A Wild Idea - 9781501759017

A Wild IdeaHow the Environmental Movement Tamed the Adirondacks\nAuthor(s): Brad Edmondson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cornell University Press, United States\nImprint: Three Hills\nISBN-13: 9781501759017, 978-1501759017\nSynopsis\nA 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.\n\n 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 \""sa.