Perspectives on the Adirondacks : A Thirty-Year Struggle by People Protecting Their Treasure

by McMartin, Barbara

• ISBN13: 9780815607427
• ISBN10: 0815607423
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Syracuse Univ Pr

Summary

Public activism vs. political rigidity: the untold story behind the battle for the environment in New York State's magnificent Adirondacks.

Author Biography

Barbara McMartin has been active in numerous environmental groups and citizens' advisory committees, including the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation's Forest Preserve Advisory Committee. She is author or coauthor of more than twenty books and guidebooks on the Adirondacks

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Acronyms and Abbreviations	xi
Introduction	3	(14)
PART ONE | The 1970s and 1980s
Formation of the Department of Environmental Conservation	17	(6)
Establishment of the Adirondack Park Agency	23	(4)
Environmental Groups and the APA	27	(9)
Evolution of the Adirondack Park Agency	36	(18)
Environmental Groups New and Old	54	(4)
DEC under the Adirondack Park Agency Act	58	(19)
Other Issues and Events in the 1980s	77	(16)
Forestry in the Park	93	(3)
The Adirondack Council	96	(4)
The End of Act One	100	(3)
PART TWO | 1989-1993
The Commission on the Adirondacks in the 21st Century	103	(32)
The Release of the Commission Report	135	(27)
Picking Up the Pieces, 1991	162	(16)
Still Trying for Legislation, 1992	178	(7)
Aftermath, 1993	185	(8)
PART THREE | Issues and Activities of the 1990s
State Government Activities in the 1990s	193	(28)
Public Participation in the 1990s, Discussion and Case studies	221	(60)
Region 5 Open Space Planning Committee	225	(13)
Forest Preserve Advisory Committee	238	(7)
The Blowdown of 1995	245	(4)
Motorized Access to the Forest Preserve and Access for the Disabled	249	(11)
DEC's Use and Information Planning and the Adirondack Access Plan	260	(4)
The Citizen's Advisory Committee for the High Peaks Wilderness Area Unit Management Plan	264	(13)
Unit Management Planning and Revisions to the State Land Master Plan	277	(4)
Where Are They Now?	281	(60)
Final Thoughts	341	(10)
Notes	351	(20)
Selected Bibliography	371	(6)
Index	377