adirondack park (n.y.)

Examines the history, geography, landscape, and influence of Adirondack Park, documenting how it became one of the largest parks in the lower forty-eight states and the only one with land evenly divided between protected wilderness and privately owned tracts of land.

Presents a geographic portrait of the Adirondack Park, the largest protected area in the contiguous U.S., featuring discussion of 130 topics, and including hundreds of maps, tables, graphs, and illustrations.

A comprehensive field guide to the wildlife found in the Adirondacks in upstate New York, describing the region's natural history and ecology and the various mammals, birds, retiles, fish, and invertebrates that inhabit it.