to more intimate paddles across wild lakes and waters that meander through towering mountains and verdant forests. Every season has its own charm, all portrayed here in this one of a kind volume of history and photography along Adirondack trails. This is a book for anyone who enjoys travelling through the Adirondack backcountry and includes unique and picturesque destinations throughout the Adirondack Park in addition to a comprehensive history on hiking in the Adirondacks. From the dramatic beauty of the Lake George Wild Forest, to numerous fire tower summits and open ledges and mountaintops scattered around the park, and the rugged splendor of the High Peaks and bucolic beauty of the Champlain Valley, this book covers it all.
Author : Paul Schaefer
Publisher :
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 39,53 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Essays written and pictures taken by the author over the last fifty years represent an anthology of his wilderness philosophy. No index. No bibliography. Cloth edition (unseen), $29.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
