The following are the resources consulted for this project, both for conducting a historiography and for collecting data. Also included are additional resources and further readings that can be explored to learn more about conservation history in the Adirondack region.


Consulted Sources:

Graham, Frank. The Adirondack Park: A Political History. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1978. 

McMartin, Barbara. Perspectives on the Adirondacks: A Thirty-Year Struggle by People  Protecting Their Treasure. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2002. 

McMartin, Barbara. The Great Forest of the Adirondacks, Utica, NY: North Country Books, 1994.

Neimark, Peninah and Peter Rhoades Mott, ed. The Great Environmental Debate: A Documentary History. Grey House Publishing, 2011.

Podskoch, Martin. Adirondack Civilian Conservation Corp Camps: History, Memories and Legacy of the CCC. East Hampton, CT: Podskoch Press, 2015.

Podskoch, Martin. Adirondack Fire Towers, Their History and Lore: The Southern Districts. Fleischmanns, New York: Purple Mountain Press, 2003.

Podskoch, Martin. Adirondack Fire Towers, Their History and Lore: The Northern Districts. Fleischmanns, New York: Purple Mountain Press, 2005.

Porter, William, Jon Erickson, and Ross Waley, ed. The Great Experiment in Conservation: Voices from the Adirondack Park. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2009. 

Sribnick, Ethan, ed. A Legacy of Innovation and Public Policy. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008. 

Terrie, Philip. Forever Wild: A Cultural History of Wilderness in the Adirondacks. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1994. 

Terrie, Philip. Forever Wild: Environmental Aesthetics and the Adirondack Forest Preserve. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1985.

Terrie, Philip. Contested Terrain: A New History of Nature and People in the Adirondacks. Blue Mountain Lake: Adirondack Museum, 2008. 

Knott, Catherine Henshaw. Living with the Adirondack Forest: Local Perspectives on Land Use Conflict. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1998. 

Sample, V. Alaric and Antony S. Cheng. Forest Conservation Policy: A Reference Handbook. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, Inc., 2004. 

Further Exploring:

Adirondack Experience, The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake

Adirondack Park Agency

Adirondack Atlas

Adirondack Almanack

Adirondack Explorer

New York State Historic Newspapers