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Author Harris, Glenn.

Title An environmental history of New York's north country : the Adirondack Mountains and the St. Lawrence River Valley : case studies and neglected topics / Glenn R. Harris ; with a foreword by John Omohundro.

Publication Info. Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, [2012]
©2012

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Description 1 online resource (366 pages)
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Settlement and farming -- Pollution from pulp and paper production -- Wildlife and elk introduction -- St. Lawrence Seaway and power project -- Hazardous waste disposal and remediation -- Citizen participation, impact assessment and migratory waterfowl habitat -- Mixed land-use and industrial air pollution -- Property rights, conservation easements, and the Adirondack Park.
Summary This book is a historical narrative on northern New York that takes into account the role of environmental conservation in an often neglected and remote region of the United States.
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Subject Adirondack Mountains Region (N.Y.) -- Environmental conditions.
Saint Lawrence River Valley -- Environmental conditions.
Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- New York (State) -- Adirondack Mountains Region -- History.
Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
New York (State) -- Adirondack Mountains Region.
History.
Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Saint Lawrence River Valley -- History.
Human ecology -- Saint Lawrence River Valley -- History.
Human ecology.
Human ecology -- New York (State) -- Adirondack Mountains Region -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Harris, Glenn R. An Environmental History of New York's North Country : the Adirondack Mountains and the St. Lawrence River Valley: Case Studies and Neglected Topics. Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2012 9780773426283
ISBN 9780773421363 (electronic book)
077342136X (electronic book)