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001 2009011313
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008 090316s2009 nyuab b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aS932.N7$bG74 2009
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245 04 $aThe great experiment in conservation :$bvoices from the Adirondack Park /$cedited by William F. Porter, Jon D. Erickson, and Ross S. Whaley.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aSyracuse, N.Y. :$bSyracuse University Press,$c2009.
300 $axxxiii, 606 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aConnecting means and ends in the study of place / Herman E. Daly -- The cornerstones of conservation / Ross S. Whaley, Jon D. Erickson, and William F. Porter -- A dark spot in a sea of lights / William F. Porter -- Geology of the Adirondack Mountains : like an egg with its major axis to the North / James McLelland and Bruce Selleck -- Water resources : the unique Adirondack aquascape / Christopher P. Cirmo -- Soils of the Adirondacks : out of site, out of mind / Russell D. Briggs -- Upland forests of the Adirondacks : reflections of soils and a record of disturbance / Charles D. Canham -- Fish and wildlife communities of the Adirondacks / Roland W. kays and Robert A. Daniels -- Wildlife exploitation in the Adirondacks : from beavers to biodiversity / william F. Porter -- Mining the Adirondacks / James McLelland and Bruce Selleck -- Forestry in the Adirondacks : an economy built on a handful of species / William F. Porter -- Human impacts from afar : acid rain and mercury deposition in the Adirondacks / Charles T. Driscoll, Kimberley M. Driscoll, Myron J. Mitchell, Dudley J. Raynal, and Karen M. Roy -- Recreation and tourism in the Adirondacks / Chad P. Dawson -- Great camps and conservation / Craig Gilborn -- Development rates and patterns in the Adirondacks : Paradise Lost / Peter Bauer -- Wildlife for a wilderness : restoring large predators in the Adirondacks / Rainer H. Brocke -- The Park in perspective / Jon D. Erickson -- Cultural history of the Adirondack Park : from conservation to environmentalism / Philip G. Terrie -- Legal structure and defense of the Adirondack Park / Robert Malmsheimer -- Public and private land-use regulation of the Adirondack Park / William F. Porter and Ross S Whaley --
505 0 $aThe early years of the Adirondack Park Agency / George D. Davis -- The evolution of the Department of Environmental Conservation / Stuart Buchanan -- A land not saved / Robert Glennon -- Top-Down regulation and local economic autonomy / John Penney -- Lessons from the Commission on the Adirondacks in the twenty-first Century / Ross S. Whaley -- A perspective from the forest-products industry / Roger Dziengeleski -- Reflections on the Adirondack Park Agency in the current era / Richard H. Lefebvre -- Visions for the Adirondacks and beyond / Ross S. Whaley -- Compromise, continuity, and crisis in the Adirondack park : shortcomings and opportunities in environmental protection / Philip G. Terrie -- Renewing Adirondack Park Mission through an educational forest preserve : shortcomings and opportunities in wilderness preservation / David Gibson -- The role of the people in wilderness preservation : shortcomings and opportunities in governance / Barbara McMartin -- Public opinion and public representation : strategies in bio-regional development / Jon D. Erickson, Graham L. Cox, Anne M. Woods, and William F. Porter -- The Adirondack Association of Towns and Villages : strategies in local governance / Dean Lefebvre -- The Adirondack North country Association : strategies in economic development / Terry Defranco Martino -- The Adirondack environmental nongovernmental organizations : strategies in conservation / Graham L. Cox -- Envisioning the future of wilderness : public demands and private lands / Elizabeth Thorndike -- Toward a new wilderness paradigm for Adirondack Park : the view from Bear Mountain / Rainer H. Brocke -- Can such a noble endeaver succeed? : Alaska and the Adirondack Park / Donald Behrend -- The Adirondack Park in global perspective / Bill Weber and Amy Vedder -- Conclusion : The Adirondack experiment in a full world / Jon D. Erickson, Willaim F. Porter, and Ross S. Whaley -- Afterword : living within limits / Bill Mckibben -- Adirondack chronology.
650 0 $aConservation of natural resources$zNew York (State)$zAdirondack Park.
651 0 $aAdirondack Park (N.Y.)$xEnvironmental conditions.
700 1 $aPorter, William F.
700 1 $aErickson, Jon D.$q(Jon David),$d1969-
700 1 $aWhaley, Ross S.