Topics and Readings for River Summer Program - July 24-July 30 2005

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1.  Environmental impacts, acid rain and ecological consequences

Acid Rain revisited

Adirondack forests, regeneration and ecologic factors

Calcium and acid rain in Adirondack soils

Clean air task force on acid rain

Summary of acid rain and related environmental issues in the Adirondacks

Lost generations in the Adirondack Forest

2. Adirondack communities, the environment and economic transitions

A peopled wilderness

Perspectives on Adirondack Landscape

Communities and economic transitions in the Adirondacks

Sustainable Development and the Adirondack Experience

The Historic Tahawus Tract

3.  The human experience and Adirondack wilderness

The Adirondack art of William Richards 

Adirondacks and environmental ethics

Thomas Cole and the Hudson River School

4.  The policy framework

Adirondack Park Agency act

Public lands and limits on economic growth in the Adirondacks