ADIRONDACK COUNCIL
RELEASES NEW EDITION OF
POSTER-SIZED PARK FOREST PRESERVE MAP WITH
11 ILLUSTRATED ADIRONDACK ECOSYSTEMS BY ANNE LACY
Update of 1994 Edition
Reflects the Addition of Nearly 70,000 acres of New Public Land
Since the First Map was Published; Public Funding Eightfold Higher,
Now $250 Million/Year
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Released, Tuesday, August 14, 2007
ELIZABETHTOWN, NY – The
Adirondack Council today released a new version of its large,
poster-sized map of the Adirondack Park, reflecting the addition
of almost 70,000 acres of public land since the first edition
was published in 1994.
“It is thrilling to put
our 1994 map and the new edition side-by-side and see how much
land and water has been added to the public Forest Preserve since
then,” said Adirondack Council Executive Director Brian
L. Houseal. “It is a vivid illustration of the work we have
done as advocates for open space.
“We were a leading voice
for the creation of the NYS Environmental Protection Fund in
1993,” Houseal noted. “We helped to persuade the state
to use its very first EPF appropriation to purchase the Split
Rock Wild Forest in Essex County. We have been strong advocates
for increasing the EPF’s funding, which has grown to eight
times its original size, from $31.5 million when our first Forest
Preserve map was published, to the $250-million annual fund New
York has today.
“The past 13 years have
been very good to the Adirondack Forest Preserve,” Houseal
said. “The state has created the William C. Whitney Wilderness,
Bog Lake Wilderness, Boreal Primitive Area, Madawaska Flow Primitive
Area and the Grasse River Wild Forest, to name a few. In most
cases, these are lands and waters that had been off-limits to
the public for 100 years or more. They are part of the Forest
Preserve today because the state had the money and the political
will to buy and preserve them. The Adirondack Council plays a
key role in ensuring that the state is prepared when these opportunities
arise.”
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The poster-map (size 35” by 43”) is impressively decorated
with the wildlife and nature paintings of the renowned Adirondack
artist, the late Anne E. Lacy. Lacy, who lived in Essex County,
also created original works of art for the Smithsonian Institution,
National Geographic Magazine and the Museum of Natural History.
Among the original Anne Lacy
ecosystem paintings that border the Park map are Alpine Meadow,
Boreal Forest, Hardwood Forest, Brook, Bog, Beaver Flow, Marsh,
Farm Field and River Valley.
The map itself shows all 2.6
million acres of “Forever Wild” Forest Preserve in
green, with the Park’s more than 3 million of acres of private
lands in an ivory shade. It also shows major highways; the Park’s
92 towns, 13 villages and scores of hamlets; historic
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sites and state campgrounds;
lakes, large ponds, rivers, brooks and streams; and, on the key
at the bottom right, there is a second map showing just how close
the Adirondack Park is to the major cities of eastern North America.
“It is startling to think
just how many people live within a few hundred miles of the Adirondack
Park,” Houseal said. “If this were just some patch
of rural land instead of a Park, it would be getting tamer and
more paved-over each year. But the opposite is true here. That’s
no accident. It is the result of hard work and dedication by
us, our fellow environmental organizations throughout the state
and the public officials who take our message to heart.”
The Adirondack Council gratefully
acknowledges the assistance of the US Geological Survey and the
Adirondack Park Agency for the information needed to complete
this map. Our cartographer was John W. Barge.
The Adirondack Council is a not-for-profit
organization dedicated to ensuring the ecological integrity and
wild character of the Adirondack Park. Founded in 1975, the Council
has 14 full time staff working in its Elizabethtown headquarters
and its Government Relations/Media office in Albany. The Adirondack
Council neither solicits nor accepts any public funding, relying
entirely on private donations and membership dues. The Council
has members in all 50 United States and on four continents.
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