The Great Experiment in Conservation
Porter, William F / Erickson, Jon D / Whaley, Ross S![The Great Experiment in Conservation](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/457/45722517/CHSBZCOP0345722517.jpg)
The Adirondack region of New York State is, in many respects, America's cauldron of conservation. It was there, more than a century ago, that wanton exploitation of forests first aroused concern about human impact on the environment. It was there that Americans first began to set aside lands proclaimed as "forever wild." The establishment of the Adirondack Park created an immense landscape of 6 million acres composed of a mixture of public and...