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New York's Adirondack Park: A User's Guide
New York's Adirondack Park A User's Guide Author:Andy Flynn "New York's Adirondack Park: A User's Guide" answers the question - "What is the Adirondack Park?" — Using the Adirondack Park's leading government, not-for-profit and historical organizations, the "User's Guide" gives the public - residents and visitors - a valuable reference guide that helps them responsibly use the Forest Preserve while giving... more » them informational links to community assets, such as attractions, special events, communications, transportation, tourism organizations, and recreational opportunities. There are also helpful tips on using the Forest Preserve, hiking, camping, fishing, horseback riding, bicycling and more.
Officials from the New York State Adirondack Park Agency and Department of Environmental Conservation contributed to this book, along with members of the Adirondack Forest Preserve Education Partnership: the DEC, Adirondack Regional Tourism Council, Adirondack Mountain Club, Wildlife Conservation Society, Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program, and Leading Edge.
The book includes 13 of Andy Flynn's stories from the "Adirondack Attic," straight from the archives of the Adirondack Museum, to help illustrate the "how-to" aspects of using the Forest Preserve and give a much-needed historical perspective. The stories also humanize the 6-million-acre Adirondack Park, since it's the communities that make this place so unique.« less