A Wild Idea: How the Environmental Movement Tamed the Adirondacks

by Brad Edmondson

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501759019
• ISBN13: 9781501759017
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Three Hills
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.7" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up